DevOps & Automation Engineering

An original Mai Studies programme covering version control discipline, continuous integration and delivery, containerisation with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform. All examples and exercises are written by Mai Studies.

7 weeks 42 guided hours Intermediate

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Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

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What you will achieve

Explain the DevOps lifecycle and its culture and metrics
Build a CI/CD pipeline that tests and ships an application
Containerise an application with Docker and run it on Kubernetes
Provision infrastructure reproducibly with Terraform
Automate operational tasks safely with review and rollback

Entry guidance

— Comfortable using a command line
— Some scripting or programming exposure is helpful

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

4 applied modules

Lessons: 8
Assessed tasks: 4
Practice questions: 48
Timed mock papers: 2

The DevOps Lifecycle

Culture, flow, feedback and the metrics that matter.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Why DevOps Exists21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
From silos to flow.
2. Version Control Discipline21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Branching, reviews and the single source of truth.

The DevOps Lifecycle: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

CI/CD Pipelines

Automated build, test and delivery from commit to release.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Continuous Integration21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Build and test every change automatically.
2. Continuous Delivery and Release Strategies21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Shipping safely, often and reversibly.

CI/CD Pipelines: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Containers and Kubernetes

Docker images, containers and orchestration fundamentals.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Docker and Containers21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Package once, run anywhere.
2. Kubernetes Fundamentals21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Orchestrating containers at scale.

Containers and Kubernetes: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform workflows, state and safe change management.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Infrastructure as Code with Terraform21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Define, review and version your infrastructure.
2. Capstone: An Automated Delivery Pipeline21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
From commit to production with guardrails.

Infrastructure as Code: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Timed mock papers

DevOps & Automation Engineering: timed mock paper 1 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks
DevOps & Automation Engineering: timed mock paper 2 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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