Post Graduate

Program in DevOps
Table of Contents
About the Program 3

Key Features of the Post Graduate

Program in DevOps 4

About the Post Graduate

Program in DevOps in Collaboration with Caltech CTME 5

About Simplilearn 6

Program Eligibility Criteria and

Application Process 7

Learning Path Visualization 9

Program Outcomes 10

Who Should Enroll in This Program 11

Courses

Step 1 - DevOps Certification Training 12

Step 2 - Git and GitHub Training 13

Step 3 - CI/CD Pipeline with Jenkins 14

Step 4 - Configuration Management with Chef,

Puppet, and Ansible
15

Step 5 - Docker Certified Associate (DCA) Training 16

Step 6 - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Training 17

Step 7 - DevOps on AWS 18

Step 8 - DevOps Capstone Project 19

Caltech CTME Academic Master Classes 19

Elective 20

Certificates 21

Advisory Board Members 22

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About the Program

Accelerate your career with this acclaimed Post

Graduate Program in DevOps, in collaboration with
Caltech CTME. This program features the perfect
mix of theory, case studies, and extensive hands-on
practice to prepare you for a fast-growing field that
bridges the gap between software developers and
operations.

This Post Graduate Program, designed for graduates

in any discipline and experienced professionals from
programming and non-programming backgrounds,
offers a blend of self-paced videos, live virtual
classes, hands-on projects, and labs. Students also
have access to mentorship sessions, providing a
high-engagement learning experience and real-
world applications to help master essential DevOps
skills. Students also will get hands-on experience in
continuous deployment using current configuration
management tools like Puppet, SaltStack, and Ansible.

At the end of this course, learners will be able to write

and master front-end deployment and back-end codes
and manage hosts for both monitoring and scaling.
This program will enable students to demonstrate
their knowledge automating workflow and getting
products to market more efficiently and effectively
with tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, and
SaltStack. Learners will also get practical experience
with the development and operational activities of
teams, continuous code releases, integration, and
deployment processes.

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Key Features of the Post
Graduate Program in
DevOps in collaboration
with Caltech CTME

Receive 25 CEUs from 40+ in-demand skills

Caltech CTME upon & 15+ tools
course completion

250+ hours of 50+ hours of self-

Blended Learning paced learning course
content

Masterclasses from
20+ real life projects
Caltech CTME instructor
on integrated labs

Access to Caltech CTME Physical Certificate with

Circle membership Caltech CTME Kit
(on request)

Online Convocation
by Caltech CTME
Program Director

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About the Post Graduate
Program in DevOps
in Collaboration with
Caltech CTME

Founded in 1891, Caltech is a world-renowned science and

engineering research and education institution. Caltech’s
scientific, engineering, and technological contributions have
earned national and international recognition, including the 36
Nobel Prizes awarded to its faculty and alumni.

Caltech CTME has a unique role to play in applying the

capabilities of scientists and engineers to the challenges of
today’s technology-driven businesses. This program applies
executive education and professional development directly
to real-world problems. Our experts teach the tools and
perspectives that elevate careers and help companies achieve
their goals.

Upon completing this program, you will receive:

Caltech CTME Post Graduate Certification

Caltech CTME Bonafide Certificate

Individual course completion certificate for all the courses

in learning path from Simplilearn

Program Performance report for the entire learning path in

the program

Receive 25 CEUs from Caltech CTME upon course

completion

Access to Caltech CTME Circle membership

Physical Certificate with Caltech CTME Kit (on request)

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About Simplilearn

Simplilearn is a leader in digital skills training, focused

on the emerging technologies that are transforming
our world. Our unique Blended Learning approach
drives learner engagement and is backed by the
industry’s highest course completion rates. Partnering
with professionals and companies, we identify their
unique needs and provide outcome-centric solutions
to help them achieve their professional goals.

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Program Eligibility
Criteria and Application
Process

Those wishing to enroll in the Post Graduate Program in DevOps

in collaboration with Caltech CTME will be required to apply for
admission.

