5th intake · Starts November 2026 · Enrolment open

Cloud / DevOps & SREEngineer Bootcamp

Ten weeks from Linux and Docker to Terraform, Kubernetes and AI-powered operations on AWS — taught by Eddie, a DevSecOps Lead with 10+ years running Australian infrastructure. You build it in a real AWS environment, and we stay with you through the interviews.

Nov 2026

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10 weeks

20 classes

Hybrid

online + in person

Eddie

teaches every class

Writing scripts is no longer the job

Australian DevOps roles now expect cloud architecture, automated pipelines and AI in operations — all three. This bootcamp trains them together, in a real AWS environment.

The cloud stack employers hire for

AWS, Terraform, ECS and EKS, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Bitbucket and Jenkins, CloudWatch, Prometheus and Grafana — the tools Australian DevOps job ads list.

AI in operations, not just in slides

Integrate LLM APIs into your platform, build an ops assistant, and let AI help triage and summarise alerts — then ship an AI feature in your capstone.

Your CV says built, not studied

A team Dev + DevOps project, then your own end-to-end capstone: pipelines, infrastructure as code and container deployments on AWS that you can walk an interviewer through.

Who teaches you

Every class is taught by Eddie

Eddie, cloud and DevOps instructor

Eddie

DevSecOps Lead · Course director

  • 10+ years of Australian operations and AWS cloud

    A decade of running real production infrastructure in this market — not a syllabus learned to teach from.

  • Huawei Australia, Superloop, MLC and fintech

    Years inside major telecommunications and financial companies, where uptime is the product.

  • DevSecOps Lead at a global tech company today

    He still does the job he teaches, so what you learn matches what teams are hiring for right now.

  • Want Eddie one-to-one instead? See 1:1 Cloud & DevOps mentoring

What you will actually use

25 tools, one production platform

LinuxShellDockerGitGitHub ActionsBitbucket PipelinesJenkinsAWSIAMEC2VPCS3RDSTerraformPackerECS FargateEKSKubernetesCloudWatchPrometheusGrafanaLambdaSQSEventBridgeLLM APIs

From the command line to production on-call

Three stages, each ending in something you can show an employer.

1

Foundations

Linux · Docker · GitOps

From using a computer and writing code to working confidently on servers and in containers: the command line, SSH, logs, Dockerfiles, and Git as the way infrastructure is changed.

2

Automation & cloud

CI/CD · AWS

From manual deploys to pipelines: build, test and deploy automatically, then run real applications on EC2, IAM, VPC, S3 and RDS with dev, test and production kept apart.

3

Enterprise operations

Terraform · ECS · Monitoring · Security

From running a system to keeping it up: infrastructure as code, container orchestration, observability, cloud security and simulated production incidents you have to fix under pressure.

The 10-week curriculum

Two classes a week. Containers → pipelines → AWS → IaC → orchestration → operations → AI → projects.

  1. 1Week 1Linux, Docker & environment setup
    • Linux commands and filesystem
    • Shell and environment variables
    • Docker images and containers
    • A standard dev environment and toolchain
  2. 2Week 2CI/CD with GitHub Actions & automation
    • Git branching and team workflow
    • GitHub Actions workflow syntax
    • Automated test and build pipelines
    • Publishing artifacts and automating tasks
  3. 3Week 3AWS core services & cloud deployment
    • IAM, EC2, S3 and VPC
    • Security groups, keys and access control
    • Deploying an application to AWS
    • Domains, load balancing and networking
  4. 4Week 4Infrastructure as Code with Terraform & Packer
    • Terraform syntax and state
    • Modules and variables
    • Building images with Packer
    • Reviewing IaC and keeping environments consistent
  5. 5Week 5Container orchestration with ECS Fargate & EKS
    • ECS Fargate services and task definitions
    • EKS clusters and Kubernetes fundamentals
    • Service discovery, rolling updates and scaling
    • Troubleshooting containers in production
  6. 6Week 6Monitoring, logging & security
    • CloudWatch metrics, logs and alarms
    • Prometheus metrics and queries
    • Grafana dashboards
    • Hardening and permission audits
  7. 7Week 7Serverless & event-driven architecture
    • Lambda functions and triggers
    • SQS queues and async decoupling
    • EventBridge buses and routing
    • Designing event-driven workflows
  8. 8Week 8AI-powered DevOps: cloud AI & LLM integrationAI
    • Cloud AI services and where they fit
    • LLM API integration and prompt design
    • An automated ops assistant and knowledge Q&A
    • AI-assisted alert analysis and summaries
  9. 9Week 9Group project: team Dev + DevOps practiceProject
    • Breaking down requirements and roles
    • Architecture and a delivery plan
    • Building, integrating and iterating as a team
    • Review, feedback and refinement
  10. 10Week 10Individual capstone: end-to-end DevOps + AIProject
    • Choosing and scoping your project
    • Building the pipeline and infrastructure end to end
    • Integrating and validating an AI feature
    • Final demo, defence and retrospective

