Skill Profile

Progressive Delivery

Argo Rollouts, Flagger, analysis templates, experiments, gradual rollout

DevOps & CI/CD Deployment Strategies

Roles

where this skill appears

Levels

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

the other 0 optional

DevOps & CI/CD

Deployment Strategies

3/17/2026

Choose your current level and compare expectations. The items below show what to cover to advance to the next level.

What is Expected at Each Level

The table shows how skill depth grows from Junior to Principal. Click a row to see details.

Role	Required	Description
Platform Engineer	Required	Understands the fundamentals of Progressive Delivery. Applies basic practices in daily work. Follows recommendations from the team and documentation.
Release Engineer	Required	Understands progressive delivery concepts: canary, blue-green, feature flags as deployment risk reduction tools. Knows the main tools in the ecosystem.

Role	Required	Description
Platform Engineer	Required	Independently creates and maintains Progressive Delivery pipelines. Configures CI/CD pipelines. Automates routine operations.
Release Engineer	Required	Implements progressive delivery workflows with Argo Rollouts or Flagger. Configures metrics for automated promotion and rollback. Integrates feature flags into the deployment process.

Role	Required	Description
Platform Engineer	Required	Designs CI/CD architecture with Progressive Delivery. Optimizes pipeline speed and reliability. Implements progressive delivery practices.
Release Engineer	Required	Designs complete progressive delivery strategy for a service. Implements automated analysis with Prometheus metrics. Ensures observability and tracing through deployment.

Role	Required	Description
Platform Engineer	Required	Defines DevOps strategy with Progressive Delivery. Establishes CI/CD standards. Implements platform engineering approaches.
Release Engineer	Required	Defines progressive delivery standards for the platform. Makes decisions on toolchain (Flagger, Argo Rollouts, LaunchDarkly). Manages adoption across teams.

Role	Required	Description
Platform Engineer	Required	Defines progressive delivery strategy for the organization: unifying canary, blue-green, feature flags into a single release management platform. Shapes vision for automated confidence scoring for every release. Integrates ML-based metrics analysis for autonomous deployment decisions.
Release Engineer	Required	Shapes delivery engineering philosophy for the organization. Researches GitOps and progressive delivery best practices. Publishes case studies and influences industry practices.

Junior 2 requirements

Platform Engineer
Required

Understands the fundamentals of Progressive Delivery. Applies basic practices in daily work. Follows recommendations from the team and documentation.
Release Engineer
Required

Understands progressive delivery concepts: canary, blue-green, feature flags as deployment risk reduction tools. Knows the main tools in the ecosystem.

Middle 2 requirements

Platform Engineer
Required

Independently creates and maintains Progressive Delivery pipelines. Configures CI/CD pipelines. Automates routine operations.
Release Engineer
Required

Implements progressive delivery workflows with Argo Rollouts or Flagger. Configures metrics for automated promotion and rollback. Integrates feature flags into the deployment process.

Senior 2 requirements

Platform Engineer
Required

Designs CI/CD architecture with Progressive Delivery. Optimizes pipeline speed and reliability. Implements progressive delivery practices.
Release Engineer
Required

Designs complete progressive delivery strategy for a service. Implements automated analysis with Prometheus metrics. Ensures observability and tracing through deployment.

Lead / Staff 2 requirements

Platform Engineer
Required

Defines DevOps strategy with Progressive Delivery. Establishes CI/CD standards. Implements platform engineering approaches.
Release Engineer
Required

Defines progressive delivery standards for the platform. Makes decisions on toolchain (Flagger, Argo Rollouts, LaunchDarkly). Manages adoption across teams.

Principal 2 requirements

Platform Engineer
Required

Defines progressive delivery strategy for the organization: unifying canary, blue-green, feature flags into a single release management platform. Shapes vision for automated confidence scoring for every release. Integrates ML-based metrics analysis for autonomous deployment decisions.
Release Engineer
Required

Shapes delivery engineering philosophy for the organization. Researches GitOps and progressive delivery best practices. Publishes case studies and influences industry practices.

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