Expert level Cloud and DevOps

Reliability, Security and Platform Engineering

Run systems that must not fail: service level objectives, safe release strategies, cloud security and policy as code, secure pipelines, disaster recovery and cost control, finished with a production-grade platform reviewed by the NIBVEDA team.

  • 42hours of work
  • 19parts
  • Reviewedcapstone
  • Lifetimeaccess
  • Site reliability
  • Progressive delivery
  • Cloud security
  • Policy as code
  • Supply chain security
  • Disaster recovery
  • FinOps
  • Platform engineering

At a glance

Who it is for

Engineers who already run applications on Kubernetes with infrastructure as code and want to own reliability, security and the developer platform.

Before you start

Solid experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and a CI/CD pipeline (the Intermediate programme or equivalent). A local cluster or a free cloud account, and comfort reading YAML and shell scripts.

How you finish

Pass the quizzes and labs, then submit a capstone project. The NIBVEDA team reviews it and either accepts it or sends it back with comments you can act on.

What you will be able to do

  1. 01Define SLOs and error budgets and use them to make release decisions
  2. 02Release with canary and blue/green strategies and automatic rollback
  3. 03Apply least privilege, secret management and policy as code in the cloud
  4. 04Secure the delivery pipeline with scanning, SBOMs and signed images
  5. 05Plan and rehearse disaster recovery with defined recovery objectives
  6. 06Control cost and build a self-service golden path for developers

Curriculum 42 hours in 19 parts

Select a kind to highlight its parts.

Stage 1A chaos experiment and recovery7 parts · 11 h
  1. 1
    Site reliability: SLIs, SLOs and error budgetsLesson · Short, focused reading with questions to check yourself.
    1 hFree
  2. 2
    Designing for failureLesson · Short, focused reading with questions to check yourself.
    1 h
  3. 3
    SLOs, burn rates and a budget policyWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  4. 4
    Progressive delivery: canary, blue/green and flagsLesson · Short, focused reading with questions to check yourself.
    1 h
  5. 5
    A canary release with automatic rollbackWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  6. 6
    Check yourself: reliability and releasesQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  7. 7
    A chaos experiment and recoveryLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    3 h
Stage 2Harden a Kubernetes workload and its cluster6 parts · 10 h
  1. 8
    Cloud security, identity and policy as codeLesson · Short, focused reading with questions to check yourself.
    1 h
  2. 9
    Least privilege, secrets and policy checksWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  3. 10
    Securing the software supply chainLesson · Short, focused reading with questions to check yourself.
    1 h
  4. 11
    A secure pipeline with scanning, SBOM and signingWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  5. 12
    Check yourself: cloud security and the supply chainQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  6. 13
    Harden a Kubernetes workload and its clusterLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    3 h
Stage 3A disaster recovery drill4 parts · 8 h
  1. 14
    Backups, restores and a disaster recovery planWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  2. 15
    Cost management and capacity planningWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  3. 16
    Check yourself: operating at scaleQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  4. 17
    A disaster recovery drillLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    3 h
Stage 4A golden path for developers1 part · 3 h
  1. 18
    A golden path for developersLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    3 h
FinishCapstone project1 part · 10 h
  1. 19
    A production-ready platformCapstone · A full project for your portfolio.
    10 h
Free lessonSite reliability: SLIs, SLOs and error budgets
What you take away

An internship certificate with your skills on it.

Made for you automatically when you finish the last part, it names the internship programme, the level and the 42 hours, lists what you showed, and carries a number and a QR code. Anyone can check it on the NIBVEDA verification page, and it shows as withdrawn there if it is ever revoked.

  • Proof you completed all 42 hours of this internship programme
  • An Internship badge for your profile, CV or portfolio
  • Not a job, a stipend or an academic degree, and it says so

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Is this a real internship?

It is a virtual internship programme: a structured, self-paced course built around a real project, with checked assessments and a certificate. It is not employment, it does not carry a stipend and it is not an academic or AICTE-approved qualification. What it gives you is verified, project-based evidence of skills.

How does self-paced work?

You start when you like and move at your own speed. Each part unlocks when you finish the one before it. There are no live classes and no deadlines. Your access is shown on each programme page.

How is my work checked?

Quizzes are marked as soon as you submit them. Labs use a tick-list of tasks. Intermediate and Expert programmes finish with a capstone that the NIBVEDA team reviews and either accepts or sends back with comments.

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