🔁 DevOps Engineer
Data, AI & Software career path
Version control and containers first, then CI/CD, Kubernetes and professional cloud DevOps.
Typical roles
- DevOps Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
Suggested certifications, by phase
Foundation
- GH-900 GitHub Foundations
- KCNA Cloud Native Computing Foundation Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
- AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Core
- GH-200 GitHub Actions
- DCA Docker Certified Associate
- CKAD Cloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
- GH-500 GitHub Advanced Security
Advanced
- AZ-400 Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
- AWS DOP AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02)
- Google PCDOE Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- CKA Cloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Mastery
- PDSO CDP PDSO Certified DevSecOps Professional
- GH-100 GitHub Administration
A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.