Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Cloud Development and Operations (Co-op)

Build on the information technology management and software development skills that you already have through the Cloud Development and Operations Ontario College Graduate Certificate program. Learn to design, build, and manage secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions using the latest cloud-native tools. This program prepares you to meet the mounting demand for cloud computing professionals across all industries in both the public and private sectors. You benefit from the experience of faculty as you prepare for industry-recognized certifications in various cloud computing career paths.

Through authentic industry problems from industry advisors, you gain experience choosing between public-cloud, private-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud architectures. Practise migrating legacy applications and their data to new cloud hosted environments. Build highly available solutions that balance security and data privacy needs with time-to-market agility and cost-efficiency. Employing industry best practices, you compose containerized microservices, serverless functions, redundant message queues, and managed cloud database services to create full-stack cloud-native application solutions. Learn to manage infrastructure as code using open source and cloud platform-specific tools to automate many DevOps tasks like continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) pipelines, performance and compliance monitoring, and security audits.

Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma or degree,or equivalent in the areas of Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), Telecommunications/ Networking, IT/IS Security, Computer Engineering or equivalent. This includes, but is not limited to, courses demonstrating technical skills in backend and frontend programming, database management, and scripting: OR

An Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, or degree, or equivalent, from an accredited institution in a non-related field, with minimum three years of relevant practical field experience in an IT/IS, IP Networking or Network admin/Technical Support position may be considered. These applicants will be assessed individually and will be required to complete an Eligibility Package.

Eligibility Package submission details can be found on the Algonquin College Additional Admission Requirements website: www.algonquincollege.com/admissionspackages.

Applicants with international transcripts must provide proof of the subject specific requirements noted above and may be required to provide proof of language proficiency. Domestic applicants with international transcripts must be evaluated through the International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS) or World Education Services (WES).