DevOps Engineering Foundation

Understand DevOps' integration with various frameworks, technologies, and practices. Master continuous integration, continuous delivery, deployment, testing, elastic infrastructure, monitoring, and more.

At a glance

What will you learn?

How to engineer DevOps solutions

Learn the principles and practices of DevOps, and how to engineer solutions that enhance performance and deliver benefits to your organisation.

DevOps technologies and applications

Master CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and value stream management in DevOps environments.

Continuous integration

Understand the principles of application architectures, containers, and continuous integration to streamline development processes.

Continuous testing

Explore continuous integration tenets, test creation, TDD, test management, and environment management in a DevOps context.

Ephemeral elastic infrastructures

Learn about virtual and cloud environments, configuration management, infrastructure as code, and GitOps for flexible infrastructures.

Continuous delivery and deployment

Master continuous delivery, deployment strategies, and release automation to ensure efficient and reliable software deployments.

Metrics, monitoring, observability, governance

Understand the importance of metrics, monitoring practices, observability, and governance in maintaining a high-performing DevOps environment.

DevOps Engineering human aspects

Explore team topologies, continuous learning, and future trends in DevOps Engineering to build a strong organisational culture.

Certification Blueprint

Download the Certification Blueprint to learn more about the various topics, principles and practices covered in this certification.

Did you know?
Our DevOps certifications offer unmatched flexibility, with no prerequisites required. Unlike other providers, our certifications allow you to join and progress in your DevOps journey from any starting point.

Popular among professionals who have advanced to roles such as:

DevOps Practice Owners

Process Designers

Software Developers

QA Engineers

Security Engineers

Engineer Systems

Technical Project Managers

Solution Architects

Employees and Managers responsible for engineering or improving processes

Consultants guiding their clients through process improvement and DevOps initiatives

Trusted by companies worldwide

Exam

40 questions

Multiple choice

60 minutes

Open book*

Minimum required score to pass: (65%)

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
To ensure our DEVOPS INSTITUTE portfolio aligns with the most in-demand skills, we will be retiring the DevOps Engineering Foundation certification as follows:
Last day to purchase voucher: August 1, 2025
Last Day of Exams (incl. Take2): February 1, 2026

For more details, visit the Certification Retirements section in our FAQs, or contact us via our contact form. We're here to help!

The exam is available in:

English

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