Stage 2 of 4 · Build
Shift from concepts to shipping. Containerise applications, automate delivery, and provision real cloud infrastructure the way modern teams do — version-controlled and repeatable.
Prerequisite: Foundations skills or equivalent hands-on experience.
The path
Foundations skills
Ship & run real infrastructure
What you'll learn
Package applications into portable, reproducible images.
Automate build, test and deploy with GitHub Actions.
Core services, VPC networking, compute, storage and a managed database.
Provision reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure.
Deploy, scale and package workloads for orchestration.
What you'll build
You can contribute confidently to real client projects — with supervision at first, growing to minimal.
Roles you'll be ready forCommon questions
Yes. It’s built for working professionals, sysadmins and developers moving into hands-on DevOps.
Not necessarily. If you already have the fundamentals, you can enter here — the screening helps you place yourself.
Yes, in purpose-built, AWS-based lab environments that mirror how real teams work, never using live client data.
The learning path
Four stages, one journey. Enter at the stage that matches your background.
Understand how systems really work, before touching the cloud.
BuildDesign, deploy and operate production-ready cloud infrastructure.
You're here ImproveMake systems observable, resilient, efficient and cheaper to run.
AccelerateUse AI responsibly to work faster and make better decisions.
100% online, mentor-led, with an online certificate on completion. Tell us your background and we'll help you pick the right starting point.