Eligibility Criteria
For admission to this Post Graduate Program in DevOps,
candidates:

Should have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with an

average of 50% or higher marks

With a non-programming background can also apply

Having prior work experience is not mandatory

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Application Process
The application process consists of three simple steps. An
offer of admission will be made to the selected candidates and
accepted by the candidates upon payment of the admission fee.

STEP STEP STEP

1 2 3

Submit an Application
Admission
Application Review

Complete the After you submit An offer of admission

application and include your application, a will be made to qualified
a brief statement of panel of admissions candidates. You can
purpose to tell our counselors will review accept this offer by
admissions counselors your application and paying the program fee.
why you’re interested statement of purpose
and qualified for this to determine your
Post Graduate Program qualifications and
in Data Analytics. interest in the program.

Talk to an Admissions
Counselor
We have a team of dedicated admissions
counselors who are here to help guide
you in the application process and related
matters.

They are available to:

Address questions related to the

application

Assist with financial aid (if required)

Help you better understand the

program and answer your questions
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Learning Path

Electives
Agile Scrum Master

Linux Training

DevOps Certification
Training

Git and GitHub CI/CD Pipeline

Training with Jenkins

Configuration Management
Docker Certified
with Chef, Puppet,
Associate (DCA) Training
and Ansible

Certified Kubernetes
DevOps on
Administrator (CKA)
AWS
Training

DevOps Capstone
Project

Academic Master Classes

– Caltech CTME
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Program Outcomes

At the end of this Post Graduate Program,

you will:

Understand the fundamentals of DevOps engineering and be

fully proficient with DevOps terminologies, concepts, benefits,
and deployment options to meet your business requirements

Be able to deliver change requests from customers rapidly and

effectively by adding new (and updating existing) features

Obtain complete knowledge of the “version control system”

to effectively track changes augmented with Git and Github
training

Develop a sound understanding of security and performance

testing to safeguard releases from vulnerabilities

Have a detailed overview of continuous integration and

container ecosystem by learning tools such as Jenkins and
Docker

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Who Should Enroll in this
Program?

This program caters to those who are hoping to enter the world
of DevOps or want to update their skills, as it is designed and
structured to accommodate various professional backgrounds.
Although there are no prerequisites for taking this training
program, individuals in the following roles and disciplines are
ideal for this course:

Fresh graduates who intend to take the plunge into the

DevOps job market
Professionals with less than two years of experience who
are working in either technical or non-technical job roles
and wish to build successful careers in the DevOps world
People working in the following roles will benefit the most
from the Post Graduate Program in DevOps:

IT team leaders
Software developers
Systems administrators and IT managers
Cloud engineers
Developers
Engineers
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 DevOps Certification Training

STEP Simplilearn’s DevOps practitioner course is designed to prepare

you for future successful software development projects. This

1
training has been designed to follow best practices for software
development and to make the most efficient use of software
tools. This course follows the entire software development
lifecycle from requirements analysis through coding and
2 production support.

3 Key Learning Objectives

Integrate and deploy tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, and Maven

4 Configure management tools Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and

Saltstack

Understand DevOps tools on the cloud

5 Build and deploy containerization using Docker

Perform tuning and monitoring using Nagios

6
Course curriculum
Lesson 0 - Course Introduction
7 Lesson 1 -Introduction to DevOps

Lesson 2 -Version Control Systems

8 Lesson 3 -Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment,

and Build Tools

Lesson 4 -Software and Automation Testing Frameworks

Lesson 5 -Configuration Management Tools

Lesson 6 -Containerization with Docker

Lesson 7 -Continuous Monitoring

Lesson 8 -Need of Cloud in DevOps

Lesson 9 -Practice Projects

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 Git and GitHub Training

STEP Simplilearn’s Git and GitHub training program will help you
understand software version control and its hosting services.

1
This course is designed to provide expertise in Git tools and
help you comprehend the difference between Git and GitHub.
You will learn how these tools are used in software development
operations, including essential concepts such as remote
2 repositories, branching, merging, using Git in IDE, and Git
workflows.

