Platform engineering roadmap

The Platform Engineer path

The platform path. You go deep on containers and Kubernetes, codify infrastructure, then design the shared pipelines, guardrails and observability that let product teams self-serve safely.

Who it is for

DevOps engineers moving from tickets to products, and infrastructure engineers building an internal developer platform.

Milestones

1. 01

   Foundations for platform work

   Just enough Linux and shell to automate everything that follows.

   • ModuleShell Scripting Basics 8 lessons
   • Lessonsystemd Basics in Linux Essentials
   • LessonOwnership and chmod in Linux Essentials
   • IncidentDeveloper Shell Shortcuts Disappear
2. 02

   Containers as the unit of delivery

   Images, layers, volumes and compose, built the way production needs them.

   • ModuleDocker Fundamentals 10 lessons
   • ModuleAdvanced Docker & Orchestration 6 lessons
   • IncidentWeb Container Exits After Startup
   • IncidentWeb Container Is Unreachable on Port 80
   • IncidentDatabase Rows Vanish After Restart
3. 03

   Kubernetes as a platform

   Workloads, config, storage and packaging for many teams at once.

   • ModuleKubernetes Core 10 lessons
   • ModuleAdvanced Kubernetes 6 lessons
   • ModuleHelm & Kubernetes Packaging 2 lessons
   • IncidentAPI Pods Restart Across the Rollout
   • IncidentCheckout Pods Never Start
   • IncidentPayment Pods Stuck Before Startup
   • IncidentOrder Scoring Pods Keep Restarting
4. 04

   Infrastructure as code at scale

   Modules, state, drift and policy so infrastructure changes are reviewable.

   • ModuleTerraform Fundamentals 3 lessons
   • ModuleAdvanced Terraform 5 lessons
   • ModuleInfrastructure Automation 5 lessons
5. 05

   Golden paths for delivery

   Shared runners, templates and GitOps that make the safe way the easy way.

   • ModuleCI/CD Platform Engineering 12 lessons
   • ModuleCI/CD Operations & Observability 6 lessons
   • ModuleAdvanced CI/CD Patterns 2 lessons
6. 06

   A platform you can observe

   Signals, cardinality and tenancy for the observability stack itself.

   • ModuleObservability Strategy 9 lessons
   • ModuleObservability Platform 9 lessons
   • AssessmentInfrastructure track final