An expert-grade DevOps pathway that teaches backend and platform engineers how to build highly available AWS architectures using modular, secure, and automated Terraform (IaC) workflows.

Why console-driven AWS management fails at scale, and how to transition to the declarative Infrastructure as Code (IaC) model using Terraform.

Terraform & AWS DevOps Mastery

The Click-Ops to Declarative Paradigm Shift

Provision a secure, encrypted, and isolated remote state backend using AWS S3, KMS, and DynamoDB locks to prevent state corruption.

Remote State & Bootstrapping the AWS Landing Zone

Backend engineers shouldn't wait for DevOps. Learn how to manage RDS, SQS, and ElastiCache using Terraform while following production best practices.

Terraform for Backend Engineers: Managing Your Own Infra

Build a multi-availability-zone Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) with segregated public, private, and database subnets using Terraform.

Designing a Production-Grade AWS VPC from Scratch

1. IaC Foundations

Configure NAT Gateways for secure private internet egress, and establish a robust, stateful firewall topology using AWS Security Groups.

Securing Subnet Access with NAT Gateways and Security Groups

Master IAM roles, policies, least privilege mechanics, and set up passwordless OIDC authentication for GitHub Actions pipelines.

IAM Least Privilege: Roles, Policies, and OIDC

2. AWS VPC & Security

Design highly reusable, encapsulated, and reliable custom Terraform modules that enforce organizational governance.

The Anatomy of a Production Terraform Module

Production Terraform: module design, state management with S3 and DynamoDB locking, workspace strategies for multi-environment deployments, sensitive variable handling, drift detection, and the Terraform anti-patterns that cause outages.

Terraform Infrastructure as Code: Production Patterns and Pitfalls

Securely manage, encrypt, and provision application credentials using AWS Secrets Manager and Customer-Managed KMS keys without leaks.

Secrets Management: AWS Secrets Manager & KMS Integration

3. Modules & Workspaces

Provision a production-ready, highly available relational database on AWS RDS PostgreSQL with automatic failover and deletion protection.

High-Availability Relational Databases: RDS Multi-AZ Setup

Provision secure, stateless container infrastructure using AWS ECS Fargate, ECR, Task Definitions, and execution roles.

Containerized Microservices on AWS ECS Fargate

Provision an Application Load Balancer (ALB) and configure dynamic auto-scaling rules to handle traffic surges.

High-Availability Load Balancing & Auto-Scaling

4. ECS & RDS Deployment

Build an automated, OIDC-secured CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to lint, test, plan, and apply infrastructure modifications.

GitHub Actions Pipeline: Automated Plan & Apply Workflows

Reconcile manual console overrides, safely import existing cloud resources, and execute complex state refactors without service interruption.

Drift Detection, State Surgery, and Refactoring

Build a fully automated blue-green infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Application Load Balancers, and target group swapping.

Terraform & AWS DevOps Mastery

A structured path that feels worth paying for

1. IaC Foundations

2. AWS VPC & Security

3. Modules & Workspaces

4. ECS & RDS Deployment

5. Day-2 Ops & GitOps Automation