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Become a Cloud Solutions Architect

Master cloud architecture, DevOps automation, and scalable systems across AWS and Azure.

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Months

Part-time

Architectures

Deployed

Tools

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1:1

Mentorship

Personal

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and analytics—over the internet. Today, companies are moving away from traditional on-premise infrastructure to dynamic, scalable cloud platforms. In 6 months, you will learn to design secure, highly available architectures, automate infrastructure using Terraform, and deploy containerized apps using Kubernetes.

What is Cloud Computing?
Over 90% of enterprises use multi-cloud strategies, driving a massive shortage of certified Cloud Architects.
PROGRAMME FEE

Cloud Computing

6 MONTHS

Everything you need to learn with confidence, build practical experience and move your career forward.

PROGRAMME FEE

£1,699£1,199
A Global Learning Community

A GLOBAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

Learn together. Build with confidence.

Live learning

Mentor-led sessions

15+ architectures

Portfolio-ready work

1:1 mentorship

Guidance that is personal

Career preparation

Resume and interviews

100% placement

Career-ready support

Curriculum

A paced roadmap,not a chapter list.

Each phase moves from competence building into portfolio-visible output.

01

Timeline

Weeks 1-6

Cloud Fundamentals & Core Services

Design virtual private clouds, manage identity access (IAM), and deploy compute and storage resources.

VPC NetworkingIAM SecurityEC2 & VM ComputeS3 & Blob Storage
02

Timeline

Weeks 7-12

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Define entire environments declaratively using Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps workflows.

Terraform configurationAnsible provisioningState managementGitOps basics
03

Timeline

Weeks 13-18

Containers & Orchestration

Package apps into Docker containers and orchestrate microservices in Kubernetes clusters.

Docker imagesKubernetes pods & servicesIngress controllersHelm charts
04

Timeline

Weeks 19-24

CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps Practices

Automate testing and deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, and set up Prometheus/Grafana monitoring.

GitHub ActionsPrometheus & GrafanaCost optimizationArchitectural review
Research & Portfolio Capstones

10 Capstone Projects per Domain for Cloud Computing

Explore 10 dedicated research-backed capstone systems for every domain (AI, Data, Security, Cloud) modeled after production corporate environments and SOTA literature.

Domain Filter:
AI Track 40 hours

Autonomous Clinical Charting & ICD-11 Medical Agent

Build an autonomous agent with LangGraph & RAG to transcribe clinical consultations, extract structured diagnostic observations, and auto-assign ICD-11 codes with confidence scoring.

PythonLangGraphQdrantWhisper API+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Automated Curriculum RAG Assistant & Concept Graph

Develop a RAG-powered knowledge graph assistant that indexes course textbooks, lecture transcripts, and slides to generate custom study roadmaps.

PythonWeaviateNeo4jLlamaIndex+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 45 hours

Reinforcement Learning Portfolio Rebalancing Robot

Train a Deep Reinforcement Learning (PPO / DDPG) agent that continuously rebalances a multi-asset portfolio to maximize Sharpe ratio under transaction fee constraints.

PythonPyTorchStable-Baselines3Gymnasium+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Visual Product Search & Camera Inspection Agent

Develop a mobile visual search app allowing shoppers to snap a photo of any item in the physical world and instantly find matching products in catalog.

PythonPyTorchMilvus / QdrantFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 45 hours

Industrial Robot Arm Trajectory Planning RL Agent

Train a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent (SAC) for a 6-axis industrial robot arm performing high-speed pick-and-place sorting of randomized parts.

PythonPyTorchPyBulletROS2+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 35 hours

Automated Threat Modeling & Attack Tree Generator Agent

Build an AI agent that inspects application architecture diagrams and OpenAPI specs to automatically generate STRIDE threat models and attack trees.

PythonLangChainGraphvizFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Livestock Facial Recognition & Individual Animal Tracking Agent

Deploy a computer vision model using CNN facial recognition to identify individual cattle, pigs, and sheep from barn camera feeds.

PythonPyTorchOpenCVFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Customs Documentation & Tariff Code Classification Agent

Build an AI agent that ingests commercial invoice PDFs and extracts product line items to auto-assign international Harmonized System (HS) tariff codes.

PythonLlamaIndexFastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 35 hours

Customer Review Aspect-Based Sentiment & Feature Rating Agent

Build an aspect-based sentiment analysis model extracting specific product feature ratings (e.g., 'battery life', 'durability') from Amazon reviews.

