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IBM Hybrid Cloud Architect Professional Certificate

Launch Your Hybrid Cloud Architect Career. Learn how to architect, secure, and optimize hybrid cloud solutions

IBM Skills Network Team
Muhammad Yahya
Daniel C. Yeomans

Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team

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3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build job-ready hybrid cloud architect skills with hands-on experience.

  • Apply agile, DevOps, and cloud-native practices to design and deploy secure cloud applications.

  • Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions that integrate secure networking, storage, databases, recovery, and governance.

  • Complete a portfolio-worthy capstone project implementing automated operations using Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, and security controls.

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What you'll learn

  • Define cloud computing and explain essential characteristics, history, the business case for cloud, and the emerging technologies enabled by cloud

  • Describe the cloud service models- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and cloud deployment models- Public, Private, Hybrid; explain cloud infrastructure components

  • Explain emerging Cloud related trends including HybridMulticloud, Microservices, Serverless, Cloud Native, DevOps, and Application Modernization

  • List and describe services of popular cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and others

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Microservices
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Services

What you'll learn

  • Build job-ready skills in cloud native, microservices, containers, DevOps, and Agile employers are looking for in just 6 weeks.

  • Create RESTful APIs for modern web development and deploy them with Docker containers. 

  • Implement DevOps and CI/CD practices for streamlined development and deployment. 

  • Apply Agile and Scrum best practices for iterative, efficient software delivery.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microservices
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: DevOps
Category: Containerization
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Restful API
Category: Behavior-Driven Development
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Software Development
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: CI/CD
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Postman API Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture

What you'll learn

  • Create data flow diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, and unified modeling language diagrams to visualize data, system architecture, and workflows

  • Evaluate existing IT systems by assessing system architecture, features, performance, and UI/UX to identify inefficiencies and propose improvements

  • Conduct cost-benefit analyses, operational feasibility studies, and risk assessments to compare IT solution alternatives and recommend solutions

  • Integrate system analysis, modeling, and evaluation techniques in a project to propose a digital transformation strategy for a business

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Management
Category: Systems Analysis
Category: Systems Design
Category: Enterprise Resource Planning
Category: Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Digital Transformation
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Business Communication
Category: Business Process
Category: Information Technology
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Business Process Modeling
Category: Solution Design
Category: Computer Science
Category: Product Lifecycle Management
Category: Process Flow Diagrams
Category: Prototyping
Category: Workflow Management

What you'll learn

  • Ideal for non-project management professionals to help develop key project management skills and be more successful in their business or IT roles

  • Job-ready skills in project, stakeholder, and requirements management, including key tools such as user stories, RACI charts, and Agile frameworks

  • Identify stakeholders, analyze them, and apply effective communication and stakeholder engagement strategies; Elicit, document, & manage requirements

  • Leverage generative AI tools to support project management, stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Analysis
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Prioritization
Category: Product Lifecycle Management
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Communication Planning
Category: Risk Management
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Communication
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Requirements Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Build job-ready skills in business process modeling, Lean, Six Sigma, and systems thinking to excel in business analysis and process management roles

  • Develop and interpret process models and maps that represent current and desired states, enabling better communication and decision making

  • Analyze processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities using mapping, narratives, and analytical frameworks

  • Integrate systems thinking, Lean, Six Sigma, and AI-enabled methods to design, implement, and sustain optimized processes with measurable impact

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Process Modeling
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Process Mapping
Category: Lean Methodologies
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Six Sigma Methodology
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Prioritization
Category: Matrix Management
Category: Lean Six Sigma
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Change Management
Category: Business Process Management
Category: Stakeholder Analysis
Category: Process Design
Category: Dataflow
Category: Generative AI
Category: Process Flow Diagrams
Category: Business Process Improvement

What you'll learn

  • Build job-ready skills in hybrid  and multicloud networking, storage, and data management to design secure, scalable solutions

  • Design and recommend secure hybrid and multicloud network configurations using technologies such as VPN, Direct Connect, and ExpressRoute

  • Configure hybrid and multicloud storage for performance, cost, and compliance

  • Plan disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for reliable and resilient hybrid and multicloud operations

Skills you'll gain

Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Business Continuity
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Planning
Category: Database Management
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Architectural Design
Category: Data Governance
Category: IBM Cloud

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

Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Terraform
Category: Service Level
Category: Prometheus (Software)
Category: Ansible
Category: Encryption
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Automation
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon CloudWatch

What you'll learn

What you'll learn

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Instructors

IBM Skills Network Team
90 Courses 1,748,566 learners
Muhammad Yahya
IBM
5 Courses 99,472 learners
Daniel C. Yeomans
SkillUp
31 Courses 175,701 learners

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