Cloud Computing and DevOps Certification

Technology professionals collaborating on a cloud system
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The current NextSkillEdge page describes a five-month, 100% online Cloud Computing and DevOps Certification, with AWS, containers, orchestration and CI/CD work.

Its FAQ says NextSkillEdge issues the certificate.

The route is a provider certification, not an AWS certification, university degree or professional licence.

CareerSkale should make that visible before any enrolment pathway is enabled.

Provider fact grid

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Programme

Published position

Cloud Computing and DevOps Certification

What still needs confirming

Current public route

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Cloud Computing and DevOps Certification

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Current public route

Published position

Not published

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Written referral/application/payment role required

Published position

NextSkillEdge appears to deliver

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Confirm instructors, labs and support responsibility

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NextSkillEdge, according to its FAQ

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Confirm legal issuer and specimen

Published position

5 months

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Confirm intake and completion window

Published position

Around 12 hours

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Confirm timetable and live requirements

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100% online

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Confirm platform and lab access

Published position

Not published

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Current fee, currency and tax required

Published position

Not published

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Current start date and capacity required

Published position

Basic Linux/networking preferred; programming helpful

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Formal admissions rule required

Published position

No programme-specific rule is published. NextSkillEdge's general terms defer to NextSkillEdge and institution rules, give no fixed programme timeframe and indicate that some fees may be non-refundable

What still needs confirming

Final contract and legal policy control

Published learning sequence

EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, VPC/networking and cloud security.

Docker, Kubernetes orchestration and container security.

Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible and an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline.

The provider should define which cloud account, regions, quotas and services learners use. AWS usage can create variable charges if credits are not included.

Capstone evidence

The public page says the capstone involves containerising an application, orchestrating it with Kubernetes and automating deployment. Before enrolment, ask for:

  • the application and source-code requirements;
  • the cloud/lab environment supplied;
  • assessment criteria;
  • security and secret-management rules;
  • the expected availability and monitoring evidence;
  • portfolio/publication permission; and
  • the cost of keeping the deployment online after assessment.
Interactive guide

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Focus 01

Certificate boundary

NextSkillEdge's certificate should evidence completion of this programme under its own assessment standard. It should not be described as AWS Certified, Kubernetes-certified or equivalent to a named vendor exam unless the learner separately passes that exam.

The provider must supply the certificate specimen, legal issuer, pass threshold, resit rules and verification route.