PythonHugging Face TransformersFastAPIReact
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Court Legal Precedent & Judicial Sentence Consistency Agent

Develop an AI assistant that analyzes historical judicial sentencing records to help judges identify sentencing discrepancies across similar crime profiles.

PythonLlamaIndexScikit-LearnFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 45 hours

Real-Time Streaming ICU Sepsis Early-Warning Engine

Architect a real-time streaming ML pipeline processing ICU patient telemetry (heart rate, SpO2, blood pressure) to predict septic shock 6 hours prior to clinical onset.

Apache KafkaApache SparkXGBoostPython+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Adaptive Knowledge Tracing (DKT) Personalized Learning Engine

Implement a Deep Knowledge Tracing (DKT) model using Recurrent Neural Networks to estimate a student's mastery level of concepts over time.

PythonPyTorchPandasFastAPI+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Liquidity Risk Monte Carlo Simulator & Yield Curve Calibrator

Architect a parallelized GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo simulation engine calibrating interest rate yield curves (Hull-White model) to evaluate liquidity risks.

PythonCuPy / CUDASciPyPandas+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Dynamic Price Elasticity & Competitor Scraping Bot

Architect an automated competitor price scraping bot and dynamic pricing engine that adjusts SKU prices based on real-time market elasticity.

PythonPlaywrightFastAPIScikit-Learn+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 35 hours

Assembly Line Scrap & Raw Material Defect Analytics

Build a root-cause analytics model using Decision Trees and SHAP to identify raw material lot batches causing high assembly line scrap rates.

PythonScikit-LearnSHAPPandas+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Traffic Feature Pipeline

Architect a streaming analytics engine using Apache Flink to analyze SYN flood packet velocity and IP entropy to trigger BGP Blackhole routing.

Apache FlinkPythonClickHouseFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 35 hours

Crop Micro-Climate & Frost Risk Forecaster

Build an ensemble machine learning model processing local weather station IoT sensors to predict localized sub-zero frost risks 12 hours ahead for fruit orchards.

PythonXGBoostPandasFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 35 hours

Parcel Sorting Hub Chute Jam & Throughput Analytics

Architect a real-time IoT analytics console monitoring high-speed parcel sorter chute sensors to detect package jams and balance sorting lane loads.

PythonInfluxDBGrafanaFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 35 hours

Affiliate Marketing Partner Fraud & Payout Analytics Engine

Develop a fraud analytics model evaluating affiliate marketer referral sales, IP cookie stuffing velocity, and refund rates to block fraudulent commissions.

PythonScikit-LearnFastAPIPostgreSQL+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 35 hours

City Emergency Call (911) Response Time & Dispatch Analytics

Build a 911 dispatch analytics data warehouse evaluating police, fire, and ambulance response times by city neighborhood and priority code.

SQLPostGISdbtPower BI+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Medical Device (IoMT) Zero-Trust Network Micro-Segmentation

Design and implement an automated Zero-Trust network gatekeeper enforcing dynamic micro-segmentation policies for hospital IoT devices (infusion pumps, MRI scanners).

PythonSuricataPalo Alto APIDocker+2
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Student Identity Verification & AI Proxy Test-Taker Guard

Develop a continuous biometric facial recognition and keystroke dynamics verifier validating student identity throughout high-stakes online exams.

PythonPyTorchFaceNetFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

SWIFT Banking Network Cyber Threat Intelligence & Anomaly Guard

Develop a specialized SIEM analytics module parsing ISO 20022 SWIFT financial transaction messages to detect unauthorized wire transfers.

PythonFastAPIElasticsearchPostgreSQL+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Retail Loyalty Point Fraud & Gift Card Abuse Detector

Build a fraud detection engine analyzing loyalty point redemption velocity and gift card claim patterns to flag fraudulent redemptions.

PythonScikit-LearnFastAPIPostgreSQL+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

3D Printer G-Code File Tampering & Sabotage Inspector

Develop a static analysis tool inspecting 3D printer G-code files to detect malicious void insertions intended to weaken structural manufactured parts.

PythonThree.jsFastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Cryptographic Post-Quantum (PQC) Lattice Migration Auditor

Build an inventory tool scanning enterprise source code and TLS servers to identify legacy RSA / ECC algorithms and recommend Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) replacements.

PythonLibOQS (Open Quantum Safe)FastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Commercial Greenhouse HVAC Controller Cyber Attack Shield

Build an industrial firewall module monitoring BACnet / Modbus greenhouse environment controllers to prevent malicious heating overrides.

