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Thinking of launching a career in cloud computing or want to advance your current career? Join us for the Career Pathways in Cloud Computing information session to explore trends, challenges, and career opportunities in this fast-growing field.
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Wondering if a 海外直播b站 Professional Development Certificate is for you? Get answers from our on-demand info session and learn about topics offered, delivery method, our approach to learning and teaching, tuition fees and how to apply. Plus, hear from actual students who will talk about their experience and how the program they chose helped them achieve their professional aims.
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About this program
Remote, Full-time Intensive
Evenings 6:00-9:00 PM, Saturdays 9:00AM- 12:00PM
This non-credit professional development certificate program is designed to equip professionals with the industry-relevant knowledge and skills required to manage and secure the software lifecycle in cloud-based environments, and to become fully functional , , , or specialists.
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The program is offered in English and must be completed within 2 years.
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Manage the software development lifecycle
- Use popular open source tools developed and maintained by and the
- Maintain container based software and related orchestration tools
- Deploy, monitor and insure reliability of microservices applications
- Design and architect complex cloud based software systems
- Ensure strong security posture in enterprise environments
- Identify and mitigate cybersecurity threats
- Public Cloud Platforms: , and
- Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) tools (Jenkins, Circle CI, Travis CI)
- Infrastructure As Code with
Information technology professionals, programmers and developers wishing to upgrade their cloud computing skills to enable them to work with cloud-based environments, as well as those wishing to work towards obtaining a cloud computing certification.
Target audience: System Administrators, IT Support specialists, IT Consultants, Integration Engineers, IT Analysts, IT Architects, Network Specialists, QA Engineers, Database Administrators, Junior SRE, Junior DevOps, etc.
Applicants must hold:
- A Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Computer Science or related field
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- 海外直播b站 SCS Undergraduate Certificate in Computers and IT (30 credits)
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- DEC in Computer Science Technology or related field
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Minimum 2 years of professional experience in one of the following fields: System Administration, IT Support, IT Consultant, IT Analyst, IT Architect, Network Specialist, QA Specialist, Database Administrator or similar.
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- Secondary School Diploma / Diplo虃me d'e虂tudes secondaires (DES)
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Minimum 5 years of professional experience in one of the following fields: System Administration, IT Support, IT Consultant, IT Analyst, IT Architect, Network Specialist, QA Specialist, Database Administrator or similar.
This program can help prepare you听for the following career paths:
- Cloud / Solution Architect
- Site Reliability Specialist, Developer or Engineer
- DevOps Engineer, Specialist, Developer or Engineer
- Kubernetes Specialist, Developer or Engineer
These courses are not part of Admission Requirements and proof of completion is not required.
If you wish to refresh your knowledge prior to joining the program, here is a list of recommended courses:
- Basic abilities in or Scripting
This program can help prepare you for the following professional certifications:
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) |
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) |
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
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Microsoft Azure |
Azure Solutions Architect Expert |
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CompTIA |
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CompTIA |
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Fees for this program paid per course at the time of registration. Please find the list of courses and corresponding fees at mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/pdc-fees.
Courses
4 Required Courses (26 CEUs)
YCIT 017 Cloud Computing Fundamentals
(7.5 CEUs)
Value proposition of cloud computing versus traditional computing models; the economics and history of computing in business; terminology associated with modern computing; nuanced differences between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS; containerization versus virtualization; identity, networking, and security best practices.
YCIT 018 Cloud Networking and Security
(7.5 CEUs)
Networking concepts and their application to cloud environments; configuration of hybrid and multi-cloud network connectivity; application of fundamental security principles in networking decisions.
YCIT 019 Cloud Architecture
(9 CEUs)
The power of containerization and its distinction from virtualization; features of the Linux kernel underpinning containerization; how to set up a Docker environment, build containers, and use an orchestration tool, namely, Kubernetes; additional tools for monitoring, sharing, and deploying applications.
YCIT 020 Advanced Cloud Architecture
(9 CEUs)
Advanced cloud-native architecture topics and tools to architect enterprise-scale application deployments. Service meshes, secrets management, routine management, monitoring and troubleshooting of Kubernetes clusters, and tools to manage enterprise-scale production clusters.
1 Complementary Course (7 CEUs)
YCIT 021 DevOps Practices and Tools
(9 CEUs)
Introduction to DevOps culture, its benefits; and a variety of popular DevOps tools. Emphasis on the application of principles that allow teams to develop resilient software while reducing time to market. Establishing guardrails to mitigate risks; continuous development workflows.
YCIT 022 Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
(9 CEUs)
Introduction to the theory of Service Level Objectives and Agreements, a principled way of describing and measuring the desired reliability of a service. Set up and application of these principles in any organization that builds software systems. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) tools, techniques, and best practices.