Course Overview

Welcome to Advanced Cloud Engineering & Deployment. Modern cloud value is not tied to a single platform; it is about understanding universal principles across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud (GCP). This course connects your foundational knowledge to establish a multi-cloud service map and synthesize the pillars of compute, networking, data, and security from a true engineer’s perspective.

You will progress rapidly from basic manual provisioning to advanced declarative automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. The curriculum takes you through the complete modern compute evolution: from IaaS scaling and managed PaaS, to containerization with Docker, and ultimately to complex container orchestration using Kubernetes (GKE) and Serverless (FaaS) architectures.

Finally, you will shift from purely building infrastructure to securing and delivering it. By mastering DevSecOps principles and building automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, you will ensure secure, rapid software delivery. The course concludes with crucial Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices for observability and FinOps strategies to manage and optimize cloud costs.

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Competencies

Course Breakdown

  • Translate core service concepts between AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and deploy infrastructure declaratively using Terraform.

  • Deploy applications using IaaS scaling (MIGs/VMSS), PaaS, and modern serverless (FaaS) event-driven architectures.

  • Package applications into Docker containers and orchestrate complex, highly available deployments using Kubernetes (GKE).

  • Integrate the “Shift Left” security philosophy to build automated CI/CD delivery pipelines using GitHub Actions.

  • Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles for observability and utilize FinOps frameworks to optimize cloud costs.

Align your core knowledge across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Transition from manual, imperative scripting to declarative automation using Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources consistently across various providers.

Discover how to deploy applications at scale using Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) and managed platforms like App Engine. Then, dive into Docker to package your applications into lightweight, portable containers, and push them to secure cloud registries.

Master Kubernetes to manage complex containerized workloads, solving advanced problems of state, configuration, and self-healing. Next, explore the ultimate abstraction of Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) to build highly scalable, event-driven serverless architectures.

Embrace the “Shift Left” philosophy to integrate security early in the software development lifecycle. You will build and execute automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions to securely and reliably deploy your applications.

Focus on operational excellence by implementing resilience and observability (Logs, Metrics, Traces) to debug and maintain live cloud systems. Conclude by mastering FinOps principles to accurately allocate, monitor, and optimize your cloud spend while maintaining compliance.

Industry Expertise

This course is delivered in collaboration with industry leader, Brainwork Business Consulting.

Badge

Upon successful completion of a TBC Micro-credential, you’ll be awarded an interactive Moodle badge, acknowledging your achievement in completing the course and mastering new skills and competencies. This badge serves as a dynamic representation to your success, empowering you to showcase it across various platforms, including your LinkedIn profile, résumé, emails, and more, thereby elevating your professional standing.

This badge is interactive. Clicking on it grants viewers access to your comprehensive record, ensuring the authenticity of your training and enabling them to identify the skills you’ve acquired and the course content you’ve mastered.

NOTE : This program does not require approval under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005.