Hey, if you’re in San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, New York, or anywhere in the U.S. right now and you’re still doing plain DevOps… I’m not judging, but your résumé is quietly screaming for help.
Three different engineer friends (one at a fintech unicorn in SoMa, one at a big cloud provider in Seattle, and one doing defense work in Virginia) all took the same DevSecOps training in the United States from DevOpsSchool this year. They went from “yeah I know security is important” to $180k–$240k offers, zero-trust projects, and recruiters sliding into their LinkedIn DMs. I kept asking them the same question: “Was it actually worth it?” Every single one said: “Just do it. Stop overthinking.”
So here’s the blog I wish existed when I was researching – straight talk, no corporate fluff, just what you need to know before you drop money and 100 hours of your life.
The Guy Everyone Talks About: Rajesh Kumar
This course isn’t some random bootcamp put together by a marketing team. It’s literally built and taught (or at least overseen in every batch) by one guy – Rajesh Kumar.
- 20+ years doing DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, Kubernetes, cloud security… the full stack
- Trained 8,000+ people worldwide
- His personal site Rajesh Kumar is basically a free DevSecOps university
My friend described him like this: “He’s the calmest person I’ve ever met who can debug a failing Kyverno policy at 11 p.m. on a Saturday and still make you feel like you’re not an idiot.” That’s the vibe.
What You’re Actually Going to Build (and Use Next Week)
100 hours total, 80–85% labs. Here’s the stuff that made my friends lose their minds (in a good way):
| Module | Tools You’ll Own | Real-Life Superpower You Gain |
|---|---|---|
| Secure SDLC | SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, OWASP ZAP | Stop shipping critical vulns |
| Kubernetes Security | Falco, Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, Pod Security | Lock down clusters like the big boys |
| Secrets Management | HashiCorp Vault (enterprise patterns) | Never leak a key again |
| IaC Security | Terraform + Checkov/tfsec, Ansible | Infrastructure that passes SOC2 on day one |
| Pipeline Hardening | GitHub Adv. Security, GitLab Ultimate | Auto-fail builds on secrets or bad deps |
| Cloud-Native Defense | Prisma Cloud, GuardDuty, Azure Defender | Multi-cloud without the panic attacks |
Final project? You deploy a full zero-trust microservices app on EKS/GKE/AKS with policy-as-code, runtime detection, and audit trails. My buddy still uses his as the opener in every single interview.
How It Fits Real American Schedules
- Live online classes run evenings Pacific or Eastern time (or full weekend bootcamps)
- Everything recorded + lifetime access to updates
- They give you real cloud credits – no “spin up your own $500 lab” nonsense
- Private 1-on-1 with Rajesh if you want to fast-track
Price Tag (Yeah, I Asked)
| Option | Price | Who It’s For |
|---|---|---|
| Self-paced videos | $499 | Dip your toe, learn on your own |
| Live online batch | $1,499 | The sweet spot – 95% of my friends picked this |
| Private mentoring with Rajesh | $2,199 | You want to jump from junior to architect fast |
You walk away with the DevSecOps Certified Professional (DSOCP) – it’s legit. Shows up on LinkedIn, gets you past keyword filters.
What My Friends Actually Texted Me
- “Finished from Oakland. Got a $215k offer before the course even ended.” – Jay
- “I’m ex-security, hated DevOps. Rajesh made it make sense in like three sessions.” – Maya, SF
- “Vault + Kyverno labs saved my team six figures in consulting fees.” – Derek, remote
5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before Starting
- Install kind + helm the night before – you’ll thank me
- Join the private Slack the second you enroll – Rajesh answers at 3 a.m. his time
- Record your capstone demo in one take – it becomes your interview reel
- Keep using his blog after the course – free weekly goldmine
- Hit up a local meetup afterward (DevOps Days, KubeCon, BSides) – people will ask “where’d you train?”
Look, Bottom Line
If you’re in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Austin, or anywhere in the U.S. and you want to be the person companies are fighting over in 2026… this is the course my friends won’t stop recommending.
Next cohorts are already filling.
Just reach out – they’re ridiculously responsive: Email → contact@DevOpsSchool.com WhatsApp/Text → +91 84094 92687 or the U.S. line +1 (469) 756-6329