Professional Programme · Run cloud systems that are affordable, reliable and secure

Cloud & DevOps Engineering

The route to cloud and DevOps roles. Start by understanding what a cloud estate costs, how reliable it is and who can access it, using a real company's account data, then learn to build and ship infrastructure as code, automate testing and deployment, and keep systems running. Employers hire cloud engineers who can explain a bill and prevent an outage, not just launch servers.

What you'll be able to do

Cloud services, regions and shared responsibility
Cost analysis, rightsizing and pricing models
Autoscaling and availability design
Access management and security reviews
Infrastructure as code and CI/CD
Monitoring, alerts and incident response

CloudTech Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Complete every required course and the capstone project to earn the free programme badge, then claim your official Professional Certificate.

Start with Python for Data Analytics

What you'll learn, module by module

Work through the modules in order. Open one to see exactly what it covers.

1Module 1FoundationThe cloud itself, and enough code to analyse it.
Professional courseLevel 2 · Practical Skills
Python for Data Analytics
pandas for analysing bills, utilisation and logs.
About 9 hours
You'll learn
- Python and Colab for Analysts
- Lists, Dictionaries, Loops and Functions
- DataFrames: Load and Explore
- Filtering and Sorting
- Calculated Columns and Dates
- Cleaning Messy Data
- groupby and Aggregation
- Merging Tables
- Pivot Tables and Trends
- Charts with pandas and matplotlib
- From Question to Insight
- Final Project
Professional courseLevel 1 · Foundations
Linux and Networking Basics
The command line, permissions, processes, SSH, ports, DNS and HTTP, learned by investigating a real-looking server.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- The Command Line
- Finding Things in Text
- awk for Columns
- Files and Permissions
- Processes, Memory and Disk
- SSH and the Auth Log
- IP Addresses and Ports
- DNS and HTTP
- Shell Scripts and Cron
- Final Project
2Module 2CoreUnderstand, build and ship cloud systems.
Professional courseLevel 2 · Practical Skills
Cloud Fundamentals: Cost, Scaling and Reliability
Cost, rightsizing, scaling, availability and access, on a real-looking company's cloud account.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- What the Cloud Is
- Reading the Cloud Bill
- Rightsizing from Utilisation
- Idle and Forgotten Resources
- Schedules and Pricing Models
- Scaling with Demand
- Availability and SLOs
- Security and Access
- Cost Governance and Unit Costs
- Final Project
Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Write and review infrastructure as code: plans, dangerous changes, policy checks, drift and the pipeline.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- Why Infrastructure as Code
- Providers, Resources and the Workflow
- Variables and Environments
- State and Secrets
- Reading a Plan
- Dangerous Changes
- Policy as Code
- Drift and Imports
- Modules and the Pipeline
- Final Project
Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional
CI/CD and Containers
Dockerfiles, image scanning, secure pipelines, canary releases and the DORA measures, on six months of delivery data.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- Why CI/CD
- Containers and Images
- Better Dockerfiles
- Image Vulnerabilities
- Pipelines as Code
- Securing the Pipeline
- Faster Pipelines
- Canary Releases
- Rollbacks and Recovery
- Final Project
3Module 3SpecialistKeep systems running in production.
Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional· Optional
LLM Evaluation and Safety in Production
Release gates, control-limit alerts and blameless postmortems, applied to a live service.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- Production Is Different
- Building a Regression Suite
- Comparing Releases
- Release Gates
- Red-Teaming
- Guardrails and Thresholds
- Monitoring with Control Limits
- Feedback and Sampled Grading
- Incident Response
- Final Project
Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional
Observability and Site Reliability
Metrics, logs and traces to find a real cause; SLOs, burn-rate alerts, capacity and toil to prevent the next outage.
About 7 hours
You'll learn
- What Observability Is
- Metrics and Percentiles
- Structured Logs
- Distributed Traces
- SLIs and SLOs
- Burn-Rate Alerts
- Alert Quality and On-Call
- Capacity and Saturation
- Toil and Reliability Work
- Final Project
4Module 4CapstoneOne platform, made ready for its biggest day, as a portfolio piece.
CapstoneLevel 4 · Career Projects
Cloud & DevOps Engineer Capstone: Ready for the Sale
Postmortem, plan review, capacity, alerts, cost and a game day, for an online shop's sale.
About 12 hours
You'll learn
- The Brief and the Inventory
- Last Year's Outage
- Reviewing the Readiness Plan
- Delivery and the Change Freeze
- Capacity for This Year's Peak
- SLOs and Alerts That Matter
- Cost Before and During the Sale
- Game Day and the Go/No-Go
5Module 5CareerTurn your skills into applications that get interviews.
Short courseLevel 1 · Foundations
Career Essentials
An ATS-friendly CV and a LinkedIn profile recruiters can find.
1 hr 30 min
You'll learn
- Build a CV with AI
- A Professional LinkedIn Profile
- Quick Excel Analysis
Short courseLevel 1 · Foundations· Optional
Build Your Student Portfolio
One link that shows your cloud reviews and infrastructure code.
1 hr 25 min
You'll learn
- Plan Your Portfolio
- Show Your Work
- Build Your Portfolio Page
- Share Your Work on LinkedIn

Courses marked "In preparation" join the programme when they're ready. If you've already earned the programme badge by then, you keep it.