3
Key Learning Objectives
Create and fork repositories in GitHub
4 Apply branching and merging concepts in your projects

Implement different Git workflow strategies in real-time

5 scenarios

Deploy branching, merging, and rebasing in Git

Work on Git with BitBucket using cloud

6
Understand Git operation in Eclipse ID

7 Course curriculum
Lesson 01 - Course Introduction

8 Lesson 02 - Git Basic

Lesson 03 - Getting Started with Git

Lesson 04 - Remote Repositories

Lesson 05 - Branching, Merging, and Rebasing in Git

Lesson 06 - BitBucket and GitLab

Lesson 07 - GitPlugin with IDE

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 CI/CD Pipeline with Jenkins

STEP This CI/CD Pipelines with Jenkins Certification Training course

will help you learn about server automation, continuous

1
integration, building pipelines and configuration tools,
automated testing and code quality improvement, and
distributed systems in Jenkins through intensive, hands-on
practice assignments.
2
Key Learning Objectives
3 Build a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/
CD) pipeline

4 Design an automated deployment pipeline

Build jobs and configurations in Jenkins

Configure and run builds in Jenkins from GitHub

5 Perform integration testing with Jenkins

Configure and build tools and plugins using Github

6 Course curriculum
Lesson 01 - Course Introduction
7 Lesson 2 - Introduction to CI/CD

Lesson 3 - Getting Started with Jenkins

8 Lesson 4 - Build Jobs and Configurations

Lesson 5 - Configuring Build Pipelines

Lesson 6 - Automated Testing In Jenkins

Lesson 7 - Code Quality Improvement Using Jenkins

Lesson 8 - Automated Deployment and Continuous Delivery

Lesson 9 - Distributed System in Jenkins

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 Configuration Management with
Chef, Puppet, and Ansible
STEP
Configuration management is one of the most important
1 stages in the DevOps pipeline. This course provides an in-depth
understanding of the concepts of Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
The DevOps lifecycle is a collection of engineering practices
2 providing a systematic way to manage all of the entities
required for efficient deployment. These entities include the
code, the infrastructure, and the people who take care of the
3 infrastructure.

Key Learning Objectives

4
Gain an in-depth understanding of the concept of
configuration management

5 Work on the three main tools: Chef, Puppet, and Ansible

Understand the benefits of configuration management and
infrastructure as code
6 Understand the automation skills to scale your infrastructure

Course curriculum
7
Lesson 01 - Course Introduction
Lesson 2: Introduction to Configuration Management
8 Lesson 3: Chef Fundamentals
Lesson 4: Chef Cookbooks and Recipes
Lesson 5: Advanced Chef
Lesson 6: Getting started with Puppet
Lesson 7: Puppet Resources, Classes, and Modules
Lesson 8: Puppet Hiera, Forge, and Puppet Best Practises
Lesson 9: Ansible Basics
Lesson 10: Ansible Implementation
Lesson 11: Ansible on Cloud with Terraform

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 Docker Certified Associate

STEP This training course is aligned with the Docker Certified

Associate (DCA) Certification body and covers the concepts of

1
Docker at a deep level. You will be able to comprehend Docker
and its role in the DevOps lifecycle; create images, containers,
swarms, volumes, and networks; define Docker security client
bundles and client-server authentication; and more.
2
Key Learning Objectives
3 Understand the basics and features of Docker

Run a Docker container and image creation management

4 Understand tools that support Docker to ease application

deployment, continuous integration, service discovery,
and orchestration
5 Understand Docker networking models and use cases

Install and uninstall Docker Enterprise

6 Discuss Docker security in detail using Demons

Course curriculum
7 Lesson 01 - Course Introduction

Lesson 2 - Introduction to Docker

8 Lesson 3 - Image Creation, Management, and Registry

Lesson 4 - Orchestration

Lesson 5 - Networking

Lesson 6 - Installation and Configuration of Docker

Enterprise

Lesson 7 - Security

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 Certified Kubernetes
Administrator
STEP
Kubernetes is one of the most popular container orchestration

1 tools available. The Kubernetes Administrator certification

course, founded by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
(CNCF), will enhance your Kubernetes skills and give you

2 credibility in the field while preparing you for the CKA exam.

