DevOps Tools Engineer (Exam 701-200)

Modern application delivery depends on consistent source control, repeatable builds, containerized deployment, and enough observability to diagnose issues after release. This intermediate DevOps Tools Engineer (Exam 701-200) course gives IT Directors a practical way to align developers, systems engineers, network engineers, and DevOps practitioners around the same toolchain and terminology.

The time investment is realistic for team rollout: about 13.7 hours per learner across 16 skills. The course starts with modern software development and cloud platform services, then builds through Git, GitHub collaboration, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins CI/CD, cloud security posture, observability, and Podman. Change management should account for varying tool familiarity: some learners may already know Git or containers, while others may need the full path before contributing to pipeline work.

CBT Nuggets Playlists help Training Managers assign the course in sequence so teams build from source control fundamentals toward CI/CD and container delivery outcomes.

IT teams complete this training to reduce friction between code changes, build automation, deployment environments, and production troubleshooting. The course connects daily DevOps work to concrete tools: Git as the source of truth, GitHub for collaboration, Docker and Kubernetes for containerized delivery, Jenkins for pipeline automation, and observability tooling for post-release diagnosis.

• Improve release consistency: teams learn how source control starts the CI/CD pipeline and tracks what changed, who changed it, and why.
• Accelerate delivery workflows: Jenkins lessons focus on moving from code on a laptop to running applications in dev, test, staging, or production environments.
• Standardize container operations: Docker, Kubernetes, enterprise container operations, and Podman coverage help teams work from shared container concepts.
• Strengthen operational response: observability lessons cover metrics, logs, traces, Prometheus, and Grafana so teams can identify root causes faster after release.

Knowledge

• Why source control is the starting point for DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• How Git and GitHub support version tracking, collaboration, and shared code workflows.
• What problems containers solve for developers, systems engineers, network engineers, and DevOps teams.
• Core concepts behind Docker, Kubernetes, enterprise container operations, and Podman.
• How Jenkins supports build, test, and continuous delivery pipeline stages.
• Why cloud applications require end-to-end security thinking across multiple components.

Ability

• Work with Git fundamentals and branching operations as part of a team delivery workflow.
• Contribute to GitHub-based collaboration around features, bug fixes, and code history.
• Build understanding needed to run and manage containers with Docker and Podman.
• Navigate Kubernetes and connect container orchestration concepts to delivery workflows.
• Build a working Jenkins CI/CD pipeline prototype across build, test, and delivery stages.
• Use metrics, logs, and traces concepts to support faster diagnosis of application issues.