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Build job-ready skills employers need with this IBM Cloud Operations, Monitoring, Security and Compliance course. Ideal for professionals looking to become a hybrid cloud architect or systems architect.
You’ll learn how to manage hybrid cloud operations, implement multicloud monitoring, and secure cloud infrastructure at scale. You’ll build in-demand skills in cloud operations management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enabling you to operate, automate, and optimize enterprise cloud environments. Plus, through practical labs, you’ll apply Service-Level Indicators (SLIs), Service-Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets to improve reliability while designing monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch.
You’ll also implement identity and access management (IAM), along with zero trust security models, and enforce data encryption, while aligning architectures with SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements. In the final project, you’ll then integrate operations, monitoring, and security into cohesive hybrid cloud architecture.
Enroll now to build job-ready cloud operations skills and advance your career.
In this module, you will learn how automation drives operational efficiency in a hybrid cloud. You'll compare Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible, explore automated deployments and rollbacks, and practice debugging automation errors through a role-play and a dialogue. You will also evaluate best practices for applying IaC in multicloud environments.
What's included
7 videos3 readings3 assignments6 plugins
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7 videos•Total 36 minutes
Course Introduction•3 minutes
DevOps and CI/CD in Hybrid Cloud Recap•9 minutes
Terraform versus Ansible for Hybrid Automation•5 minutes
Writing Portable, Modular IaC Templates•5 minutes
Automated Deployments and Rollbacks•5 minutes
Hybrid Rollback Challenges and Strategies•5 minutes
Debugging Hybrid Automation Failures and Drift•5 minutes
3 readings•Total 9 minutes
IBM Product Spotlight: Hashicorp Vault•2 minutes
Course Overview•5 minutes
Summary and Highlights: Hybrid Cloud Deployment and Automation•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 41 minutes
Practice Quiz: Automating Deployment in Hybrid Clouds•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Automating Rollbacks and Recovery•10 minutes
Graded Quiz: Hybrid Cloud Deployment and Automation•21 minutes
6 plugins•Total 22 minutes
Reading: Helpful Tips for Course Completion•1 minute
Reading: Recap of SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs•3 minutes
Reading: Best Practices for IaC in Hybrid Ops•4 minutes
Podcast: Bridging Clouds with IaC•5 minutes
Reading: Rollback and Recovery Strategies in Hybrid Cloud Environments•4 minutes
Podcast: When Hybrid Rollbacks Go Wrong•5 minutes
Hybrid Cloud Operations
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you will explore roles, principles, and practices related to hybrid cloud and multicloud operations. You'll examine how Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles, security practices, and learn how SRE principles apply to hybrid cloud operations. Then, activities such as role-plays and dialogues will enable you to define service-level indicators (SLIs) and objectives (SLOs), and how to use error budgets to guide trade-offs between reliability and velocity. You will also analyze hybrid cloud roles and responsibilities, and practice designing operational strategies for hybrid workloads.
What's included
9 videos1 reading4 assignments7 plugins
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9 videos•Total 53 minutes
What are Cloud Operations in Hybrid Cloud?•6 minutes
Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering•5 minutes
SRE Principles in Hybrid Cloud•5 minutes
SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for Hybrid Services•8 minutes
Error Budgets and Hybrid Trade-offs•4 minutes
Diagnosing Failure Modes in Hybrid Cloud•6 minutes
Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis•5 minutes
Operational Tooling for Hybrid Cloud•6 minutes
Cost optimization in Hybrid Cloud•9 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
Summary and Highlights: Hybrid Cloud Operations•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 51 minutes
Practice Quiz: Recap of SRE Fundamentals•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Applying Site SRE Principles in Hybrid Cloud.•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis in Hybrid Cloud•10 minutes
Graded Quiz: Hybrid Cloud Operations•21 minutes
7 plugins•Total 41 minutes
Reading: Security Tasks within SRE Teams•7 minutes
Reading: Case Studies in Site Reliability Engineering•6 minutes
Podcast: A Day in the Life of a Site Reliability Engineer•5 minutes
Reading: Roles in Hybrid Cloud Ops•7 minutes
Podcast: Ops at Scale: Lessons from Hybrid Outages•5 minutes
Reading: Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis•6 minutes
Podcast: When Systems Fail: Learning from Outages•5 minutes
Monitoring, Logging, and Observability in Hybrid Cloud
Module 3•4 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you will learn how to design monitoring and observability strategies in hybrid cloud systems. You will explore metrics, logs, and traces, and practice building dashboards and configuring alerts through interactivities such as role-plays and dialogues. You'll also study common challenges such as alert fatigue and monitoring blind spots.
