I’ve been invited to participate at this event with the following description:
The biggest bottleneck for tech talent isn't a lack of coding skills. It is a lack of infrastructure knowledge.
You can write perfect code, but if you don't know how to securely deploy, scale, and manage it in a modern cloud environment, global enterprises simply cannot hire you.
For Open Source Connect Session 11, we are fixing this.
I am hosting Olivier Calzi, a Senior SRE in Europe and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Golden Kubestronaut. Olivier has spent 15+ years designing enterprise-scale platforms, and he has agreed to give our community a step-by-step masterclass tailored explicitly for absolute beginners.
If you are looking to break into Platform Engineering or DevOps in 2026, save this post so you don't lose this roadmap. Here is what we are unpacking:
1. The "Shift Left" Mindset: Why modern development requires you to understand CI/CD pipelines and declarative infrastructure from day one.
2. The Certification Pathway: Not all certs are created equal. Olivier will explain why the KCNA and CKA are the most trusted indicators of real skill.
3. The AI Infrastructure Link: How mastering container orchestration (Kubernetes (Official)) is the prerequisite for scaling modern AI applications.