Cloud & DevOps
Almost every application today lives on the cloud, and this domain teaches you to build, deploy and run it there reliably. You will get hands-on time with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, plus the automation tools that let small teams ship software safely and often. Courses walk through containers, infrastructure as code and continuous delivery pipelines step by step, not just in theory. You leave able to stand up real infrastructure and keep it running under pressure.
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
Domain Scope
Where Cloud & DevOps fits in real work today
334+
Courses in this domain
#4
Of 20 by catalogue depth
8
Career tracks mapped
6
Core technologies covered
Depth against nearby domains
This domain and its closest neighbours out of 20, ranked by how many courses each catalogue carries. Longer bar means a deeper catalogue.
- IoT & Embedded#3 · 379
- Cloud & DevOps#4 · 334
- Generative AI & ML#5 · 321
- Networking#6 · 294
Cloud & DevOps holds 8% of the 20-domain catalogue.
How hands-on each technology gets
An editorial reading of how much of the work is keyboard-on time rather than concepts. Not a course count.
- AWS80
- Microsoft Azure72
- Google Cloud65
- Docker70
- Kubernetes88
- Terraform & CI/CD75
Higher means more lab, build and troubleshooting work; lower means more concept, policy and design work.
Career Tracks
8 routes through this domain
Ordered foundational to specialised. Bar length is how much weight the track carries inside the domain — most learners complete one or two of these, not all eight.
- Cloud Fundamentals & ArchitectureBeginner · 4–6 wks
- Linux & Networking for CloudBeginner · 3–5 wks
- AWS Solutions TrackIntermediate · 6–8 wks
- Azure & Google Cloud TrackIntermediate · 6–8 wks
- Containers & KubernetesIntermediate · 5–7 wks
- Infrastructure as CodeAdvanced · 4–6 wks
- CI/CD & Release AutomationAdvanced · 4–6 wks
- Site Reliability & ObservabilityAdvanced · 5–7 wks
The path most learners take
Three steps in sequence, then one specialisation. Picking a single branch is normal — finishing all four is not the expectation.
Step 1
Cloud Fundamentals & Architecture
Step 2
A Primary Cloud Platform
Step 3
Containers & Orchestration
Then one of
Before you start
What to have ready before the foundations track. Everything else is taught from scratch.
- Comfortable on a Linux command line
- Basic networking concepts (IP, DNS, ports)
- Any scripting language helps
- No prior cloud account or certification needed
Technology Reference
What you actually learn, tool by tool
- AWS80EC2, VPC design, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda and the well-architected trade-offs
- Microsoft Azure72Resource groups, AKS, Entra ID, App Service and hybrid networking
- Google Cloud65GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, BigQuery integration and project structure
- Docker70Image layering, multi-stage builds, registries and container security basics
- Kubernetes88Deployments, services, ingress, autoscaling, Helm and cluster operations
- Terraform & CI/CD75Modules, state management, pipeline design and progressive delivery
The full technology list for this domain is AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform & CI/CD — the six above are the ones the catalogue goes deepest on.
Why This Domain, Right Now
Cloud & DevOps is worth the hours
Cloud and DevOps skills sit under almost every other technology role now, which is why they stay among the most transferable — and most consistently paid — capabilities on a resume.
334+
Courses in this domain
#4
Of 20 by catalogue depth
8
Career tracks mapped
6
Core technologies covered
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