Moving to the cloud promised speed, yet many teams find themselves with fragile deployments, manual changes nobody can trace, runaway bills and developers waiting weeks for environments. Ten laboratory days show engineers how to run cloud delivery as a disciplined, automated and affordable service. The first week builds foundations: cloud architecture on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, Linux and networking, Git workflows, Terraform infrastructure as code, pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, and Docker containers.
The second week goes deeper with Kubernetes, Helm and GitOps, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, logging and tracing, site reliability practice, DevSecOps scanning and secrets management, then FinOps cost allocation, rightsizing and budgets. It ends with platform engineering: golden paths, self-service templates and an internal developer platform built as a team project. Delivery is in the classroom, online or in-house. Software developers, system administrators, cloud and DevOps engineers, SREs, technical leads and IT managers will find it directly applicable. Afterwards you can design, automate, secure and cost-govern a cloud platform, and you receive a CPD-accredited certificate.
Organisations in banking, telecoms, government and technology are shifting workloads to public cloud, but the benefits only arrive when delivery is automated and costs are governed. Teams that provision resources by hand and deploy on Fridays by copying files cannot meet expectations for reliability, security or speed, and cloud invoices that nobody owns soon become a board-level concern.
The Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course is a ten-day, laboratory-based programme covering the whole discipline. The first five days lay the engineering foundations: cloud services and architecture, version control, infrastructure as code, continuous integration and delivery, and containerisation. The second five days apply those foundations at scale, with container orchestration, GitOps, observability, reliability engineering, security integrated into pipelines, financial operations and, finally, the design of internal platforms that let product teams self-serve safely.
Participants work in a real cloud account throughout. They write Terraform modules, build pipelines, deploy to Kubernetes, instrument services, break and repair systems, tag and analyse spend, and assemble a working platform prototype in a closing project. The approach suits practitioners who want transferable method instead of dependence on any single vendor console, and every participant leaves with working code repositories and runbooks.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants complete the programme with working assets and a clear operating approach:
Roughly two thirds of the ten days are spent in guided laboratories in a live cloud account. The approach includes:
Day 1: Cloud Architecture and Core Services
Day 2: Version Control and DevOps Culture
Day 3: Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Day 4: Continuous Integration and Delivery
Day 5: Containers and Image Management
Day 6: Kubernetes and GitOps
Day 7: Observability and Reliability Engineering
Day 8: DevSecOps and Cloud Security
Day 9: FinOps and Cloud Cost Governance
Day 10: Platform Engineering and Capstone
The programme is intended for technical professionals who build, run or manage cloud-based systems, including:
Participants who attend the ten days and complete the laboratories and capstone receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. The programme is vendor-neutral practice and does not replace cloud provider certification exams.
Upcoming cohorts
CPD-Accredited
Official invoice & confirmation letter provided
Team discount for 3+ seats
Need help with this booking?
Our training team can help with group pricing, invoicing, or picking the right schedule.
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
By the end of the Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering programme, you'll be able to design cloud architectures that balance availability, security, performance and cost, provision and manage environments with terraform and version-controlled infrastructure as code, build automated build, test and deployment pipelines for applications and infrastructure, and package applications in containers and run them reliably on kubernetes. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is intended for technical professionals who build, run or manage cloud-based systems, including: DevOps and cloud engineers, Software developers moving into delivery automation, Systems and network administrators, Site reliability and operations engineers, Solution architects and technical leads, Security engineers working on cloud environments, IT managers and heads of infrastructure, Finance and procurement analysts managing cloud budgets, and Data and platform team members supporting analytics workloads.
Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course typically runs as 10 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Professional Cloud, DevOps, FinOps & Platform Engineering Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
Related Training
Key Skills You'll Learn
Vision Reach Global
From $3,000 · KSh 230,000
Key Skills You'll Learn
Vision Reach Global
From $3,000 · KSh 230,000
Key Skills You'll Learn
Vision Reach Global
From $1,500 · KSh 115,000
Swipe to see more courses →
VRG brings strategic discipline to complex organizational challenges. Their approach is structured, data-driven, and outcome-focused.
Levis Wabwire
Managing Director
They facilitated our strategy review, we improved departmental KPI alignment by 35% and reduced operational bottlenecks significantly.
David Oketch
Strategy Lead
Employee engagement scores increased following the leadership training program. The difference in accountability culture is evident.
Wendy Albright
Program Manager