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🖥️ Secure Systems Administration

Cybersecurity career path

Harden and operate Linux, Windows and cloud infrastructure securely.

Typical roles

• Systems Engineer
• SRE
• Infrastructure Security

Suggested certifications, by phase

Foundation

• A+ CompTIA A+
• Net+ CompTIA Network+
• Linux+ CompTIA Linux+

Core

• RHCSA Red Hat Certified System Administrator
• AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
• LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute Certified: Linux Administrator

Advanced

• RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer
• LPIC-3 Linux Professional Institute Certified: 303 Security
• CKA Cloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Mastery

• CKS Cloud Native Computing Foundation Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
• RHCA Red Hat Certified Architect

A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.