CareerForge
Cloud Track

Become a Cloud Engineer

Master AWS, Azure, and GCP with structured training and real-world cloud projects — built for working professionals.

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Is this for you?

This track is designed for people at these stages:

You're in IT support or networking and want to transition into cloud infrastructure roles

You're a developer who wants to understand cloud architecture and deploy your own services

You're working with on-prem infrastructure and need cloud skills to stay relevant in the UK market

Career Path Timeline

Where this track can take you in the UK job market.

Junior Cloud Engineer

£30,000–£42,000/yr

Cloud Engineer

£48,000–£65,000/yr

Senior Cloud Engineer

£70,000–£90,000/yr

Cloud Architect

£90,000–£120,000+/yr

The Curriculum

10 structured modules. Progress at your pace — your training path adapts to you.

Module 01

Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Core concepts of cloud architecture, service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and deployment strategies

Module 02

AWS Core Services

EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS — hands-on with the most widely used cloud platform

Module 03

Azure & GCP Essentials

Cross-cloud literacy — key services and architectural differences across providers

Module 04

Networking & Security

VPCs, subnets, security groups, NACLs, and cloud-native security best practices

Module 05

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform and CloudFormation for reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure

Module 06

Serverless Architecture

Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions — event-driven computing at scale

Module 07

Data Services & Storage

Databases, data lakes, caching, and storage solutions across cloud providers

Module 08

Cost Optimisation

FinOps principles, reserved instances, spot pricing, and cost governance

Module 09

Cloud Security & Compliance

Identity management, encryption, compliance frameworks, and audit readiness

Module 10

Capstone Project

Design and deploy a multi-tier cloud architecture with full documentation

What You'll Build

Real projects that become your portfolio — the kind UK hiring managers actually ask about.

Multi-Region AWS Architecture

Design and deploy a highly available, fault-tolerant application across multiple AWS regions with automated failover

AWSTerraformRoute 53RDS

Serverless Data Pipeline

Build an event-driven data processing pipeline using Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB with real-time monitoring

LambdaSQSDynamoDBCloudWatch

Cloud Migration Strategy

Plan and execute a lift-and-shift migration of a monolithic application to cloud-native microservices

AWSDockerECSCloudFormation

Your Trainer

M

Mia

Cloud Trainer at CareerForge

Mia has helped 45+ engineers achieve AWS and Azure certifications and land cloud roles across the UK. Detail-oriented, patient, and brilliant at breaking down complex architectures.

StructuredResponsive supportPersonalised to your pace

Ready to start your Cloud journey?

Cohort places are limited. Applications reviewed within 48 hours.

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