AIOps Roadmap for DevOps and SRE Engineers
An AIOps roadmap for DevOps and SRE engineers: use ML, LLMs, and AI agents to detect incidents, find root causes, and safely self-heal systems.
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Your recommended path
You should already be comfortable with these. If not, finish the DevOps or SRE roadmap first.
- Linux, Bash, and Python scripting
- Docker and Kubernetes basics
- One cloud platform, Git, and CI/CD
- Basic monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
- You can skip these for now: training custom deep learning models, multi-agent swarms, and building your own AIOps platform before you have mastered one vendor tool.
Your recommended path
- Do not start here. AIOps is almost never an entry-level role, and most people reach it after 2 or more years in DevOps or SRE.
- Follow the DevOps or SRE roadmap first, then come back to this track.
Your recommended path
- Skim Monitoring & Observability for the AIOps angle, then work every step in order.
- ML & Anomaly Detection and Core AIOps Concepts & Platforms are your biggest new skills.
- Budget 4 to 6 months of steady study alongside your job.
Your recommended path
- Your modelling skills transfer, but ops context is your gap. Read Monitoring & Observability and Core AIOps Concepts & Platforms carefully, since production data is far messier than clean datasets.
- Spend extra time on Controls, Guardrails & Security. An agent that touches production needs stricter limits than a chatbot.
- Budget 4 to 6 months from this entry point.
Your recommended path
- Start at Core AIOps Concepts & Platforms and use the earlier steps as reference.
- Your highest-leverage new skills are the AI Agents & MCP and Auto-Remediation & Self-Healing steps.
- Budget 2 to 3 months, and use the Capstone projects as material for senior interviews.
Steps in this roadmap
Builds on 2 modules
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save SLOs and Observability for SRE 12 Read +2 Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus to Tracing 14 Read +2 OpenTelemetry and Distributed Tracing 11 Read +1 Builds on 2 modules
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save Data Pipelines for AIOps (Apache Kafka) 9 Read +1 Builds on Python for Beginners - Zero to Confident
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save Anomaly Detection for Ops: Baselines and Isolation Forest 10 Read Time-Series Forecasting with Prophet and ARIMA 11 Read +2 Builds on Kubernetes Tutorial for Beginners: Pods to Helm
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save RCA and Production Debugging Workflow 12 Read Event Correlation and Alert Noise Reduction 13 Read AIOps Platforms and the AI SRE Pattern 7 Read +1 Builds on Docker for Beginners: Build, Run and Ship Containers
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save Prompting LLMs for Alert Triage and RCA 8 Read +1 RCA, Runbook, and Postmortem Prompt Templates 9 Read +1 Running and Choosing AI Models: Local and Cloud 9 Read Builds on LLM Fundamentals, Model Selection, and Prompt Engineering
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save How AI Agents Work and Tool Calling 9 Read +1 Building MCP Servers for Ops Systems 9 Read +1 RAG for Ops Knowledge 10 Read Builds on LLM Fundamentals, Model Selection, and Prompt Engineering
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save AI Guardrails and Output Validation 11 Read Builds on 2 modules
Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save Auto-Remediation with Kubernetes and Ansible 12 Read Status Module Topics Learn Quiz Resources Save AIOps Capstone Projects and Interview Preparation 10 Read Also in this step:5 hands-on projects
Final assessment
Complete every step in this roadmap to unlock the final assessment.
Salary outcomes
- AIOps Engineer
- ₹12L - ₹25L
- Senior AIOps Engineer
- ₹25L - ₹45L
- AIOps Architect
- ₹45L - ₹70L
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Frequently asked questions
9 steps and 18 modules, in order: Intermediate (Monitoring & Observability, Data Pipelines & Streaming and ML & Anomaly Detection); Advanced (Core AIOps Concepts & Platforms, Prompt Engineering for AIOps, AI Agents & MCP, Controls, Guardrails & Security and Auto-Remediation & Self-Healing); Capstone (Real-World Projects & Capstone).
Yes. Every step and module of the AIOps Roadmap for DevOps and SRE Engineers roadmap is free to read on DevOps Network with no paywall. A free account lets you track progress, save modules and take the quizzes.
Pick the learning path closest to your background (Before You Start, I'm New to Tech, I Work in DevOps or SRE, I Know ML or AI Engineering and I'm a Senior SRE or Platform Engineer) at the top of the page. The step list then shows only the steps on that path; "All steps" brings the rest back.
Work through the step's modules, then pass its quiz. The quiz unlocks once the required modules are done, and passing it marks the step complete. You can also practise any quiz without the lock in the practice hub.
Yes. A final assessment unlocks after you complete all 9 steps and tests everything across the roadmap.
Typical ranges listed for this path: AIOps Engineer: ₹12L - ₹25L; Senior AIOps Engineer: ₹25L - ₹45L; AIOps Architect: ₹45L - ₹70L. Actual offers vary by company, city and experience.