What's included
12 videos1 reading4 assignments8 plugins
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12 videos•Total 79 minutes
Introduction to Logging•7 minutes
Introduction to Monitoring•7 minutes
What is Observability?•5 minutes
Cloud Native Observability •6 minutes
The 3 Pillars of Observability •7 minutes
Introduction to Telemetry •7 minutes
Distributed Logging and Tracing•6 minutes
Developing Metrics and Dashboards for Monitoring Hybrid Cloud•6 minutes
Tools of Synthetic Monitoring•7 minutes
Log Monitoring Tools•6 minutes
Cloud Native Observability Tools•8 minutes
Telemetry and Tracing Tools •6 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
Summary and Highlights: Monitoring, Logging, and Observability in Hybrid Cloud•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 51 minutes
Practice Quiz: Recap of Logging, Monitoring and Observability•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Cross-Cloud Observability•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Tools for Monitoring Hybrid Cloud•10 minutes
Graded Quiz: Monitoring, Logging, and Observability in Hybrid Cloud•21 minutes
8 plugins•Total 102 minutes
Podcast: Observability in Practice•4 minutes
Lab: Analyze HTTP Logs•60 minutes
Reading: Distributed Tracing Across Hybrid Workloads•6 minutes
Podcast: Alert Fatigue in Hybrid Ops•3 minutes
Reading: Future of IT Operations – Leveraging Observability for Self-Healing•4 minutes
Podcast: Logging and Monitoring in the Real World•5 minutes
Podcast: Telemetry and Tracing in a Cloud-Native World•15 minutes
Reading: Comparing Monitoring Tools for HybridOps•5 minutes
Hybrid Cloud Security and Compliance
Module 4•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you will analyze how hybrid cloud architectures address security and compliance challenges. You will study IAM, encryption, and zero-trust architectures and explore compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA. Through role-plays and dialogues, you will explore mapping compliance requirements and configuring policies across multiple providers.
What's included
7 videos1 reading4 assignments6 plugins
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7 videos•Total 43 minutes
IAM in Hybrid Cloud•6 minutes
RBAC vs ABAC in Hybrid Workloads•7 minutes
Encryption and Zero Trust for Hybrid Workloads•6 minutes
Policy as Code with OPA•7 minutes
Audit Logging in Hybrid Cloud•7 minutes
Zero Trust Applied to Hybrid Workloads•6 minutes
Compliance Frameworks in Hybrid Cloud Environments•5 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
Summary and Highlights: Hybrid Cloud Security and Compliance•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 51 minutes
Practice Quiz: Identity and Security•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Compliance Frameworks•10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Compliance Frameworks and Mapping•10 minutes
Graded Quiz: Hybrid Cloud Security and Compliance•21 minutes
6 plugins•Total 28 minutes
Reading: Hybrid IAM Best Practices•4 minutes
Podcast: Access Control in the Real Hybrid World•5 minutes
Reading: Policy and Audit Strategies for Hybrid Security•4 minutes
Podcast: Automating Compliance with Policy as Code•5 minutes
Reading: Compliance Challenges in Hybrid Cloud Environments•5 minutes
Podcast: Security Breaches: Lessons for Hybrid Teams•5 minutes
Final Project, Final Exam, and Course Wrap-Up
Module 5•2 hours to complete
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This final module brings together all the skills you've developed. You'll design a hybrid cloud architecture that balances operations, monitoring, security, and compliance. Using a realistic case study, you'll analyze requirements, propose design options, and present a final plan that demonstrates your readiness for professional cloud-operations roles.
What's included
3 readings1 assignment1 app item4 plugins
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3 readings•Total 5 minutes
What's Next: Explore Hashicorp Vault•1 minute
Congratulations and Next Steps•2 minutes
Team and Acknowledgments•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 21 minutes
Final Exam: Applied Cloud Operations and Security Design•21 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
Final Project: Submission and Evaluation•60 minutes
4 plugins•Total 27 minutes
Reading: Final Project: Overview•4 minutes
Reading: Case Study Scenario: Applied Cloud Operations and Security Design•5 minutes
Course Glossary•15 minutes
Podcast: Course Wrap-Up•3 minutes
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What career opportunities or roles can this course prepare me for?
This course prepares you for roles such as Hybrid Cloud Architect, Hybrid Cloud Solutions Architect, Hybrid Cloud Integration Solution Architect, Cloud Solution Architect (Hybrid Cloud focus), Cloud Architect, Hybrid or Multicloud Architect, Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Architect, Systems Architect, and other roles related to hybrid and multicloud architecture and solutions.
What level is this course?
This is an intermediate-level course designed for you if you already have experience with IT fundamentals, IT support, networking, and introductory cloud computing concepts.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will build practical skills in hybrid and multicloud operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), monitoring and observability, cloud security, identity and access management (IAM), and regulatory compliance.
What tools and technologies are covered?
You will gain hands-on experience with industry-standard tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch, along with modern approaches to automation, encryption, and zero trust security architectures.
Does this course address security and compliance requirements?
Security and compliance are integrated throughout the course, including implementing IAM, encryption, and zero trust principles, and aligning cloud architectures with frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA.
How will this course help me demonstrate my skills to employers?
The course includes a comprehensive final project where you design a secure, reliable hybrid cloud architecture that integrates operations, monitoring, security, and compliance strategies. You can include this project in your professional portfolio to demonstrate real-world, job-ready cloud operations skills to employers.
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