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1. Foundational Knowledge
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Linux/Unix System Administration
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Networking Fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP)
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Scripting (Bash, Python, etc.)
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Version Control (Git, branching strategies)
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Agile and CI/CD Principles
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2. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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Terraform or CloudFormation
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Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
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Kubernetes & Helm
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Docker and Containerization
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YAML/JSON configuartion management
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3. Cloud Platforms
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AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, etc.)
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Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud setups
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Cloud cost optimization (finops)
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4. CI/CD Pipelines
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Jenkins, GitLab (unit, integration, etc.)
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Automated testing (unit, integration, etc)
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Deployment Strategies (blue-green, canary, etc)
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Monitoring and rollback mechanisms
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5. Monitoring and Logging
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Prometheus and Grafana
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ELK/EFK stack (Elasticseach, Logstash/Fluentd, Kibana)
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Distributed Tracing (Jaeger, OpenTelemetry)
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Incident response and on-call practices
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6. Security and Compliance
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Secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
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Secure CI/CD pipelines
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Vulnerability Scanning (Snyk, Trivy, etc)
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Compliance frameworks (SOC 2, GDPR, etc)
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7. Soft Skills
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Communication and Collaboration
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Problem-solving and troubleshooting
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Documentation and knowledge sharing
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Mentoring and leadership
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8. Advanced Topics
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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
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Chaos Engineering
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Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
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Event-driven Architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
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