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.

Cloud Operations, Monitoring, Security, and Compliance
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Cloud Operations, Monitoring, Security, and Compliance
This course is part of IBM Hybrid Cloud Architect Professional Certificate

Instructor: IBM Skills Network Team
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What you'll learn
Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to manage operations, performance, and reliability across hybrid and multicloud environments.
Automate hybrid deployments, rollbacks, and recovery using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Design monitoring and observability systems that integrate metrics, logs, and traces to improve system reliability and reduce alert fatigue.
Integrate operations, monitoring, and security practices into a cohesive, compliant hybrid cloud design aligned with SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA.
Skills you'll gain
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Cloud Management
- Terraform
- Service Level
- Prometheus (Software)
- Ansible
- Encryption
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Cloud Security
- Continuous Monitoring
- Identity and Access Management
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing Architecture
- System Monitoring
- Multi-Cloud
- Disaster Recovery
- Automation
- Hybrid Cloud Computing
- Amazon CloudWatch
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There are 5 modules in this course
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.
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5 videos1 reading3 assignments6 plugins
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.
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9 videos1 reading4 assignments7 plugins
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.
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10 videos1 reading3 assignments8 plugins
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.
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4 videos1 reading4 assignments6 plugins
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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