7. CI/CD Pipelines

3 certs | ~$498

Target Certifications

• GitHub Actions Certification — ~$99
• Certified Jenkins Engineer (CJE) — ~$99
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional — $300

What You'll Learn

Build/test/deploy automation, pipeline design, workflow triggers, artifact management, secrets handling, deployment strategies, pipeline security, Jenkins administration

Suggested Learning Path

1. Study with Microsoft Learn's GitHub Actions prep (free) and build workflows in a personal repo
2. Watch TechWorld with Nana's CI/CD tutorials for pipeline design concepts
3. Take GitHub Actions cert first ($99), then CJE ($99) for Jenkins experience, then AWS DevOps Professional after gaining production pipeline experience

Study Guides

• Learning GitHub Actions — Brent Laster (O'Reilly, 1st Edition, 2023)