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Career Roadmaps
From Beginner to Engineer
One Linux foundation. Five high-demand engineering careers. Choose where you finish MTS CLASS guides you there step by step.
Stage 0 · Beginner
Linux System Administrator
EVERY PATH STARTS HERE
Before specializing, every student masters the operating system that runs the modern world. This shared foundation teaches you to confidently operate, secure, and automate Linux servers the single skill set every employer assumes you already have. Once it’s solid, you branch into the engineering career of your choice.
01
Linux Fundamentals
The shell, filesystem hierarchy & everyday commands
02
Users & Permissions
Accounts, groups, ownership, sudo & access control
03
Package Management
apt, dnf / yum, repositories & software installs
04
Services & Scheduling
systemd, journald, processes & cron jobs
05
Networking Essentials
IP, DNS, SSH & firewall (firewalld / iptables)
06
Storage & Filesystems
Partitions, LVM, mounts & network shares (NFS)
07
Bash Scripting
Automate tasks with variables, loops & logic
08
Monitoring & Backups
Logs, resource usage, troubleshooting & recovery
PATH 01
Linux System Engineer
Go deeper on the OS itself — design, scale and automate enterprise Linux infrastructure.
Advanced Scripting
Bash mastery + Python automation
Configuration Mgmt
Ansible playbooks across fleets
Virtualization
KVM, libvirt & Proxmox
High Availability
Clustering, Pacemaker, load balancing
Performance Tuning
Kernel params & resource optimization
Enterprise Services
DNS, LDAP, web/mail, Ceph storage
Monitoring at Scale
Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios
Destination Role
◆ Linux System Engineer
RHCELFCE
PATH 02
DevOps Engineer
Bridge development and operations — ship software fast with pipelines, containers & automation.
Version Control
Git, GitHub / GitLab workflows
CI/CD Pipelines
Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Containers
Docker images, registries & Compose
Orchestration
Kubernetes — deploy, scale, manage
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform + Ansible provisioning
Cloud Foundations
AWS / Azure / GCP core services
Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
GitOps & Automation
ArgoCD & automated release flows
Destination Role
◆ DevOps Engineer
CKATerraform Assoc.Docker
PATH 03
DevSecOps Engineer
Build security into the pipeline — “shift left” so every release is automated and secure by default.
DevOps Core
Git, CI/CD, Docker & Kubernetes
Secure SDLC
Shift-left mindset & threat modeling
Pipeline Security
SAST, DAST & dependency scanning
Container & K8s Security
Image scanning, runtime & policies
Secrets Management
HashiCorp Vault & key rotation
Policy as Code
OPA, Checkov & tfsec for IaC
Cloud & Compliance
CSPM & compliance-as-code audits
Detect & Respond
Runtime threat detection & IR automation
Destination Role
◆ DevSecOps Engineer
CKSDevSecOps Prof.AWS Security
PATH 04
Cloud Architect
Design secure, scalable, cost-smart systems on the cloud — from single workloads to whole platforms.
Cloud Foundations
Regions, compute, storage & IAM
Cloud Networking
VPC, subnets, load balancers, DNS
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform & CloudFormation
Containers & Serverless
EKS / AKS, Lambda & functions
Security & Governance
IAM policy, encryption, compliance
Cost & Optimization
Well-Architected & FinOps
Architecture Design
HA, scalable & multi-cloud patterns
Destination Role
◆ Cloud Architect
AWS SA Assoc.AWS SA ProAzure Architect
PATH 05
Security Engineer
Defend the systems you’ve learned to build — harden, monitor, test and respond to threats.
Security Foundations
CIA triad, threats & risk
System Hardening
Linux/server hardening, CIS benchmarks
Network Security
Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, segmentation
Identity & Access
IAM, MFA, PKI & cryptography
Vulnerability Mgmt
Scanning, Nessus & patching
SIEM & Monitoring
Splunk, ELK & threat detection
Pentesting & IR
Ethical hacking & incident response
Destination Role
◆ Security Engineer
Security+CEHOSCPCISSP
Shared Foundation
Linux System Engineer
DevOps Engineer
DevSecOps Engineer
Cloud Architect
Security Engineer