PythonBAC0 (BACnet Lib)FastAPIGrafana+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Warehouse AMR Robot Fleet Cyber Intrusion Shield

Build a ROS2 security module enforcing DDS-Security (Data Distribution Service) encryption and node authentication for warehouse mobile robots.

C++PythonROS2 / SROS2FastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Social Media Corporate Account Hijack & 2FA Enforcer Bot

Build a continuous social media account monitoring bot scanning corporate YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts for unauthorized admin additions.

PythonFastAPIReactDocker+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Municipal Smart City Traffic Light Cyber Attack Inspector

Deploy an industrial intrusion detection agent monitoring NEMA / 170 traffic light controller communications to block malicious signal manipulation.

PythonFastAPIGrafanaDocker+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

HIPAA-Compliant AWS Multi-Region EHR Database Architecture

Design and deploy a HIPAA-compliant AWS multi-region infrastructure using Terraform featuring Aurora PostgreSQL Global Database and encrypted S3 buckets.

TerraformAWS AuroraAWS KMSPython+2
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

Serverless Video Lecture Transcoding & HLS Streaming Pipeline

Build an event-driven serverless video processing pipeline on AWS using Elemental MediaConvert to transcode lecture MP4s into adaptive HLS streams.

AWS SAMAWS LambdaMediaConvertAWS S3+2
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 45 hours

GCP High-Throughput Financial Tick Data Lakehouse (Bigtable)

Architect a real-time financial market tick data lakehouse on GCP using Cloud Bigtable and Dataflow ingesting 1,000,000 trade events/sec.

TerraformGCP Cloud BigtableGCP DataflowBigQuery+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

E-Commerce CloudFront CDN Image Optimization & WebP Conversion

Deploy an AWS CloudFront CDN architecture with Lambda@Edge that automatically converts product images to compressed WebP formats based on browser capabilities.

TerraformAWS CloudFrontLambda@EdgeSharp Image Lib+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 45 hours

Factory ERP Cloud Migration & SAP on AWS High-Availability Vault

Architect a SAP HANA high-availability environment on AWS using Terraform, AWS Launch Wizard, and SLES Pacemaker clustering for manufacturing ERP.

TerraformAWS SAP Launch WizardSAP HANASUSE Pacemaker+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Zero-Trust Cloud Remote Access Bastion (Teleport)

Deploy a Gravitational Teleport Zero-Trust access gateway on AWS providing certificate-based SSH and Kubernetes access with session recording.

TerraformTeleportAWS EKSOkta+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

AgTech Cloud Cost Management & Spot Instance Training Pipeline

Build a cost-optimized machine learning model training pipeline on AWS using SageMaker Spot Instances to train satellite crop vision models.

PythonAmazon SageMakerPyTorchAWS S3+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Freight Forwarder Carrier Portal Multi-Tenant Cloud Architecture

Architect a multi-tenant SaaS carrier portal on AWS using ECS Fargate, PostgreSQL RDS, and AWS Cognito for 500 freight brokerage clients.

TerraformAWS ECS FargateAmazon RDSAWS Cognito+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

Marketing Video Streaming CDN on AWS CloudFront & S3

Build a high-performance marketing video streaming platform using AWS S3, CloudFront CDN, and AWS WAF delivering promotional video ads worldwide.

TerraformAWS CloudFrontAWS S3AWS WAF+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Government Cloud Identity & PIV / CAC Smart Card Authentication

Build a SAML 2.0 / OIDC Identity Provider integration connecting AWS IAM Identity Center with US Government PIV / CAC smart card authentication.

TerraformKeycloakAWS IAM Identity CenterSAML 2.0+1
Research Grounded

Where can your Cloud Computing Mastery training take you?

Cloud Solutions Architect

Design and optimize cloud infrastructure for security, reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

$98,000

starting pay for
Cloud Solutions Architects

DevOps Engineer

Automate infrastructure deployment, build CI/CD pipelines, and manage application monitoring and logging.

$92,000

starting pay for
DevOps Engineers

Cloud Security Engineer

Establish security compliance, manage IAM roles, encrypt cloud resources, and prevent intrusion in cloud services.

$100,000

starting pay for
Cloud Security Engineers

Infrastructure Engineer

Manage Kubernetes clusters, virtual private clouds, and database persistence layers at scale.

