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Build the team that can run what you build.

Hands-on learning for enterprise engineers and leaders responsible for secure delivery, resilient platforms and production operations.

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06Role-based learning paths

LiveInstructor and lab led

CustomBuilt around your stack

Platforms used across hands-on learning paths

Red Hat

OpenShift

IBM

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

Oracle

Kubernetes

GitLab

Terraform

ExpertOps knowledge hub

Selected guidance, with a deeper library for customers.

Explore three public field guides. ExpertOps customers receive access to the wider engineering library, implementation references and operating material relevant to their engagement.

Observability · 18 Feb 2026

Building Your Observability Stack: Metrics, Logs, and Traces Explained

An introduction to how metrics, logs and traces work together, where each signal is strongest and how teams can shape an observability stack around real operating questions.

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Platforms · 01 Feb 2026

Kubernetes vs OpenShift: Understanding the Difference and Choosing the Right Platform

A practical comparison of Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift across platform capabilities, security defaults, operational burden, support expectations and enterprise fit.

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Infrastructure as Code · 26 Jan 2026

How Infrastructure as Code Works

An overview of Infrastructure as Code and the practices that make environments repeatable: version control, reusable modules, review, testing, state management and drift control.

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ExpertOps customer library

Implementation guidance and operating references for active customers.

The extended library is shared in the customer engagement context so technical material, platform versions and operating recommendations remain relevant to the environment in scope.

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Learning paths

Production skills, organized around the work.

Choose a focused path or combine modules into one academy for your platform, product and operations teams.

OpenShift Platform Operations

Cluster architecture, deployment, GitOps, security, upgrades, troubleshooting and recovery.

Platform engineers and administratorsCustom 3–5 day intensive

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Audience: Platform engineers and administrators
Prerequisites: Linux, containers and Kubernetes foundations
Format: Custom 3–5 day intensive
Objective: Operate governed clusters and respond to platform failure modes
Practical labs: GitOps deployment, access controls, upgrade and recovery scenarios
Take-home: Operations runbook and platform improvement plan

DevSecOps Engineering

CI/CD design, automated testing, policy-as-code, artifact governance and safe release patterns.

Developers, DevOps and security engineersCustom 3–5 day intensive

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Audience: Developers, DevOps and security engineers
Prerequisites: Git and an existing build or release workflow
Format: Custom 3–5 day intensive
Objective: Design a secure, repeatable path from commit to production
Practical labs: Pipeline, scanning, evidence and rollback exercises
Take-home: Pipeline pattern, control map and release runbook

Cloud & Infrastructure as Code

Cloud foundations, Terraform, Ansible, reusable modules and controlled environment delivery.

Cloud, infrastructure and platform teamsCustom 3–5 day intensive

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Audience: Cloud, infrastructure and platform teams
Prerequisites: Cloud and command-line fundamentals
Format: Custom 3–5 day intensive
Objective: Create reproducible, governed cloud environments
Practical labs: Modules, policy, state, drift and recovery workflows
Take-home: Reusable IaC pattern and governance checklist

SRE & Reliability

SLIs, SLOs, observability, incident command, error budgets and continuous reliability improvement.

Service owners, SRE and operations teamsCustom 2–4 day intensive

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Audience: Service owners, SRE and operations teams
Prerequisites: A representative production service or scenario
Format: Custom 2–4 day intensive
Objective: Measure reliability in user terms and operate a shared response model
Practical labs: SLO design, alert review and simulated incident command
Take-home: SLO proposal, incident runbook and improvement backlog

Secure Platform Delivery

Identity, secrets, vulnerability controls, compliance evidence and workload security practices.

Platform, security and delivery teamsCustom 2–4 day intensive

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Audience: Platform, security and delivery teams
Prerequisites: Access to current control and delivery practices
Format: Custom 2–4 day intensive
Objective: Integrate controls and evidence into normal engineering work
Practical labs: Threat scenarios, policy, scanning and evidence review
Take-home: Control map and prioritized remediation plan

Core Banking Operations

Environment management, migration controls, cutover readiness, incident handling and hypercare.

Banking platform, application and operations teamsCustom team academy

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Audience: Banking platform, application and operations teams
Prerequisites: Confirmed product scope and operating scenarios
Format: Custom team academy
Objective: Practice controlled change, reconciliation and stabilization
Practical labs: Mock migration, go/no-go and hypercare scenarios
Take-home: Cutover checklist, command model and runbook set

Delivery formats

Built for the capability gap—not a generic catalogue.

Content, labs and operating scenarios are aligned to the team's role, platform and target outcome.

Team academy

A role-based pathway for platform, development, security and operations teams working toward one operating model.

Intensive bootcamp

Focused, lab-led capability building for a platform launch, migration, operational handover or new toolchain.

Executive workshop

A concise working session for leaders aligning investment, governance, delivery measures and transformation priorities.

Learning journey

From capability diagnosis to applied practice.

Diagnose

Map roles, current capability and the real operating scenarios the team must handle.

Design

Create a focused curriculum, lab environment and measurable learning objectives.

Practice

Learn through guided builds, incidents, migrations and recovery exercises—not slideware alone.

Apply

Translate learning into runbooks, platform improvements and an actionable team roadmap.

Designed for enterprise teamsShared language. Practiced response. Better operational ownership.

FAQ

Common questions about ExpertOps training programs.

Clear answers for decision-makers before the first engineering workshop.

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Can the program be tailored to our platform and operating model?

Yes. The learning path, labs and take-home artifacts are shaped around the confirmed roles, platform scope and production scenarios. Customization is agreed during the capability diagnosis.

What do participants need before the program begins?

Prerequisites depend on the selected path. ExpertOps confirms the expected technical foundation, access requirements and lab environment before delivery so participants can spend the program on applied work.

How is ExpertOps training delivered?

Programs can combine instructor-led workshops, hands-on labs, operating simulations and team review sessions. Final duration and delivery format depend on the audience, objectives and environment.

Does the program provide a vendor certification?

ExpertOps training is designed for practical capability and may include an applied assessment. It is not presented as a vendor or internationally recognized certification unless that credential is explicitly included in the agreed program.