DEVOPS OVERVIEW
DevOps is the convergence of existing IT best practices from ITSM, Lean, Agile, and Scrum into a development and operations approach that supports automation and continuous delivery. Described as more of a mindset than a framework, DevOps aims to blur the lines between the existing IT siloes to create a more collaborative relationship between Dev and Ops allowing organizations to create greater business value with more streamlined processes, faster deployments, and more successful releases.
To guide IT practitioners on their DevOps journey, Pink Elephant offers a comprehensive DevOps portfolio of courses that provides an all-encompassing look at the DevOps framework and role-based certification courses, specific to the roles within DevOps.
Pink’s DevOps portfolio includes:
- DevOps Essentials – This certification course, provides the foundational knowledge and a new and unique perspective of DevOps through the ‘Full Stack’ of culture, practices, and automation.
- DevOps Leadership – The DevOps Leadership certification course builds on the learnings from the DevOps Essentials™ certification course with a leadership perspective on the challenges inherent in implementing DevOps. These challenges, first introduced in the ‘Full Stack’ approach, span the creation and acceptance of new organizational culture, new principles, and processes, and moving the enterprise toward a new model for success.
- DevOps Engineer – The DevOps Engineer certification course provides detailed knowledge about the key skills and tools necessary for today’s DevOps Engineer.
COURSE OVERVIEW
DevOps Engineers and DevOps teams make sure that everything is geared toward releasing updates as efficiently as possible. Highly effective DevOps is about collaboration, effective communication, removing barriers and introducing automation wherever possible. The role of DevOps Engineer is a critical success factor, accomplished by establishing a culture of experimentation and an environment of learning that enables the building, testing and release of software to happen more rapidly, frequently, and reliably.
As enterprise after enterprise moves toward DevOps, it is essential that the traditional specialists in development and operations expand their skillset into the role of a DevOps Engineer. Simply put, an organization cannot succeed at DevOps without talented DevOps Engineers.
The DevOps Engineer
A key role in DevOps is the DevOps Engineer, who manages the output of software development and introduces processes, tools, and methodologies to balance needs and requirements throughout the entire deployment pipeline.
This three-day DevOps Engineer certification course provides knowledge about the essential skills and tools necessary for today’s DevOps Engineer.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand the key characteristics and essential skills of a DevOps Engineer.
- Learn about the true impact of technical debt, unplanned work, and IT toil on business value delivery.
- Understand the architecture and functionality of the most popular DevOps tools in today’s deployment pipelines.
- Learn about the capabilities of cloud computing and, specifically, the public cloud computing platforms.
- Understand Agile versus waterfall project management principles and how they can make or break DevOps success.
- Learn about the three ways and the five ideals of DevOps.
- Understand how microservices are a key factor in the success of a DevOps initiative.
- Learn about infrastructure as code and its impact on configuration management.
- Understand the security basics necessary for a DevOps engineer.
WHY CHOOSE PINK ELEPHANT
What makes Pink’s DevOps approach different? We offer:
- The innovative 'Full Stack' approach to DevOps
- 15 essential DevOps practices to drive business value
- A DevOps assessment tool to determine where you are in your DevOps journey
- We focus on multiple roles within DevOps
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is designed for traditional specialists in development and operations who want to expand their skillset into the role of a DevOps engineer. This includes, but is not limited to:
- DevOps engineers
- IT Architects
- Operations Analysts
- Change Managers
- Agile Scrum Developers
- SysOps engineers
- IT Team Leaders
- Software Developers
- Sysadmins and IT Managers
- Organizational Change Specialists
PREREQUISITES
There are no prerequisites for this course; however, it is recommended to have a good knowledge of DevOps concepts, which can be gained by taking Pink Elephant’s “DevOps Essentials” certification course or equivalent.
EXAM & CERTIFICATION
- The exam is offered through Professional Designations Corp.
- One-hour, closed book
- 40 multiple-choice questions (a passing score of 65% – 26 correct answers – is required)
- On completion of this course, you may apply for self-directed learning PDUs through PMI. A letter of attendance is available upon request.
COURSE E-MATERIALS
Material for this course will be provided under Pink Elephant’s Terms of Use as downloadable soft-copy files that can be viewed on a variety of devices. You may print a hard copy of the files in whatever format best meets your needs.
