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BTC January 2025 - Cloud Technology

Open to private marketplace Closing on December 24, 2024
Beyond the Cloud
Beyond the Cloud
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Beyond The Cloud
Beyond The Cloud
Program Lead
Timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 15, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Agreements required
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Business services, It & computing, Technology
Categories
Information technology Networking Cloud technologies
Skills
cloud computing architecture cloud engineering learning platforms cloud computing
Learner goals and capabilities

Beyond the Cloud is partnering with Riipen, the leading work-integrated learning platform, to provide dynamic pathways to Canada’s cloud technology sector. Through hands-on, employer-led projects, this collaboration will help aspiring digital infrastructure professionals pave their way for success with in-demand skills and work experience. Learners are participants of Beyond the Cloud.  They have recently completed industry relevant, unique, and personalized upskill training across cloud engineering, cloud architecture, and cloud administration.


The final phase of the program is to complete a project over a six week period where they are required to demonstrate their knowledge and ability to apply core digital infrastructure principles. They will apply their skills to your business challenge as this capstone project in their Beyond the Cloud certificate program.

  • Submit a project here for the Beyond the Cloud team to review. 
  • Once approved, you will be matched with a team of 4-6 participants. Learners do not apply and will be assigned by the Beyond the Cloud team
  • Projects will start Monday January 6th, ending by Friday February 14th, 2025



If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at beyondthecloud@riipen.com.


You can also find all of our help articles here.

Learners
Certificate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
200 learners
Project
60 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Projects should be up to 60 hours in length per participant and are to be completed over a 6 week period (10 hours/week). 
  • Each project should require the contributions of 4-6 participants (up to 360 hours in total).
  • Check out this guide on best practices for working with Beyond the Cloud participants.
  • Given the short and remote nature of Beyond the Cloud, we require a project-based experience. If your project looks like a job posting, we cannot accept it. Please provide a concrete scope for the participant’s work and limit their work to a specific project.
  • We have pinned an example project template to this experience which you can use as a starting point. 
  • If you choose to use a template from our library, ensure that you have added as much context for your business needs as possible. Our team will not accept any projects that were created from a template without sufficient customization.


Project timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 15, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples

Learners have gained practical experience and skills in the following:


Cloud Administrator Skills:

  1. Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS
  2. Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
  3. Cloud Security: Basic cloud security concepts, Azure Active Directory
  4. Database Queries and Manipulation: SQL
  5. Containers and Virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes


Additional details on experience include:

  • AWS Cloud Concepts - Knowledge of AWS Cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to build your AWS Cloud knowledge.
  • PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS - Able to set up, configure, and use PostgreSQL in Aurora and Amazon RDS; move data to a PostgreSQL instance; manage a PostgreSQL instance
  • Azure VM, Windows VM, Linux VM - Able to create a web cluster with mysql databases, setup users with credentials to manage your AWS resources/virtual machines either through their management control interface or using AWS CLI API using scripts.
  • Intermediate level learners will also have Cloud Operations, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECR


Cloud Engineers Skills:

  1. Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS
  2. Programming: Java, Python,Javascript, APIs
  3. Database Queries and Manipulation: SQL
  4. Containers and Virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes,VMware
  5. Operating Systems: Linux


Additional details on experience include:

  • Azure Fundamental Concepts - Foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; and Azure management and governance features and tools.
  • AWS Cloud Concepts - Knowledge of AWS Cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to build your AWS Cloud knowledge.
  • SQL - Knowledge of syntax of the SQL language, as well as database design with multiple tables, foreign keys, and the JOIN operation
  • Intermediate level learners will also have Azure Infrastructure, VMs, Azure Storage and Kubernetes; Azure Solution Architects know how to design infrastructure solutions; can build an Amazon EKS cluster, configure the environment, deploy the cluster, and then add applications to your cluster.


Cloud Architects Skills:

  1. Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS
  2. Cloud Security: Advanced cloud security concepts, Azure Active Directory
  3. Containers and Virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes,VMware
  4. Programming: Java, Python,Javascript, APIs
  5. Database Management: Azure SQL Database, PostgreSQL, NoSQL


Additional details on experience include:

  • AWS Cloud Concepts
  • AWS Databases
  • Able to choose an appropriate purpose-built database service for a given workload
  • Design a relational database solution to solve a business problem
  • Design a NoSQL database solution to solve a business problem.
  • Analyze data from multiple databases to solve a business problem.
  • Discuss the security considerations for your database solution.


Employers can post a range of projects that are suited to cloud engineering, cloud architecture, and cloud administration, including but not limited to a structured process encompassing: 

  • Challenge identification
  • Requirements gathering
  • Research
  • Development of a viable solution or prototype
  • Present key findings and suggest recommendations


Deliverables will vary depending on the project scope. At the conclusion of the project you will have assets that can be used to further your business goals. 


  • Note: If participants are completing confidential work they can still submit work on the platform by uploading redacted samples, using the worklog feature, and writing a brief project reflection. In this case, we might also recommend that you have the participants sign an NDA before starting your project. You can use the Agreements feature to do this.


Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

I confirm that I have read and understand the Terms and Conditions of this program

I understand that I must provide ongoing mentorship and guidance to the participant team that is working on my project. I must be responsive to any questions, and check in on progress to help ensure a good result.

I will evaluate the participants' final project submissions within 5 business days, offering feedback that can be utilized by the participants to strengthen their resumes and LinkedIn profiles.

I understand I will not receive applications and instead there will be a team assigned to me for this project ready to start on day 1