Cloud and DevOps Academy

Characteristics of studies:
Cloud and DevOps Academy is AGH and EPAM two-semester joint postgraduate study program aimed at preparing a graduate to work as a Cloud and DevOps Engineer.

The program is run fully in English and fully in online mode. 

The program includes three modules – Cloud and DevOps - Part I and Part II, and Project-based Training. It covers the following topics: Software development life cycle and VCS, Advanced Systems Administration, Networking, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, GCP Infrastructure as code, Containers, Security/DevSecOps, DevOps in Enterprise.

The graduate will be familiarised with modern IT-related engineering best practices and with grounded skills in DevOps methodology, version control systems, networking, cloud computing, CI/CD tools, IaC tools and ready to take part in real industry projects as a (Junior) DevOps engineer. In particular, the graduate will be a person who: 

• knows the DevOps KPIs and understands the DevOps methodology,
• is able to keep the development lifecycle in an efficient manner,
• has grounded skills in modern VCSs and Git as one of the most popular one,
• has and improves skills in Windows and Linux administration and management,
• has the basic knowledge of Python for DevOps,
• has grounded knowledge of computer networks concepts and approaches,
• is able to use CI/CD tool-sets effectively and knows how to automate the software development process and ensure quality and safety for continuous compliance,
• has deep knowledge of cloud-based solutions that allow companies to scale their business and simultaneously enhance their efficiency by reducing costs and losses, providing predictable, stable maintenance and a reliable level of security,
• knows essential AWS services,
• has hands-on experience with managing resources in AWS,
• has grounded knowledge of managing the infrastructure resources in AWS,
• knows how to take advantage of selected virtualization services in Azure and use Azure storage and database services,
• is able to choose and apply appropriate  tools and services for building modern solutions for Azure cloud,
• knows essential GCP services,
• has hands-on experience with managing resources in GCP,
• has grounded knowledge of managing the infrastructure resources in GCP,
• knows how to deploy applications in GCP,
• knows Terraform basic concepts, use cases, and workflow,
• has basic knowledge of Terraform syntax, the structure of Terraform modules, and functions of Terraform language, as well as knowing Terraform behavior and features,
• has basic knowledge of Ansible architecture, connection types, inventory, playbook composition, tasks, modules, and ad-hoc commands,
• has basic knowledge of secrets and cloud management with Ansible,
• has grounded knowledge of Docker's architecture and application design,
• has skills to apply Docker for software development and lifecycle management,
• has the  basic knowledge of Kubernetes' main functions, basic concepts, and cluster and high-availability architecture,
• is able to apply Kubernetes for basic infrastructure workflows and configurations,
• knows DevOps Securuity challenges,
• knows Secure SDLC methodology and concepts to build safe infrastructure and basic security frameworks,
• is able to use security tools for code scanning, vulnerability assessing, and verifying security state in the cloud.