DevOps in Practice
Ship One App with CI/CD and Rollback
By Day 5: Build a CI/CD pipeline that tests, builds and deploys one app, and demonstrate a safe rollback.
DevOps in Practice is a five-day live online WorkReady Capability Sprint for junior developers, QA, cloud/support learners and DevOps aspirants. Days 1–4 are 90-minute sessions and Day 5 is a 2–3 hour Capability Showcase; the complete Sprint costs ₹2,000.
- ₹2,000
- Complete 5-day Sprint
- Days 1–4
- 90 min/day live
- Day 5
- 2–3 hr Capability Showcase
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- Junior developers, QA, cloud/support learners and DevOps aspirants.
- Entry level
- Required: basic programming and command-line comfort; Git basics helpful. Entry gate: basic coding — a short readiness check before enrolment. Learners who are not ready are routed to Python for Data Work, not admitted with hidden homework.
- Format
- Online · a focused five-day live online studio
- Duration and schedule
- Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
- What you produce
- Working pipeline + rollback evidence
- Fees
- ₹2,000 for the complete 5-day Sprint
- What it is not
- Not Kubernetes or enterprise platform engineering. Not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
Learners can follow a Dockerfile tutorial but cannot design a pipeline, read a failed build, manage secrets or roll back safely.
Take one small app from "works on my laptop" to an automated pipeline: version control, tests, container build, deploy and rollback.
Your five days, day by day
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase. Open each day to see what you do and what you leave with.
Day 1Git workflow and baseline90 min
- Branches, pull requests, reviews, conventional commits
- Baseline: manual build and deploy, note steps and risks
You leave the day with: Repo with branch protection + manual-deploy notes
Day 2Continuous integration90 min
- Pipeline triggers; jobs and steps
- Lint and unit tests in CI; reading failures
You leave the day with: CI pipeline passing/failing on purpose
Day 3Containers90 min
- Dockerfile, image layers, .dockerignore, environment config
- Build in CI; tag images by version
You leave the day with: Container image built by pipeline
Day 4Continuous deployment and rollback90 min
- Deploy on merge; secrets management
- Health checks; rollback strategy
- Human review and revision
You leave the day with: CD pipeline + rollback runbook
Day 5Capability Showcase2–3 hr
Changed-case challenge: Reviewer introduces a breaking change / failing dependency
- Ship a change through the pipeline
- Learner detects, rolls back, fixes and redeploys
You leave the day with: Final proof pack, submitted after the changed-case challenge
Tools you work with
- Git + GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Docker
- Deploy target (Render / Fly / Cloud Run / a VM)
- Supplied sample app
Tool names describe what is used in the Sprint. No vendor endorsement, certification or licence is implied.
Working pipeline + rollback evidence
This is the work you explain, question and adapt in the Day 5 Capability Showcase.
Your proof pack
- 01Repo
- 02Pipeline YAML
- 03Test evidence
- 04Dockerfile
- 05Deploy logs
- 06Rollback runbook
- 07Day 5 incident record
What a reviewer checks
- Pipeline fails on bad code
- No secrets in repo
- Rollback works and is documented
- Learner explains each pipeline stage
Your work has to survive a changed case.
On Day 5 you present the work, explain key decisions, identify limitations and respond when part of the case changes. The final proof pack is submitted after that challenge.
- Present
Walk the reviewer through the work and the decisions behind it.
- Question
Answer challenges on evidence, assumptions and risk.
- Adapt
Reviewer introduces a breaking change / failing dependency
- Defend
Submit the final proof pack and explain what changed and why.
₹2,000for the complete 5-day Capability Sprint
- Days 1–4
- Live Sprint sessions · 90 minutes/day
- Day 5
- Extended Capability Showcase · 2–3 hours
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
Included in the Sprint
- An applied professional case
- Human review and feedback
- Revision after feedback
- A Day 5 changed-case challenge
- A final proof pack: Working pipeline + rollback evidence
Questions worth asking.
Is a Capability Sprint just a short course?
No. It is a focused live capability studio built around doing one bounded kind of professional work, receiving feedback, revising it and demonstrating what you can do.
Will this make me a DevOps engineer?
No. The Sprint builds one bounded capability: build a CI/CD pipeline that tests, builds and deploys one app, and demonstrate a safe rollback. Not Kubernetes or enterprise platform engineering. SkillsNCR does not promise a role, job or placement.
Do I need prior experience?
Required: basic programming and command-line comfort; Git basics helpful. Entry gate: basic coding — a short readiness check before enrolment. Learners who are not ready are routed to Python for Data Work, not admitted with hidden homework.
What will I produce?
Repo, Pipeline YAML, Test evidence, Dockerfile, Deploy logs, Rollback runbook, Day 5 incident record.
What does a Sprint cost?
₹2,000 for the complete five-day Sprint.
How long is it?
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
When is the next cohort?
This Sprint runs on request — for a group, an employer or a college, or when waitlist demand justifies it. Request it on WhatsApp for yourself or your team.
Can I join only one Sprint?
Yes. Each Sprint is designed to provide standalone value.
Does this guarantee a job or placement?
No. WorkReady is paid professional capability development, not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
Request DevOps in Practice for yourself or your team.
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.