Overview
A practical, hands-on guide to mastering cloud DevOps using Git, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and AI-powered automation to build secure, scalable, production-ready systems. Key Features Build cloud DevOps CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm Apply DevSecOps, observability, and cloud security best practices in real projects Explore GitOps, FinOps, AIOps, and modern career paths for cloud DevOps engineers Book DescriptionModern software delivery demands speed, reliability, and scalability, and cloud DevOps engineering makes it possible. The Cloud DevOps Engineer’s Guide is a practical, hands-on DevOps guide for building production-grade workflows using modern cloud-native tools and platforms. Starting with core DevOps and cloud concepts, this book helps you set up your workstation, master Git and Docker, and provision infrastructure using Terraform. You’ll build complete CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, automate cloud deployments, and orchestrate containerized applications with Kubernetes and Helm. As you progress, you’ll implement DevSecOps practices, integrate monitoring, logging, and observability, and secure cloud environments using IAM, secrets management, and network controls. Advanced chapters cover reliability engineering, cost optimization, GitOps, FinOps, platform engineering, and AIOps. Packed with hands-on labs, real-world workflows, and automation-driven examples, this cloud DevOps engineer guide prepares you to run modern cloud systems with confidence and grow your career in an AI-powered cloud era.What you will learn Build a DevOps workstation with Git, Bash, Docker, and cloud CLIs Apply GitFlow branching, PR reviews, and merge conflict resolution Create reusable Terraform modules and manage remote state Implement CI tests and CD release workflows for staging/production Deploy to Kubernetes using manifests, Deployments, and Helm charts Enforce least-privilege IAM and manage secrets + encryption Define SLOs/SLIs, set alerting, and practice incident response runbooks Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring and early-career DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, SREs, and software developers looking to transition into DevOps roles. It’s also ideal for system administrators, IT professionals, and freelancers who want hands-on experience with cloud-native DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and modern automation practices.
Full Product Details
Author: Thiago Maior
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Imprint: Packt Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781835461679
ISBN 10: 1835461670
Pages: 346
Publication Date: 27 March 2026
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Thiago Maior is the founder and CEO of EZOps Cloud, a DevOps and cloud infrastructure consultancy specializing in scalable and automated cloud engineering for startups and enterprise teams worldwide. With more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and over a decade in DevOps and cloud operations, he has led hundreds of projects involving CI/CD, distributed systems, and infrastructure automation. In 2016, he founded EZOps Cloud to help organizations modernize and scale their cloud environments. In 2025, he launched ACE Dev, the first Agentic AI Cloud Engineer, advancing the use of artificial intelligence to automate and accelerate cloud engineering workflows.
