Telicon Academy™ · 16 weeks · 64 lessons
DevOps & Cloud Engineering Bootcamp
A 16-week hands-on DevOps and multi-cloud program covering CI/CD, Linux, containers, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 operations, observability, security and platform engineering.
Telicon Academy™ programs are vendor-aligned where relevant but are not official SAP, Oracle, Microsoft or AWS certifications and do not imply vendor endorsement unless separately authorized.
Who it's for
IT graduates, operations staff and career changers moving toward cloud and platform roles.
Prerequisites
- Basic computing and networking familiarity
- Comfort learning command-line tools
- Time for hands-on labs
You'll be able to
- Build CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
- Operate containers and cloud services
- Monitor reliability and respond to incidents
- Document secure delivery and recovery plans
16-week curriculum
Week 1
DevOps Foundations & Delivery Culture
DevOps Principles & Value Streams · Software Delivery Lifecycle · Git Workflows for Operations · SRE, Platform Engineering & Shared Responsibility
Week 2
Linux, Shell & Automation Fundamentals
Linux Administration Essentials · Bash & PowerShell Scripting · Processes, Services & Logs · Automation with Python Fundamentals
Week 3
Networking, DNS & Infrastructure Fundamentals
TCP/IP for Cloud Engineers · DNS, HTTP/S & Load Balancing · Firewalls, Routing & Connectivity · Certificates, TLS & Network Troubleshooting
Week 4
CI/CD Engineering
Continuous Integration Pipelines · Build, Test & Artifact Management · Deployment Strategies · Pipeline Security & Release Controls
Week 5
Containers with Docker
Container Images & Registries · Dockerfiles & Build Optimization · Container Networking & Storage · Compose, Security & Troubleshooting
Week 6
Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Kubernetes Architecture · Pods, Deployments & Services · Config, Secrets & Ingress · Scaling, Health Checks & Operations
Week 7
Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as Code Principles · Terraform Foundations · State, Modules & Environments · Policy, Review & Drift Management
Week 8
AWS Cloud Engineering
AWS Identity, Accounts & Organizations · AWS Compute, Storage & Databases · AWS Networking & Load Balancing · AWS Automation, Monitoring & Cost Controls
Week 9
Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineering
Azure Subscriptions, Resource Groups & RBAC · Azure Compute, Storage & Databases · Azure Networking & Load Balancing · Azure Monitor, Policy & Automation
Week 10
Microsoft 365, Entra ID & Endpoint Operations
Microsoft 365 Tenant Foundations · Microsoft Entra ID, MFA & Conditional Access · Exchange, Teams & SharePoint Administration Concepts · Intune, Device Management & Secure Operations
Week 11
Observability & Incident Response
Metrics, Logs & Traces · Dashboards & Alerting · Incident Command & Postmortems · Capacity, Performance & Reliability Signals
Week 12
Cloud Security & Zero Trust
IAM & Least Privilege · Secrets, Keys & Workload Identity · Cloud Security Posture & Vulnerability Management · Zero Trust, Compliance & Audit Evidence
Week 13
Reliability, Backup, DR & FinOps
SLOs, SLIs & Error Budgets · Backup, Restore & Disaster Recovery · High Availability & Resilience Patterns · FinOps, Tagging & Cost Optimization
Week 14
Platform Engineering & Developer Experience
Internal Developer Platforms · Reusable Templates & Golden Paths · Self-Service Infrastructure · Platform APIs, Governance & Developer Experience
Week 15
Multi-Cloud Capstone Build Sprint
Capstone Architecture & Requirements · CI/CD, IaC & Environment Build · Observability, Security & Reliability Implementation · Runbooks, Cost Review & Launch Readiness
Week 16
Capstone Defense & Cloud Portfolio
Production Simulation & Incident Drill · Architecture Documentation & Runbooks · Expert Panel Defense · Cloud Portfolio & Certification Roadmap
Projects
Week 4 · Applied project
Delivery pipeline
Build and document a tested pipeline for a fictional team.
Week 8 · Mid-program project
Cloud operations checkpoint
Present a repeatable infrastructure and operations plan.
Week 16 · Capstone · expert panel
Multi-cloud delivery platform
Defend secure automation, observability, cost and incident readiness to a panel.
Admissions readiness check
- Networking fundamentals
- Logic and troubleshooting
- Scripting aptitude
- Operations judgement and learning readiness
Advisory only; staff make the final decision.
Trainer expectations
Hands-on Linux, CI/CD, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 / Entra ID, containers, infrastructure as code, SRE and security operations experience.
Career directions
- Cloud Support Engineer
- Junior DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Operations Analyst
- Platform Support Engineer
Not a job guarantee.
Learning and tools
Guided lessons, applied practice and a portfolio of work aligned to this pathway.
Tools and technologies
- Linux
- Git
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365 / Entra ID
- CI/CD and observability
Expert review and certificate
The capstone is reviewed by an assigned expert panel. Panel assignments depend on verified reviewer availability; no staff credentials are implied by a seat description.
Panel perspectives
- Cloud architecture reviewer
- DevOps and platform reviewer
- Security and reliability reviewer
- Industry operations reviewer
Completion requirements
- Required lessons and labs
- Portfolio projects and midpoint review
- Quizzes and final assessment
- Expert-reviewed capstone and completed revisions
Start dates, financial options and admission decisions are confirmed by staff. A certificate does not guarantee employment.