Download the full syllabus (PDF)

Real, verifiable outcomes

We let the offers do the talking

$102K

Avg. graduate salary (AUD)

5.0★

Verified Google reviews

84%+

Offer rate (course completers)

99.95%

Service satisfaction rate

Where our graduates landed

Woolworths GroupDeloitteLexisNexisLuminance AIKarbonCommunetHerts Australia

Everything included, from day one to your offer

20 live classes + every session recorded

Two classes a week, online or in person, so you can keep working.

Small class, taught by Eddie

Small enough that every student gets real time with the instructor.

Hands-on in a real AWS environment

ECS deployments, CI/CD pipelines and an AI-powered DevOps platform you build yourself.

Internship referrals in Sydney

Referrals to internships with Sydney finance and legal companies.

Full student portal access

Interview bank, mock interviews, job feed and the DCoding SmartApply extension.

Interview support all the way

CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation for cloud and DevOps roles.

The Learning Platform

With you — from tech to mindset to the job

Log in to use the full toolkit we built for students — practice, projects, mock interviews and the job hunt.

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Interview Question Bank

1,400+ real interview questions across React, .NET, AWS, SQL, System Design and AI — with model answers.

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Smart Mock Interview

Practise real interviews with an AI voice interviewer that asks, listens and gives feedback.

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Coding Challenges

Timed, auto-graded coding tests by tech stack and difficulty — the way real technical screens work.

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Live Coding Rooms

Code live with mentors and peers in shared rooms — pair programming and code review in real time.

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Real Project Boards

Ship real team projects on Jira-style boards — sprints, tasks and reviews, like an actual engineering team.

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Job Feed & Resume Tools

Curated junior-friendly jobs plus AI resume analysis tuned to each posting.

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Weekly Job & Interview Training

Every week — job-search strategy and interview-skills sessions, practised hands-on with your mentor.

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Direct Mentor Chat

Message your mentors directly in the portal and get unblocked fast — no waiting for the next class.

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On-Demand Video Library

Every lesson recorded — rewatch anytime and learn at your own pace, on any device.

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Ongoing Support

We stay with you until you land an offer

Unlike part-time tutors, we provide continuous tech & career support — all the way until you land an Offer.

In person, in Sydney

Onsite training & catchups

Learning to code alone in a bedroom is where most people quietly stall. Our Sydney CBD learning hub is open through the week with full-time mentors in it — so when you get stuck, you get unstuck the same day.

Full-time mentors, actually in the room

Our mentors are employed full time to teach — not contractors dropping in between client work. Someone at the hub knows your name, knows what you are building, and can pull up a chair and look at your screen.

Wherever you are starting from

Some students arrive having never written a line of code. Others are already working and want the skills that move them into a higher salary band. Same room, same mentors — different plans, set with you in your first week.

Face to face beats a chat window

A bug that eats a whole evening online is often a two-minute fix beside someone who has seen it before. Whiteboard the design, pair on the code, and rehearse your interview answers out loud with someone listening.

Regular catch-ups that keep you moving

A standing check-in on what you shipped, what blocked you and what comes next. A quiet fortnight gets spotted in days — not discovered when you start applying.

A learning hub, not a lecture hall

Desks to work at, whiteboards to argue at, and other students building alongside you. Come in to study, to pair, or just to work somewhere that makes it hard to drift.

In the middle of Sydney CBD

Suite 388, 368 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000 — walkable from Town Hall and Central, so an evening onsite does not cost you the whole night.

Prefer to study remotely? Every session is online and recorded too — onsite is there when you want it, never a requirement.

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One program, everything included

Cloud / DevOps Bootcamp

$5,500

AUD · 10 weeks, taught by Eddie

  • All 10 weeks, live + recorded
  • Team project and individual capstone
  • Hands-on AWS environment
  • Internship referrals in Sydney
  • Full student portal access
  • CV, LinkedIn and interview support
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Free trial · 90 minutes

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Spend 90 minutes inside the course and the tools our students use every day, then decide.

  • The real Software Engineer or DevOps course, not a demo
  • Coding challenges, the interview question bank and AI mock interviews
  • Set up with you by our team — no payment details
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The 5th intake starts November 2026

Classes are kept small so Eddie can work with every student. Have a look at the full course and secure your place.

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