Cloud & DevOps Foundations
Understand delivery lifecycles and how modern tooling connects.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Curriculum overview
From foundations to connected delivery workflows
Eleven modules build progressively across cloud, automation, platform engineering and operations.
Progression map
Every stage prepares the next
01FoundationsCore
02AWSCloud
03CI/CDDeliver
04ContainersPackage
05KubernetesScale
06IaCAutomate
07OperationsRun
Track 1
Foundation + AWS
Networking Fundamentals
Build the networking knowledge needed for AWS and troubleshooting.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Linux & Shell Scripting
Operate Linux systems and automate common support tasks.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
AWS Core Services & Architecture
Design and troubleshoot foundational AWS environments.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Track 2
Delivery automation
Git & GitHub
Work with source control using a professional team workflow.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Python for DevOps
Read, modify and create small operational scripts.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Build a practical pipeline from change to deployment.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Docker
Package applications and troubleshoot container workloads.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Track 3
Platform + operations
Kubernetes
Deploy, expose and troubleshoot containerised workloads.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Terraform
Provision repeatable cloud infrastructure through code.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Monitoring, Troubleshooting & SRE
Observe systems and investigate failures methodically.
- Concepts and live demonstrations
- Guided practice and troubleshooting
- Connection to the wider workflow
Guided application
Three project journeys
PROJECT JOURNEY 1
Cloud Infrastructure Deployment
Connect multiple modules in a realistic guided workflow.
PROJECT JOURNEY 2
Containerised CI/CD Workflow
Connect multiple modules in a realistic guided workflow.
PROJECT JOURNEY 3
Integrated DevOps Capstone
Connect multiple modules in a realistic guided workflow.