SRE Roadmap 12 months โ€ข Free

Level Up to SRE

๐Ÿ“ฆ Foundation
โš™๏ธ Core SRE
๐Ÿ“Š Observability
๐Ÿš€ Advanced
12
Months total
16
Skills to master
40+
YouTube videos
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Total cost
Overall Progress Path
M1 M3 M6 M9 M12
Phase 1 โ€” Foundation Month 1โ€“3
Build your base. Linux, Docker, AWS fundamentals and Python scripting. You can't SRE without this.
Linux Docker AWS Core Python
Phase 2 โ€” Core SRE Month 4โ€“6
Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, SLOs. This is where you start thinking like an SRE, not a dev.
Kubernetes Terraform SLOs/SLIs CI/CD
Phase 3 โ€” Observability Month 7โ€“9
Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, CloudWatch. The Monotype JD is literally this phase โ€” own it.
Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack CloudWatch
Phase 4 โ€” Advanced Month 10โ€“12
Advanced K8s, Redis, RabbitMQ, AIOps exposure & interview drills. Apply with confidence.
Helm/ArgoCD Redis RabbitMQ AIOps
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TechWorld with Nana
Best structured DevOps & K8s courses. Covers Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Grafana.
โญ Most recommended for SRE
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Abhishek Veeramalla
India-based DevOps. Zero-to-Hero AWS, EKS, Terraform. Very hands-on.
๐Ÿ”ฅ Best for Indian job market
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freeCodeCamp
Full-length free courses on Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Elasticsearch.
๐Ÿ“š Best for deep dives
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KodeKloud
K8s, SRE interview prep, labs-based learning. Great for CKAD practice.
โœ… Great for certifications
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NetworkChuck
Networking, Linux, cloud โ€” explained entertainingly. Great for fundamentals.
๐ŸŽฏ Best for Linux networking
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ByteByteGo
System design for engineers. Essential for SRE interviews at scale.
๐Ÿ—๏ธ System design mastery
๐Ÿ’ก Pro Tip from Danny's Stack
Your PHP/Node.js background already gives you microservice intuition. Lead with that in your SRE interviews โ€” saying "I understand both the app layer and infra layer" is powerful.
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