Crash Course: Kubernetes controllers
Mentors:
Denys Vasyliev, Senior SRE at NIQ - GfK Company, 15+ years in the industry.
Oleksandr Sudom, Senior Platform Engineer
This course is designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, and anyone who wants to delve into the inner world of Kubernetes and learn how to create custom controllers from scratch, without diving into deep programming theory.
Language of the event: Ukrainian
Using the Golang language, participants will gain a deep understanding of the Kubernetes API, controller patterns, and SRE and Platform Engineering approaches.
The Golang programming language is used as the main tool, but you don't need to know it perfectly - you will learn everything you need using examples during the course (the time for vibecoding has already come).
- Special emphasis is placed on:
- working with the Kubernetes API
- building Platform Engineering solutions
- integration with AI agents
- What you will get:
- Skills to create a custom Kubernetes controller
- Deploy a working project in a cluster
- Basic integration with AI or PE platforms
- Your own pet project that you can present at a technical interview
This course is suitable for those who want to take Kubernetes engineering to the next level, automate infrastructure for business tasks, and have a competitive advantage in the market.
Mentors:
Denis Vasiliev, Senior SRE at NIQ - GfK Company, 15+ years in the industry.
Olexander Sudom, Senior Platform Engineer
Format:
- Collaboration: in teams and pairs
- Mode: online and offline - like a real project
- Activities: lectures, meetings, practical and homework
Sprint: two weeks of online classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Dates: 16.06 - 27.06, 18:30 - 20:30, (Kyiv time, GMT+3), duration of each class ~2 hours.
Platform: Zoom. You will receive a link to the broadcast before the course starts, and it will also be available on this landing page. In addition, all materials and lecture recordings will be available on the learning platform.
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Interaction:
The number of participants is limited
Event language: Ukrainian
Presentation language: Ukrainian and English
*To perform practical tasks, it is recommended to have basic knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes and any programming language.
**We work with Github, so it is recommended to have an account on Github.
Who will be interested?
- Backend Developers
- Platform Engineers
- SRE and DevOps Engineers
Program
Module 1: Kubernetes Basics for Platform Engineers
Module 2: Go Basics for Infrastructure Developers
Module 3: Writing Your First Custom Controller
Module 4: Testing and Observability
Module 5: Integration with Platform Engineering Systems
Mentor: Denys Vasyliev, Senior SRE at NIQ - GfK Company
— 15+ years in the industry: from engineer to CTO
— Certified Kubernetes Administrator
— Speaker: Fwdays, Xpdays, DevOPSdays, DevOps-DEX London
— Author of Kubernetes DIY course
— Author and host of Telegram and YouTube channel "Incorrect DevOps"
Mentor: Oleksandr Sudom, Senior Platform Engineer at G-Research
— 17+ years in IT (5+ years in the USA, working at companies such as JP Morgan Chase and G-Research)
— Has experience in managing high loaded k8s infrastructure (20+ clusters, 500+ nodes each)
— Practitioner, participated in the development of an internal application in Golang for deploying k8s infrastructure in Azure/AWS
— In one of the companies, developed and taught a course in Kyiv and Krakow for novice engineers on the topic of DevOps, Cloud, k8s
Tickets
Access to 6 online broadcasts (12 hours)
Presentation and materials
Access to the course recording on the learning platform (1 year)
Access to the chat in the TG, where the speaker will answer questions (1 month)
Participant certificate
Course participants receive a 10% discount on participation in Fwdays conferences
Available payment by installments from Monobank and purchase by installments from Privatbank
If after the first lesson you realize that your expectations do not match, we will refund your money in full.