Cloud Computing Humber Polytechnic

Overview

Utilizing a case methodology approach, students are exposed to everyday business challenges in order to develop experience in areas such as containerization, virtualization, data storage and security, and automation. 

Six courses in the first semester are designed to provide foundational knowledge and skills in cloud computing to students who may have a wide range of backgrounds. In the second semester, courses offer more advanced topics such as cloud solution architecture, cloud security, automation, big data and DevOps in cloud computing. 

Upon completion of the Cloud Computing programme from Humber Polytechnic, graduates will have demonstrated the ability to apply cloud computing principles, methodology and techniques to design and implement enterprise level applications hosted in virtual platforms in effective, secure and resilient infrastructure. 

Key facts

• Cloud computing is everywhere, and it is experiencing tremendous growth. Graduates of this programme will be able to work in all types of cloud environments - public, private and hybrid clouds, and in all sectors of industry including cloud service providers, government, banking, commerce, enterprise, telecommunications, as well as small- and medium-size industries. 
• Graduates of the programme will have the ability to: 

• design and deploy new cloud-computing architecture and systems 
• design and implement applications that support web services, databases, automation and security processes 
• develop test methods to analyze effectiveness of enterprise cloud solutions to provide recommendations for improvement 
• recommend optimal strategies to migrate legacy systems into the cloud environment 
• Some specific career options include, but are not limited to, cloud solution architect, cloud security architect, cloud solution consultant, software architect, software engineer, development operations engineer, cloud engineer, data engineer, cloud system engineer and cloud system administrator.
• The graduates of this programme will also be able to take cloud-computing certifications offered by various vendors and organizations such as AWS, Microsoft and Google.