Cloud Engineer IT Professional Program (Vouchers Included)

This Cloud Engineer IT Professional Program will help you become a certified cloud engineer by preparing you to earn well-respected certifications that demonstrate real-world skills employers look for. Launch your successful new career as a cloud engineer, with average salaries exceeding $100,000!

This course is offered in partnership with the experts at the Linux Foundation, leaders on relevant open-source projects, and one of the most popular cloud-based operating systems in the world. This cloud engineer training IT Professional Program is designed to help you succeed in your path to cloud engineer certification. The IT Professional Program with Linux at the operating system layer, then moves up the stack, covering DevOps, cloud computing, containers, and more, providing all the knowledge needed to achieve a cloud certification and work as a cloud administrator.

With your course enrollment, you will receive exam vouchers to sit for the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) and the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exams. The vouchers are prepaid access to sit for the certifying exams upon eligibility.

Luis Eduardo Vivero

Luis Eduardo Vivero is an Electronic engineer with vast experience in Linux and open source as a senior support engineer and project engineer. Luis has worked in large, distributed, and multicultural organizations.

Tim Serewicz

In addition to being a senior instructor for the Linux Foundation, Tim Serewicz creates content in various forms to optimize learning and retention, including audio, video, motion graphics, and traditional course books. He currently helps develop courses in Kubernetes administration and development, service mesh, software-defined networking, and virtualization for The Linux Foundation.

Chris Pokorni

Chris Pokorni is the founder of NQB8 Cloud Tech Consulting and an independent instructor for The Linux Foundation. Chris holds CKA and CKAD certificates and teaches Kubernetes courses for Administrators and Application Developers. As a consultant for small and global enterprises, Chris led workshops and designed HA Middleware/ESB, Datacenter Monitoring, and Hybrid Cloud Architecture solutions.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebooks are not compatible.

For Required Lab Exercises:

• Access to a Linux server or Linux desktop/laptop is required for hands-on lab exercises. Access to a public cloud provider or VirtualBox on your machine is also needed. Lab exercises in this course have been tested in a GCP environment.
• If using a cloud provider like GCP or AWS, you should be able to complete the lab exercises using the free tier or credits provided to you. However, you may incur charges if you exceed the credits initially allocated by the cloud provider.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 7 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.7 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Microsoft Word Online.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Exam Requirements

• Exams are delivered online, and Candidates must provide their computer with:
  • Current version of Chrome or Chromium.
  • Reliable internet access.
  • Microphone.
  • Webcam.
• All technical exam requirements should be tested and working prior to starting the exam.
• Candidates are not allowed to have other applications or browser windows running except the one on which the Exam is being shown.
• Candidates should run the compatibility check tool to verify that their hardware meets the minimum requirements.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Certification Requirements:

There are no requirements to take the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator Exam (LFCS) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam (CKA) other than the skills needed to pass the certifications exams.