Cloud & Cloud-Native Engineering

An original Mai Studies programme covering cloud service models, compute, storage, networking, identity, cost control and well-architected design principles that apply across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. It prepares learners conceptually for vendor certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Google Professional Cloud Architect without reproducing any vendor materials.

7 weeks 42 guided hours Beginner

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Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

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What you will achieve

Compare IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and choose between them
Design compute, storage and networking for a small workload
Apply identity, access and shared-responsibility security models
Estimate and control cloud spend
Sketch a well-architected, resilient reference design

Entry guidance

— Basic IT literacy
— Helpful: exposure to any hosting or server environment

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

4 applied modules

Lessons: 8
Assessed tasks: 4
Practice questions: 48
Timed mock papers: 2

Cloud Service Models

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and the shared responsibility model.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. IaaS, PaaS and SaaS21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
What you manage versus what the provider manages.
2. Regions, Zones and the Global Backbone21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Where your workloads actually live.

Cloud Service Models: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Compute, Storage and Networking

The building blocks of any workload on any provider.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Compute and Storage21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Virtual machines, containers, functions and object storage.
2. Cloud Networking21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Virtual networks, load balancers and secure exposure.

Compute, Storage and Networking: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Identity, Security and Cost

Access control, encryption and keeping the bill under control.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Identity and Access Management21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Identities, roles and least privilege.
2. Controlling Cloud Cost21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Visibility, budgets and right-sizing.

Identity, Security and Cost: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Well-Architected Design

Reliability, performance and a reference architecture exercise.

2 lessons · 12 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Well-Architected Principles21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Reliability, security, performance, cost and operations.
2. Capstone: A Reference Architecture21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Design a resilient small-business platform.

Well-Architected Design: marked task — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Timed mock papers

Cloud & Cloud-Native Engineering: timed mock paper 1 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks
Cloud & Cloud-Native Engineering: timed mock paper 2 — 180 minutes, 30 objective questions plus written and computational tasks

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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