Mohamed Alaa

Join me on my NetDevOps journey as we explore the future of networking, automation, and everything in between!.

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NetDevOps Career Roadmap

NetDevOps offers high growth and demand. This post maps a 0→job-ready plan and long-term progression.

Skill phases

  • Foundation (0–3 months): Networking fundamentals, Linux, Git, Python basics.
  • Intermediate (3–9 months): Ansible, CI/CD basics, Terraform, API integration.
  • Advanced (9–18 months): Production Ansible, GitOps, monitoring, cloud networking, platform design.

Certifications & roles

  • Cisco DevNet Associate → Professional
  • Kubernetes, cloud certs as relevant
  • Roles: Network Automation Engineer → Senior → Architect / Platform Engineer

Try this now: Draft a 6–9 month learning plan with 3 small projects and targeted certs.

Next: I will create a landing page that links the entire 10-part series and add teaser text for each part.

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