CI/CD Engineering for DevOps Engineers: Build Production Pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Argo CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, Security,

By Philip Oscar

Build CI/CD pipelines that are fast, secure, reliable, and ready for production.

Modern DevOps is not just about running a build after every commit. Production software delivery requires automated testing, secure artifacts, controlled releases, observability, rollback strategies, and pipelines that engineers can trust.
CI/CD Engineering for DevOps Engineers takes you from the foundations of continuous integration and continuous delivery to complete production-grade pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Argo CD, GitOps, and Kubernetes.

Instead of teaching isolated YAML commands, this practical guide shows you how the entire software delivery system fits together-from the first Git commit to a secure, observable production deployment.

You will learn how to: Understand CI, continuous delivery, and continuous deploymentDesign fast pipelines using caching, parallel jobs, matrices, and fail-fast feedbackBuild real workflows with GitHub ActionsCreate production pipelines with GitLab CI/CDDesign and operate Jenkins pipelines with controllers, agents, and JenkinsfilesUse branching strategies, pull requests, and protected branches effectivelyImplement automated testing and enforce quality gatesSecure the software supply chain with vulnerability scanning, SBOMs, artifact signing, and verificationProtect credentials, runners, artifacts, registries, and deployment workflowsChoose between rolling, blue-green, canary, and recreate deployment strategiesImplement GitOps delivery with Argo CD and KubernetesUse progressive delivery to limit deployment blast radiusApply metrics, logs, and traces to production releasesDesign automated rollback based on real system healthMeasure delivery performance using practical DevOps and DORA principlesGo beyond tool syntax.
GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins use different configuration formats, but successful pipelines share the same engineering principles: fast feedback, build once and deploy many, shift security left, automate repeatable work, minimize blast radius, and observe every production release.

This book teaches those durable principles while showing how they are implemented across today's major CI/CD platforms.

Built for real-world DevOps work
Each section moves from concepts into practical implementation. You will work with pipeline-as-code, reusable jobs, automated testing, security scanning, container images, artifact registries, Kubernetes deployments, GitOps workflows, canary releases, observability, and recovery strategies.

The final production pipeline connects the complete infrastructure stack: Terraform provisions it, Ansible configures it, Kubernetes runs it, and CI/CD delivers to it.

This book is ideal for: DevOps engineersPlatform engineersSite reliability engineersCloud and infrastructure engineersSoftware developers responsible for deployment pipelinesEngineers preparing for DevOps roles and certificationsAnyone moving from basic CI scripts to production software deliveryWhether you are building your first serious pipeline or improving an existing production delivery platform, CI/CD Engineering for DevOps Engineers gives you the architecture, workflows, tools, security practices, and deployment strategies needed to ship software faster without sacrificing reliability.

Move from commit to production with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGYQCSHT
• ISBN13: 9798170260409
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"