Junior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.
- Deploy incident noteA failed release written up: the log line that shows the cause, the rollback, the proper fix made through review, the customer impact, and the check that prevents a repeat.
- Resource sizing recordMemory settings sized from evidence after repeated OOMKills: the observed usage and its shape, why it is load rather than a leak, the request and limit chosen and why, and how the next peak confirms them.
- Access and secret recordAn access request answered with least privilege, and a leaked API key handled properly: rotated, removed from the repository and its history, with the platform changes asked for.
- Maintenance readiness check and weekly reportA check that a critical service survives node maintenance, with replicas, spread, a disruption budget and the readiness checks it depends on, followed by the week's platform report.
What you'll learn
Course content · 7 modules, 21 lessons
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The objects a platform engineer touches every day, how rollouts work, what resources and health checks do, and how access and secrets are controlled.
Requirements
- Comfortable with the fundamentals this course's own Module 1 covers, or equivalent experience.
- No prior experience in this field is required to start.
- A computer with a reliable internet connection.
- Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.
Description
Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for junior platform engineer (kubernetes).
Who this course is for
Anyone aiming to become a junior platform engineer (kubernetes), including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:
Runs services on Kubernetes day to day: deploys and rolls back, sets resources and health checks, handles access requests, and keeps services up through maintenance.
Operates and improves the clusters themselves and the tools developers use on them, including upgrades, policy and self-service.
Designs the platform, sets reliability and security standards, and leads the team that runs it.
Where it leads
This course prepares you for the CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) role or credential path. Named for preparation only - no partnership or endorsement is implied.
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