Cloud and Platform Engineering

Platform work multiplies team delivery when golden paths are clear. This pillar connects Kubernetes foundations, Azure service choices for Java backends, CI/CD, and developer-experience articles already in the catalog.

Audience: Backend engineers collaborating with platform teams—or owning cloud ops for services.

Curriculum

1. Internal Developer Platforms
2. GitOps Fundamentals
3. Progressive Delivery and Feature Flags
4. Contract Testing for Services
5. Kubernetes Fundamentals — Pods, Services, Deployments
6. Kubernetes Advanced — HPA, PDB, Networking, and Workloads
7. Azure App Service & Functions
8. Azure Networking & Security Essentials
9. Azure Service Bus & Event Grid
10. Azure DevOps CI/CD
11. CI/CD & Developer Experience
12. Operational Excellence
13. The Twelve-Factor App — Cloud-Native Baselines

By Shubham Jain. Last reviewed 2026-07-15.

Shubham Jain · Learning Lab