$85,000

starting pay for
Infrastructure Engineers

Sources: Glassdoor.in
and LinkedIn Salary Insights

Cloud Engineering is one of the highest-paying and most resilient tech careers globally

Career Salary Progression

Select a market benchmark to view salary estimates at different experience stages.

Stage 01Baseline
$80K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

Entry level
Stage 02+38% Growth
$110K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

1-3 years
Stage 03+88% Growth
$150K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

4-6 years
Stage 04+144% Growth
$195K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

7-9 years

Source: LinkedIn Salary Insights and AWS / Microsoft Talent Reports

You after Wills Education

A clear picture of the professional profile you will build over the program.

CSA

Cloud Solutions Architect

LinkedInGitHub

$98,000

Expected salary

Hard Skills

AWSAzureTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDLinuxGitPythonBashNetworkingCloud SecurityPrometheusGrafanaServerless

Soft Skills

System designCost optimizationCollaborationProblem solvingRisk management

Education

Cloud Computing Program

Projects

Scalable Multi-Region Web App

Architected and deployed a highly available, multi-region web application on AWS with automated CI/CD and autoscaling.

Tools Covered

The stack is organized around capability, not feature-name overload.

Grouping tools by what they enable keeps the learning story cleaner and more persuasive.

Cloud Providers

AWSAzureGoogle Cloud Platform

IaC & Automation

TerraformDockerKubernetesAnsible

CI/CD & Operations

GitHub ActionsGitPrometheusGrafana

Real-World Applications

Where your skills meet multiple industries.

See how the curriculum of the **Cloud Computing** program is directly applied in solving critical challenges across global sectors. Click any industry to view practice projects you can build.

Healthcare Use Case

Cloud Computing

HIPAA-compliant multi-region AWS cloud setup with automated backups and encrypted S3 storage buckets for clinical telemetry and patient records.

Education Use Case

Cloud Computing

Auto-scaling containerized virtual classroom application on Kubernetes with CDN caching for video lecture streaming during peak hours.

Finance Use Case

Cloud Computing

High-availability, PCI-DSS compliant serverless transaction processing pipelines with active-active databases across multiple cloud zones.

Retail Use Case

Cloud Computing

Kubernetes-based e-commerce platform deployment with automated auto-scaling rules triggered by live cart volumes and CDN delivery for product catalog images.

Manufacturing Use Case

Cloud Computing

IoT core gateway connection pipelines deployed in the cloud to aggregate and store sensor telemetry from industrial factory equipment in real time.

Cybersecurity Use Case

Cloud Computing

Automated AWS VPC configurations utilizing Terraform to spin up isolated sandbox environments for malware analysis and virtual penetration testing labs.

Agriculture Use Case

Cloud Computing

Cloud-based processing pipelines for remote sensing satellite imagery with low-cost storage tiers for historic crop telemetry data.

Logistics Use Case

Cloud Computing

Dynamic fleet management APIs running on serverless functions with real-time location database synchronization and regional read-replicas.

Marketing Use Case

Cloud Computing

Serverless tracking endpoints capturing campaign clicks at scale with data streaming into big-data warehouses for optimization models.

Government Use Case

Cloud Computing

GovCloud secure server architecture with automated IAM role permissions, CloudTrail auditing, and zero public internet endpoints for municipal services.

Aerospace and Defense Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS GovCloud setups with dynamic IAM role restrictions and automated S3 satellite data storage.

Automotive and Transportation Manufacturing Use Case

Cloud Computing

High-throughput telemetry ingestion pipelines built using AWS Kinesis, Lambda functions, and DynamoDB.

Chemicals and Plastics Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS setups using S3 buckets for formulation data and Terraform for VPC environment hosting.

Construction and Infrastructure Use Case

Cloud Computing

Event-driven AWS Lambda pipelines that ingest sensor telemetry logs and store alerts in DynamoDB.

Consulting and Professional Services Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS multi-cloud setups with automated backup procedures and IAM restricted client storage.

Entertainment, Arts, and Recreation Use Case

Cloud Computing

Scalable CloudFront CDNs to caching static media assets and streaming video segments globally.

Fashion, Apparel, and Textiles Use Case

Cloud Computing

Global AWS database replication syncing retail inventory counts and styling files across regions.

Fishing, Hunting, and Aquaculture Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS cloud structures using Lambda and DynamoDB to ingest and archive ocean telemetry logs.

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Processing Use Case

Cloud Computing

Event-driven AWS Lambda pipelines that ingest sensor telemetry logs and store alerts in DynamoDB.

Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS multi-cloud setups with automated backup procedures and IAM restricted booking databases.

Information Technology (IT) and Software Use Case

Cloud Computing

Scalable ECS and EKS cluster automation using Terraform VPC layouts and Helm deployments.

Legal Services Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS GovCloud setups with automated backups and encrypted S3 storage for legal records.

Mining, Quarrying, and Mineral Extraction Use Case

Cloud Computing

Event-driven AWS Lambda pipelines that ingest sensor telemetry logs and store alerts in DynamoDB.

Non-profit and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS setups with automated backup procedures and IAM restricted client directories.

Oil, Gas, and Renewable Energy Use Case

Cloud Computing

Event-driven AWS Lambda pipelines that ingest sensor telemetry logs and store alerts in DynamoDB.

Real Estate and Property Management Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS multi-cloud setups with automated backup procedures and IAM restricted booking databases.

Research and Development (R&D) Use Case

Cloud Computing

Secure AWS setups using S3 buckets for research data and Terraform for VPC environment hosting.

Telecommunications Use Case

Cloud Computing

Event-driven AWS Lambda pipelines that ingest connection telemetry logs and store alerts in DynamoDB.

Who It's For

A role-aware structure for learners with different starting points.

A comprehensive cohort-based program for engineers and tech professionals who want to design, deploy, and scale robust cloud architectures, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines.

Systems Administrators & IT Specialists

Transition from legacy on-premise hardware management to modern cloud orchestration.

Software Developers

Gain the operations and infrastructure knowledge to build cloud-native applications and own deployments.

Tech generalists & Career Switchers

Build strong foundations in virtualization, networks, and cloud architecture to enter DevOps.

✓ Spring career transition cohort
📈 Built a portfolio using Python, SQL & RAG Agents

March 2026 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

Weekly mentor feedback helped me connect analytics concepts to real education problems. The structure kept me moving every week.

AM
Ananya MenonEducator to Learning Analyst

Every module led to something visible in my portfolio. Python and SQL finally clicked because we kept applying them to real scenarios.

JO
James OkonkwoJunior Data Scientist

The live sessions were focused and easy to follow. I finished with a dashboard project I can confidently show in interviews.

MI
Meera IyerOperations Analyst

The examples felt close to real business work. I now understand how to turn a vague question into a clean analysis plan.

TB
Thomas BennettMarketing Data Executive
✓ Winter career transition cohort
📈 Built a portfolio using Excel, SQL and Power BI

January 2026 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

The mock interviews were direct and useful. By the end of the batch, I could explain my projects clearly and answer technical questions with confidence.

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Amina BegumAI Automation Specialist

I was working full-time, so the recordings and review checkpoints mattered. I always knew what to complete next.

RP
Ravi PatelBusiness Intelligence Analyst

The mentor comments were specific, not generic. That helped me improve my notebooks and explain my choices more professionally.

HC
Hannah ClarkeJunior Data Scientist

The dashboard labs were excellent. I learned how to design reports that are useful for decision-makers, not just visually busy.

OH
Oliver HarrisPower BI Specialist
✓ Autumn AI & Data Science cohort
📈 Deployed Full Stack Machine Learning & LLM Pipelines

October 2025 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

The Agentic AI program pushed me way beyond tutorials. I shipped an actual RAG-powered assistant as my capstone, and it is now live in production.

RD
Robert DavisAI Engineer

The AI Business Analytics track gave me both technical depth and storytelling frameworks to step into a management position with confidence.

SW
Sophie WilliamsBusiness Intelligence Manager

What separates Wills is that they care about proof, not completion. By the end I had five real projects and landed a lead role in 6 weeks.

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Nitesh GuptaData Science Lead

I was a software developer looking to pivot into data. The Data Science program gave me a structured path to frame my experience into something hiring managers respond to.

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Aisha TaylorSenior Data Engineer
Placement Support

Career support is presented as a structured process, not a vague promise.

The same trust-first system used on the homepage carries through to each program detail page.

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Position

Refine the story you tell about your background, projects, and direction.

02

Package

Turn assignments into portfolio assets, case studies, and stronger proof.

03

Pursue

Move into applications and interviews with clearer materials and tighter narratives.

FAQ

Questions learners ask before choosing Cloud Computing.

Basic scripting (Python or Bash) is helpful but not required. The course starts with basic networking and cloud services, then builds automation skills.