QualCert Level 4 Diploma in Digital & IT –DevOps Engineer

DevOps Principles and Culture

• Understand the core principles and objectives of DevOps methodologies
• Analyse the impact of DevOps culture on development and operational efficiency
• Explain the benefits of cross-functional teams and collaboration
• Apply agile and lean concepts to DevOps workflows
• Evaluate the challenges and considerations when implementing DevOps within an organisation

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

• Understand the concepts and benefits of continuous integration and delivery
• Design CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes
• Configure tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar platforms for CI/CD workflows
• Manage source control, automated testing, and deployment scripts effectively
• Troubleshoot issues in automated delivery processes

Infrastructure as Code and Automation

• Understand the concept and purpose of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Use tools like Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent to automate infrastructure provisioning
• Write, test, and manage configuration scripts and deployment code
• Apply version control and documentation practices to infrastructure assets
• Evaluate infrastructure automation in terms of scalability and efficiency

Monitoring, Logging and Incident Management

• Implement monitoring solutions to track application and system performance
• Set up logging tools to collect and analyse system logs for troubleshooting
• Establish alerting systems for performance thresholds and failures
• Apply incident management procedures to respond to outages and errors
• Interpret monitoring and log data to improve system reliability

Cloud Platforms and Containerisation

• Understand the architecture and benefits of cloud computing models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Deploy and manage applications using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Create and manage containerised applications using Docker
• Orchestrate containers using Kubernetes or similar tools
• Optimise deployment strategies using cloud-native and containerised approaches

Security and Compliance in DevOps

• Understand the principles of DevSecOps and secure software delivery
• Implement security controls within CI/CD pipelines
• Manage credentials, secrets, and access controls securely
• Apply compliance frameworks and ensure audit readiness in DevOps processes
• Identify and mitigate common threats and vulnerabilities in automated environments