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Cloud Engineer / AWS DevOps

Deploy and operate AWS infrastructure like a pro

The flagship CloudPath track. Master AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, containers, observability, and the workflow patterns Fortune 500 platform teams actually use. Built around what hiring managers screen for in cloud + DevOps interviews.

AWSTerraformDockerKubernetes (EKS)GitHub ActionsLinuxBashPython

Salary range

$75k – $135k

entry → mid US

Time to complete

16 wk

32 wk part-time

Lessons

50

5 phases

Capstone

Yes

real cloud account

Salary range is sourced from BLS Computer Network Architects + Levels.fyi 2026 cloud-engineer postings. Your specific outcome depends on location, experience, interview performance, and market conditions.

Roles this path prepares you for

  • Cloud Engineer
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Platform Engineer
  • Junior SRE
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate (cert prep)

Curriculum

1

Cloud Foundations

Free preview

Cloud computing concepts, AWS Cloud Practitioner content, IAM basics, EC2/S3/Lambda intro.

12 lessons

2

Solutions Architect

Locked

VPC design, multi-AZ, storage, databases, serverless, well-architected framework.

13 lessons

3

DevOps Engineering

Locked

Git workflows, CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, ECS Fargate, Kubernetes, monitoring, incident response.

13 lessons

4

Enterprise Readiness

Locked

Sprint workflows, code review, change management, cross-team work — how real teams ship.

6 lessons

5

Career Launch

Locked

Technical interviews, system design, behavioral STAR, resume + LinkedIn, salary negotiation, first 90 days.

6 lessons

Capstone project + completion certificate

Tekstar Bookstore on EKS

Deploy a four-service microservices app to Amazon EKS in your own AWS account: VPC, ECR, helm, ALB ingress, observability, autoscaling, App Mesh.

Deliverables

  • ·Working EKS cluster with all services running
  • ·Public ALB DNS serving the front-end
  • ·Container Insights dashboards + at least one alarm
  • ·Portfolio README documenting the architecture
  • ·Cost teardown verification
Completion certificate. Finish every lesson in this path and we auto-issue a CloudPath Cloud Engineer / AWS DevOps certificate to your account, with a shareable verification URL. Show it on LinkedIn, your portfolio, or in a recruiter conversation.

Before you start

  • ·Comfortable using a terminal
  • ·An AWS Free Tier account (or willingness to set one up — included)

What you walk out with

  • Deploy production-grade AWS infrastructure end-to-end
  • Read + write Terraform for real-world stacks
  • Run a Kubernetes cluster + understand how requests flow through it
  • Interview confidently for Cloud / DevOps roles
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner-ready (and on the Solutions Architect Associate path)

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