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Cloud Architect – Backend Infrastructure Specialist

Build and Scale Your Own Cloud Infrastructure from Scratch

Design, deploy, and manage enterprise-level cloud architectures from a backend and infrastructure perspective — combining virtualization, networking, storage, and DevOps at scale.

Who Should Join?

  • DevOps Engineers, Sysadmins, Server Engineers

  • Professionals who have completed: Server Admin + DevOps + Networking

  • Infra Architects transitioning into cloud architecture roles

  • Candidates targeting positions in cloud planning, backend engineering, or multi-cloud environments

Requirement
Description
Technical Skills
Must know virtualization, Linux admin, IP networking
Recommended Courses
Server Admin + DevOps + Datacenter Architect
Experience
2+ years (or hands-on project experience)
Qualification
Engineering or equivalent tech background
Age
21+

Complete Course Curriculum

  • Cloud Fundamentals & Architecture Blueprint

    • Cloud computing models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

    • Public vs Private vs Hybrid vs Multi-cloud

    • Anatomy of a Cloud Platform: Compute, Storage, Network, Security

    • Blueprinting your own cloud infra stack

  • Virtualization Stack (Hypervisor Level)

    • Hypervisor Selection (VMware ESXi, Proxmox, Hyper-V, KVM)

    • VM creation, cloning, snapshots, templates

    • VM management at scale: tagging, scheduling, load distribution

    • Licensing, performance, and HA design

  • Storage & Object Architecture

    • Storage backend: SAN/NAS/RAID

    • Object storage design (S3-compatible: MinIO, Ceph)

    • Block storage provisioning

    • Redundancy, backup, snapshot, and replication planning

  • Network & Multi-Tenant Design

    • VLAN segmentation & VPC architecture

    • Routing & firewall rules per tenant/project

    • Load balancer configuration (HAProxy/Nginx)

    • DNS zones, reverse proxy, NAT, floating IPs

  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)

    • Centralized user authentication & SSO

    • Role-based access controls (RBAC)

    • Multi-project user isolation

    • Securing APIs, tokens, and CLI tools

  • Automation & Orchestration

    • Provisioning tools: Terraform + HCL

    • Configuration: Ansible, Bash scripting

    • Kubernetes basics for cloud-native services

    • CI/CD pipelines using GitLab/GitHub Actions

  • Monitoring, Billing & Alerts

    • Resource usage tracking (CPU, RAM, Storage, Bandwidth)

    • Billing model design (per VM/hour, per GB/month, etc.)

    • Monitoring tools: Zabbix, Grafana, Prometheus

    • Auto-alerts & threshold-based scaling

  • Cloud Platform Deployment Project

    • Build a private cloud using Proxmox + Ceph + HAProxy

    • Configure multiple tenants with isolated projects

    • Add automated deployment + monitoring + RBAC

    • Infra diagram

    • Setup script

    • Cost model

    • Admin & user view presentation

Why This Course

  • “Most learn how to use the cloud. Few know how to build it. This course teaches you how to design scalable, redundant, and secure cloud infrastructure — like AWS, but built with your own hands.”
    — Jameel Ahmad

  • This advanced course is designed to turn server admins, infra engineers, and DevOps professionals into Cloud Infrastructure Architects — who can plan, build, and manage multi-tenant, secure, high-performance private or hybrid cloud environments.

Tools & Platforms You Will Use

  • VMware ESXi / Proxmox

  • Ceph / MinIO

  • HAProxy, pfSense, NGINX

  • Terraform, Ansible, Git

  • Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana

  • CLI + Web GUI access management

Training Format

  • Duration: 8 Weeks

  • Mode: In-person + Cloud Console Lab

  • Format: 4 sessions/week – Theory + Lab + Project

  • Final Week: Project Presentation + Architecture Defense

Seats limited to 12 per batch to ensure device access.

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Certifications You'll Receive

Completion letter + mock interview assistance

Certified Cloud Architect – Backend Infrastructure Specialist (by Jameel Ahmad)

Project Deployment Certificate (Real cloud platform built inside datacenter)

Capstone submission review by DCORE Infra Panel

After completion of this course

Job Roles You Can Apply For

1. Cloud Architect (Private/Hybrid Cloud)​

2. Backend Cloud Engineer

3. Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

4. Virtualization & Cloud Ops Lead

5. Cloud Consultant for SME/Enterprise/Gov setups

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Why Learn from Jameel Ahmad?

  • Real datacenter access, not simulations

  • Design with live devices and physical constraints

  • Mentorship from 20+ years of infra consulting experience

  • Final project with documentation to show clients/employers

  • Direct job referrals & long-term strategy mentorship

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