School of
Cloud Computing
Today, all companies, big or small, are adopting cloud computing to enable their digital transformation. The growth of this technology has created incredible demand for Cloud computing jobs, from Cloud developers and Cloud DevOps roles to more specialized roles such as solutions architects and Cloud security engineers. You can join this growing field – get started today.
Over 50k jobs in the US alone
$146k median salary
225% Job Growth since 2015
The Cloud Architect Nanodegree Program
Cloud Architects Cloud Architects plan and design the infrastructure for implementing cloud computing solutions. They focus on high-level strategy including system design, security, and monitoring for performance and cost optimization. A cloud architect is responsible for identifying business goals and interpreting them as technical requirements to build cloud-based technical solutions.
This role is a great fit for engineers and developers with Cloud Computing experience who want to plan, design, and build secure, high availability cloud infrastructure to implement the AWS cloud.
In the program, you will:
- Design and deploy a fault tolerant and resilient web service architecture in AWS
- Monitor availability and simulate and test failure scenarios and recovery
- Optimize cloud service infrastructure for cost and performance
- Use Terraform to provision and configure AWS services in a global configuration
- Evaluate a cloud environment’s security vulnerabilities, and secure it
- Design a DevSecOps pipeline that will scan infrastructure as code, AMI and containers, and AWS cloud configuration for vulnerabilities
The Cloud DevOps Engineer Nanodegree Program
DevOps Engineers optimize, automate, and monitor development pipelines. They focus on ensuring that products and services are delivered smoothly and at scale by building and optimizing cloud architecture and configuration.
This role is a great fit for a developer looking to shift your career towards a more operational role, or a system admin / operations manager who wants to upgrade their tech skills.
In the program, you will:
- Deploy and maintain infrastructure as code (IAC) securely with CloudFormation and Ansible
- Create Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with Jenkins
- Monitor and log changes in your system with Kibana and Grafana
- Operationalize scaleable microservices with Kubernetes
The Cloud Developer Nanodegree Program
Cloud Developers design and develop secure cloud applications, services, and products. This can include everything from back-end, front-end, web application, full-stack, and cloud application deployment. You will develop cloud-native applications or migrate legacy applications to cloud.
This role is a great fit for traditional software engineers and developers who want to build applications on cloud technologies.
In the program, you will:
- Build a static website using AWS
- Develop and deploy cloud-native full-stack applications on AWS
- Refactor monolithic apps to microservices, and scale using Kubernetes
- Develop and deploy a serverless application using AWS Lambda
Built with Industry Leaders
Our curriculum is designed to teach you the skills you need to excel in your Cloud Computing Career.
Kesha Williams
Engineering Manager, Chick-fil-A
Ivan Mushketyk
Software Engineer at ConsenSys; former AWS engineer
Carlos Rivas
Senior Solutions Architect at Infiniti Consulting
Justin Lee
Data Platform Engineer, Stitch Fix
Gabriel Rutner
CTO at Ursa & Tech Advisor for Startups
Noah Gift
Founder of Pragmatic AI Labs; Lecturer and Author
Learn More
Cloud Engineering and Development is a growing opportunity
Learn more with webinars, blogs, and resources to help you move forward in your career.
Webinar: Microservices and Kubernetes
Instructor Noah Gift, lecturer and author on machine learning and cloud computing, discusses microservices and Kubernetes. He will also answer questions on our two Nanodegree programs.
Webinar: A Day in the Life of a Cloud Engineer
Thinking about a career in cloud computing? Join to learn about career opportunities from Udacity Alumni working in the industry.
Webinar: Evolution of the cloud - from IaaS to Serverless
Instructor Ivan Mushketyk, cloud engineer, discusses how to build serverless applications. He will also answer questions on our two Nanodegree programs.
Announcing the School of Cloud
Webinar: Trends in Cloud Computing
Instructor Kesha Williams discussed trends in cloud computing, and answers questions on our two Nanodegree programs on May 20.
Webinar: Career Coach Brett Ellis
Brett discussed career options in Cloud Computing, and how Udacity Career Services can help you in your journey on May 23.