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Cloud & DevOps Engineering

What you'll be able to do

Cloud services, regions and shared responsibility
Cost analysis, rightsizing and pricing models
Autoscaling and availability design
Access management and security reviews
Infrastructure as code and CI/CD
Monitoring, alerts and incident response

CloudTech Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Complete every required course and the capstone project to earn the free programme badge, then claim your official Professional Certificate.

Start with Python for Data Analytics

What you'll learn, module by module

Work through the modules in order. Open one to see exactly what it covers.

1Module 1FoundationThe cloud itself, and enough code to analyse it.

Professional courseLevel 2 · Practical Skills

Python for Data Analytics

pandas for analysing bills, utilisation and logs.

About 9 hours

You'll learn

Python and Colab for Analysts
Lists, Dictionaries, Loops and Functions
DataFrames: Load and Explore
Filtering and Sorting
Calculated Columns and Dates
Cleaning Messy Data
groupby and Aggregation
Merging Tables
Pivot Tables and Trends
Charts with pandas and matplotlib
From Question to Insight
Final Project

Professional courseLevel 1 · Foundations

Linux and Networking Basics

The command line, permissions, processes, SSH, ports, DNS and HTTP, learned by investigating a real-looking server.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

The Command Line
Finding Things in Text
awk for Columns
Files and Permissions
Processes, Memory and Disk
SSH and the Auth Log
IP Addresses and Ports
DNS and HTTP
Shell Scripts and Cron
Final Project

2Module 2CoreUnderstand, build and ship cloud systems.

Professional courseLevel 2 · Practical Skills

Cloud Fundamentals: Cost, Scaling and Reliability

Cost, rightsizing, scaling, availability and access, on a real-looking company's cloud account.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

What the Cloud Is
Reading the Cloud Bill
Rightsizing from Utilisation
Idle and Forgotten Resources
Schedules and Pricing Models
Scaling with Demand
Availability and SLOs
Security and Access
Cost Governance and Unit Costs
Final Project

Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Write and review infrastructure as code: plans, dangerous changes, policy checks, drift and the pipeline.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

Why Infrastructure as Code
Providers, Resources and the Workflow
Variables and Environments
State and Secrets
Reading a Plan
Dangerous Changes
Policy as Code
Drift and Imports
Modules and the Pipeline
Final Project

Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional

CI/CD and Containers

Dockerfiles, image scanning, secure pipelines, canary releases and the DORA measures, on six months of delivery data.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

Why CI/CD
Containers and Images
Better Dockerfiles
Image Vulnerabilities
Pipelines as Code
Securing the Pipeline
Faster Pipelines
Canary Releases
Rollbacks and Recovery
Final Project

3Module 3SpecialistKeep systems running in production.

Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional· Optional

LLM Evaluation and Safety in Production

Release gates, control-limit alerts and blameless postmortems, applied to a live service.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

Production Is Different
Building a Regression Suite
Comparing Releases
Release Gates
Red-Teaming
Guardrails and Thresholds
Monitoring with Control Limits
Feedback and Sampled Grading
Incident Response
Final Project

Professional courseLevel 3 · Professional

Observability and Site Reliability

Metrics, logs and traces to find a real cause; SLOs, burn-rate alerts, capacity and toil to prevent the next outage.

About 7 hours

You'll learn

What Observability Is
Metrics and Percentiles
Structured Logs
Distributed Traces
SLIs and SLOs
Burn-Rate Alerts
Alert Quality and On-Call
Capacity and Saturation
Toil and Reliability Work
Final Project

4Module 4CapstoneOne platform, made ready for its biggest day, as a portfolio piece.

CapstoneLevel 4 · Career Projects

Cloud & DevOps Engineer Capstone: Ready for the Sale

Postmortem, plan review, capacity, alerts, cost and a game day, for an online shop's sale.

About 12 hours

You'll learn

The Brief and the Inventory
Last Year's Outage
Reviewing the Readiness Plan
Delivery and the Change Freeze
Capacity for This Year's Peak
SLOs and Alerts That Matter
Cost Before and During the Sale
Game Day and the Go/No-Go

5Module 5CareerTurn your skills into applications that get interviews.

Short courseLevel 1 · Foundations

Career Essentials

An ATS-friendly CV and a LinkedIn profile recruiters can find.

1 hr 30 min

You'll learn

Build a CV with AI
A Professional LinkedIn Profile
Quick Excel Analysis

Short courseLevel 1 · Foundations· Optional

Build Your Student Portfolio

One link that shows your cloud reviews and infrastructure code.

1 hr 25 min

You'll learn

Plan Your Portfolio
Show Your Work
Build Your Portfolio Page
Share Your Work on LinkedIn

Courses marked "In preparation" join the programme when they're ready. If you've already earned the programme badge by then, you keep it.