Key Learning Objectives

3 Understand Kubernetes core concepts and terminologies

Install and deploy Kubernetes cluster

4 Understand pods and scheduling techniques

Perform logging, monitoring, services, and volumes in

Kubernetes
5 Troubleshoot application and network failures

Perform auditing and logging the cluster events

6
Course curriculum

7 Lesson 01 - Introduction

Lesson 02 Kubernetes Overview

Lesson 03 Setup Kubernetes

8 Lesson 04 Kubernetes Concepts

Lesson 05 YAML Introduction

Lesson 06 Kubernetes Concepts - PODs, ReplicaSets,

Deployments

Lesson 07 Networking in Kubernetes

Lesson 08 Services

Lesson 09 Microservices Architecture

Lesson 10 Conclusion
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 DevOps on AWS

STEP Simplilearn’s DevOps on AWS course is structured to build your

understanding of both technologies using the advanced skills

1
on CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline to automate
continuous delivery and continuous integration for your
application.

2
Key Learning Objectives
Set up the DevOps infrastructure on the cloud
3 Work and set up IDE on Cloud9

Deploy projects on AWS using CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and

4 CodePipeline

Work on AWS CodeStar with complete deployment

5
Course curriculum

6 Lesson 01 - Getting Started with DevOps on AWS Cloud

Lesson 02 - Spinning Up an IDE in AWS Cloud with Cloud9

Lesson 03 - Building Applications with AWS CodeBuild

7 Lesson 04 - Deploying Applications with AWS CodeDeploy

Lesson 05 - Automating Deployment with AWS CodePipeline

8 Lesson 06 - DevOps with AWS CodeStar

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 Capstone Project

STEP This DevOps capstone project will give you an opportunity

to implement the skills you learned throughout this program.

1
Through dedicated mentoring sessions, you’ll learn how to
solve a real-world, industry-aligned problem. This project
is the final step in the learning path and will enable you to
showcase your expertise in DevOps to future employers.
2

4 Academic Master Classes

– Caltech CTME
5
Attend an online interactive masterclass conducted by the
instructor from the Caltech CTME and get insights about
6 advancements in the DevOps domain and understand why
it has become important for any organization to understand
and implement DevOps to scale up.
7

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Elective Course

Agile Scrum Master

This Agile ScrumMaster (ASM®) Training introduces you
to Agile’s best practices and the nuances of the Scrum
methodology. Master the agile scrum project management
approach and enhance your ability to develop and deliver
quality products to customers. Use this popular methodology to
maximize business value while mitigating potential risks.

Linux Training
Simplilearn’s Linux Training course will help you to master the
important concepts of Linux Operating System from command
line tools and utilities to concepts such as virtualization through
this course.

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Certificates

Upon completion of this Post Graduate Program in DevOps you

will receive the Post Graduate Certification from Caltech CTME.
You will also receive certificates from Simplilearn for the courses
in the learning path. These certificates will testify to your skills as
an expert in DevOps.

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Advisory Board Members

Rick Hefner
Leadership, Systems Engineering

Rick Hefner, PhD, specializes in systems development

and maintenance; project management; Lean Six
Sigma; process improvement, technology transfer;
and risk management. His experience spans over 35
years. Dr. Hefner recently served as director of process
management at Northrop Grumman Corporation, where
he managed corporate process initiatives related to
Lean Six Sigma and program management.

Previous positions at Northrop Grumman (formerly

TRW) included managing technology process initiatives
and helping to establish the corporate engineering
and program management processes. Previously, at
Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Hefner was the director of
their software development department. He served as
an engineer, technical specialist, project manager, and
section manager.

Dr. Hefner has also worked with companies in the

communications, electronics, and health sciences
industries, including Applied Physics Laboratory, Ares
Management, Boeing, DRS Technologies, Herbalife,
Honeywell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Deere, L-3
WESCAM, Maytag, Motorola, Pacific Bell, Raytheon,
Schlumberger, Southern California Edison, St. Jude
Medical, Toshiba, U.S. Navy, and Xerox. Dr. Hefner is
credited with over 200 publications and presentations.
He earned his PhD from the University of California,
Los Angeles, in applied dynamic systems control. He
received his MS and BS from Purdue University in
interdisciplinary engineering.

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