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DevSecOps Architect Training Course

Design the secure delivery platform your organization scales on — reference architectures, security toolchain integration, zero trust, policy-as-code, and resilient cloud-native systems.

72
Training hours
10+
Architecture modules
1
Capstone project
4.8/5
Average rating

About This Course

The DevSecOps Architect Training Course prepares senior technologists to design secure-by-default delivery platforms. You move beyond using tools to architecting systems: reference architectures, security toolchain integration, Kubernetes security architecture, cloud-native controls, zero trust, and policy-as-code — with resilience and incident response designed in from the start.

The course is grounded in industry frameworks (NIST DevSecOps guidance, OWASP SAMM, SLSA) and culminates in a capstone where you produce and defend a full secure platform blueprint.

Why This Course Matters

Architecture is where security leverage is highest. A control designed into the platform protects every team that builds on it; a gap at this level becomes everyone’s vulnerability. Organizations know this, which is why platform and security architecture roles are among the most senior and best-compensated in the industry.

OUTCOMES / VERIFIED

What You Walk Away With

  • Design DevSecOps reference architectures and maturity roadmaps
  • Architect security into CI and CD with integrated toolchains
  • Build container and Kubernetes security architecture with admission control
  • Secure cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Implement zero trust, IAM, PAM, and secrets management strategy
  • Lead threat modeling and design risk-prioritized mitigations

MODULES / SEQUENCED

Training Agenda

  • Evolution from Waterfall to Agile to DevSecOps
  • Core principles and adoption benefits
  • Security as a shared responsibility

  • Security-first culture and change management
  • From gatekeeper to enabler
  • Security Champions and leadership roles

  • Core components of a DevSecOps architecture
  • Designing security into CI and CD
  • Toolchain integration, scalability, maturity models

  • SDL implementation and OWASP Top 10 deep dive
  • Threat modeling and security requirements
  • SAST, SCA, DAST, and IAST techniques

  • Securing IaC with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
  • Cloud security fundamentals across AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Cloud-native network security and compliance automation

  • Image hardening and vulnerability management
  • Kubernetes hardening, security contexts, namespaces
  • Admission controllers — OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno

  • IAM, RBAC, and PAM strategies
  • Vault and cloud secrets management
  • Zero-trust implementation

  • Integrating the security toolchain end to end
  • Policy-as-code enforcement at scale

  • Resilient architecture principles
  • Chaos security testing and fault injection
  • Secure monitoring and alerting design

  • Design a full reference architecture for a case-study enterprise
  • Present and defend your design decisions

LAB-ENV / ACTIVE

Hands-on Labs and Projects

  • LAB-01 Produce a secure multi-cloud CI/CD reference architecture (capstone)
  • LAB-02 Implement an OPA/Gatekeeper policy suite for a Kubernetes estate
  • LAB-03 Design a supply-chain security blueprint with SBOM and SLSA alignment
  • LAB-04 Run an architectural threat-modeling workshop on a microservices system

TOOL-GRID

Tools and Technologies Covered

  • Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • OPA Gatekeeper / Kyverno
  • Vault
  • Terraform / Ansible
  • Checkov / tfsec
  • AWS / Azure / GCP
  • OWASP SAMM / SLSA / NIST guidance

TARGET / OPERATORS

Who This Is For

  • DevOps, cloud, and security architects
  • Lead DevOps engineers and senior SREs
  • Solution architects and technical leads
  • Cybersecurity managers designing platforms

PRE-FLIGHT / CHECK

Prerequisites

  • Strong DevOps and cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Hands-on familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
  • Understanding of appsec, scanning, and containerization
  • Architecture-role experience is highly beneficial

FAQ / DECRYPTED

Frequently Asked Questions

You should already design systems or lead engineering work. If you are still primarily hands-on building pipelines, the Engineer track is the better entry point.

You design a complete secure delivery reference architecture for a case-study enterprise — pipelines, platform security, policy-as-code, cloud governance — and defend the design decisions.

The Certified DevSecOps Architect credential.

Yes — SBOM generation, SLSA supply-chain levels, artifact integrity, and dependency governance are covered in the architecture and automation modules.

CROSS-LINKS

Related Pathways

INITIATE / CONTACT

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