DevOps Consulting Expert
Become a DevOps transformation leader with our expert-level consulting course. Learn to guide organizations through cultural change, implement cutting-edge automation, and establish modern software delivery pipelines that dramatically improve speed and quality.
This comprehensive program covers CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containerization, orchestration, and the consulting skills needed to drive successful DevOps adoption in enterprise environments.
Course Curriculum
Module 1: DevOps Culture & Transformation
- DevOps principles and cultural foundations
- Assessing organizational DevOps maturity
- Change management strategies
- Building collaborative dev and ops teams
Module 2: CI/CD Pipeline Design & Implementation
- Continuous integration best practices
- Automated testing strategies
- Continuous deployment and delivery
- Pipeline tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Module 3: Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management
- Infrastructure as Code principles
- Terraform and CloudFormation
- Configuration management with Ansible
- Immutable infrastructure patterns
Module 4: Containers & Orchestration
- Docker containerization mastery
- Kubernetes architecture and deployment
- Service mesh and microservices
- Container security best practices
Module 5: Monitoring, Observability & Consulting Practice
- Monitoring and alerting strategies
- Log aggregation and analysis
- Site reliability engineering (SRE) principles
- Capstone: Complete DevOps transformation project
What You'll Learn
- Lead DevOps transformation initiatives in organizations
- Design and implement complete CI/CD pipelines
- Master infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible
- Deploy and manage containerized applications with Kubernetes
- Establish monitoring and observability practices
- Implement security and compliance in DevOps workflows
- Calculate and demonstrate ROI of DevOps initiatives
- Navigate organizational change and cultural resistance
Your Instructor
James Thompson
Principal DevOps Consultant
James Thompson is a DevOps pioneer with 16 years of experience transforming software delivery organizations. He has led DevOps implementations for major enterprises, startups, and government agencies, consistently achieving 10x improvements in deployment frequency and reduction in lead time.
As a certified Kubernetes administrator and AWS DevOps professional, James has authored multiple books on DevOps practices and speaks regularly at DevOps conferences worldwide.