From RHCSA to Infrastructure Engineer. We ofter hear about system administration, scripting/coding, monitoring, automation, cloud, and security. Have you ever asked yourself how do they all intertwine together? Where can I get those skills? If I am in the field, how do I pivot?
Join BWISE and Women In Linux to begin this journey. In this session, we will perform a live training reviewing the following:
- RedHat Certified System Administrator (Training)
a. Setup environment
b. Install OS (manual install)
c. Breakdown of filesystem
d. Command line tools
e. Linux security
- Automation of Infrastructure (Training)
a. Ansible
- What it is and how it is used
- Set up and install Ansible
- Test environment
- Describe adhoc commands vs playbooks
- Make an adhoc command
- Make a playbook
- Show and understand ansible-galaxy
- Explain roles (advanced topic)
b. Terraform
- Differences between Terraform and Ansible
- Use Terraform documentation
- Explain directory layout
- Create a tf-files and deploy infrastructure
c. Cloud Deployment
- Oracle Cloud
- Google Cloud
- Digital Ocean
- Career Path
a. Beginner
b. Junior
c. Senior
d. Specialist
e. Other options (Security, SRE, Chaos Engineering)
- Interview Questions and techniques
a. How to interact with recuriters
b. How to sell yourself before they call you
c. Sponsorship vs Mentorship
d. Are you really that good?
- Job Searching
a. How to read a job description
b. Learn how to set up your own study environments
c. Which job boards tell the truth
d. Reading reports and case studies
Please note, this workshop is designed for all levels from beginner to intermediate. There will be some advanced content covered. We will provide the environment, but you will need a laptop with a terminal and web browser.
You will need a GitLab account which you can open before or during the training. Go to www.gitlab.com to create an account.
You will also need AWS(Amazon Web Services) and GCP(Google CloudPlatform) accounts.
This mindmap cover the topics discussed.
