CE-18PA1007X - DevOps Engineer Expert Bootcamp
Course Description
DevOps Engineers are developers or infrastructure administrators who also have subject matter expertise in working with people, processes, and products to enable continuous delivery of value in organizations.
Responsibilities for this role include designing and implementing strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.
DevOps Engineers work on cross-functional teams that include developers, site reliability engineers, and Azure administrators.
This bootcamp helps prepare learners for the Microsoft AZ-400 exam.
- Online, self-paced instruction, with live office hours.
- 4 weeks, 10 hrs/week, online instruction.
- Includes weekly assignments, hands-on labs.
- Taught by UC faculty.
Recommendation:
In order to achieve the full MS DevOps Engineer Expert designation through Microsoft, learners must first successfully obtain the Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) credential.
DevOps Engineer Expert roles may include:
- DevOps Architect
- DevOps/Senior DevOps Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- DevOps Manager
- FinOps Engineer
Technical Requirements
Please review the School of IT Minimum Computer Requirements for 2024-2025.
Course Outline
The DevOps transformation journey:
• Development for enterprise DevOps.
• Implement CI with Azure pipelines and GitHub Actions.
• Design & implement a release strategy.
• Implement a secure deployment using Azure pipelines.
• Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC.
Learner Outcomes
Learners who successfully complete the bootcamp can expect the following outcomes;
• Prepared to take AZ-400 exam.
• Configure process and communications.
• Design and implement source control.
• Design and implement build and release pipelines.
• Develop a security and compliance plan.
• Implement an instrumentation strategy.
Who Should Register?
The target audience for this course is a developer or infrastructure administrator who also has subject matter expertise in working with people, processes, and products to enable continuous delivery of value in organizations.
Additional Information
UC will be closed on July 4, 2025, in observance of Independence Day.
Learners who are residents and employed in the state of Ohio, who obtain their industry recognized credential can have their employers receive reimbursement for the cost of the bootcamp through TechCred: https://techcred.ohio.gov.
The School of Information Technology (SoIT)
The University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology (SoIT) Workforce Development is dedicated to building a strong IT workforce locally, regionally, and nationally. Housed within one of the nation's leading research institutions in information technology, SoIT draws on the university's long history as the founder of experiential learning and hands-on training. A robust faculty leads solution-based educational experiences, preparing learners to obtain industry recognized credentials (IRC) for high-demand, highly competitive areas such as cloud database management, network infrastructure, project management, and cybersecurity. Additionally, SoIT workforce development collaborates with business to innovate and deliver high-quality IT education to strengthen their personnel. Highly ranked and accredited, SoIT is named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) by the National Security Agency (NSA).