Learn what a container actually is, how Docker builds images from a Dockerfile, how layers and caching work, and how registries (Docker Hub, ECR, GHCR) distribute images. Covers multi-stage builds, slim base images, and OCI runtime fundamentals.

Master the K8s building blocks: Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Ingress. Understand the control plane (API server, scheduler, controller manager, etcd) and how reconciliation loops keep desired state.

Provision cloud resources declaratively with Terraform: providers, resources, state files, remote backends (S3, Terraform Cloud), modules, workspaces, and CI/CD integration. Compare with Pulumi and the broader IaC landscape.

Stand up managed K8s clusters on AWS (EKS), Azure (AKS), and Google Cloud (GKE). Compare networking (VPC CNI, Azure CNI, GKE VPC-native), node pools, autoscaling (Cluster Autoscaler vs Karpenter), and IAM integration per cloud.

Deploy production agentic AI workloads: GPU node pools, model-serving (vLLM, TGI), KEDA autoscaling on queue depth, observability with Prometheus and OpenTelemetry. Patterns for Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, and Vertex AI integration.