Cloud Foundations
Deploy, Secure and Operate One Service (AWS / Azure / GCP)
By Day 5: Deploy one small web service with least-privilege access, monitoring, a budget alert and a documented teardown/recovery path.
Cloud Foundations is a five-day live online WorkReady Capability Sprint for freshers and early-career IT/support/developer learners, and aspirants for cloud support, cloud operations or GCC infrastructure roles. Days 1–4 are 90-minute sessions and Day 5 is a 2–3 hour Capability Showcase; the complete Sprint costs ₹2,000.
- ₹2,000
- Complete 5-day Sprint
- Days 1–4
- 90 min/day live
- Day 5
- 2–3 hr Capability Showcase
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- Freshers and early-career IT/support/developer learners, and aspirants for cloud support, cloud operations or GCC infrastructure roles.
- Entry level
- Fit check: basic networking/computer concepts, comfort with a terminal. Learner chooses AWS, Azure or Google Cloud (cohort may standardise on one); free-tier account with billing alerts set before Day 1. Fit check — a short (10–15 min) readiness task before payment confirmation. Learners who are not ready are routed to a feeder Sprint, not admitted with hidden homework.
- Format
- Online · a focused five-day live online studio
- Duration and schedule
- Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
- What you produce
- Deployed service + IAM/monitoring/cost runbook
- Fees
- ₹2,000 for the complete 5-day Sprint
- What it is not
- Not official AWS/Azure/GCP exam preparation or certification. Not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
Exam-style cloud knowledge without the ability to deploy something, lock it down, see what it costs or recover when it breaks.
Deploy, secure, monitor and cost-control one small service on a major cloud — understanding the building blocks rather than clicking through a tutorial.
Your five days, day by day
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase. Open each day to see what you do and what you leave with.
Day 1Cloud model and account safety90 min
- Regions, shared responsibility, IaaS/PaaS/serverless
- Identity: root/admin vs least-privilege user; MFA
- Budget alerts and cost awareness
You leave the day with: Secured account + architecture sketch
Day 2Network and compute90 min
- VPC/VNet, subnets, security groups/firewalls in practice
- Launch a VM or container/serverless service
You leave the day with: Running service reachable only as intended
Day 3Storage, data and deployment90 min
- Object storage, managed database basics
- Deploy the sample app; environment variables and secrets
You leave the day with: Deployed app + config record
Day 4Observe, cost and recover90 min
- Logs, metrics, one alert
- Cost estimate vs actual; right-sizing
- Backup/snapshot and teardown script or checklist
- Human review and revision
You leave the day with: Ops runbook v2
Day 5Capability Showcase2–3 hr
Changed-case challenge: Reviewer injects a failure (open port, failed instance, spending spike, leaked key scenario)
- Walk through architecture, access and cost
- Learner diagnoses and remediates live
You leave the day with: Final proof pack, submitted after the changed-case challenge
Tools you work with
- AWS / Azure / GCP console + CLI
- Sample web app
- Cloud monitoring
- Pricing calculator
Tool names describe what is used in the Sprint. No vendor endorsement, certification or licence is implied.
Deployed service + IAM/monitoring/cost runbook
This is the work you explain, question and adapt in the Day 5 Capability Showcase.
Your proof pack
- 01Architecture diagram
- 02IAM/access record
- 03Deployment evidence
- 04Monitoring/alert screenshot
- 05Cost estimate
- 06Runbook
- 07Incident response from Day 5
- 08Teardown confirmation
What a reviewer checks
- No wide-open access or root usage for daily work
- Service works and is observable
- Cost understood and controlled
- Injected issue handled safely
Your work has to survive a changed case.
On Day 5 you present the work, explain key decisions, identify limitations and respond when part of the case changes. The final proof pack is submitted after that challenge.
- Present
Walk the reviewer through the work and the decisions behind it.
- Question
Answer challenges on evidence, assumptions and risk.
- Adapt
Reviewer injects a failure (open port, failed instance, spending spike, leaked key scenario)
- Defend
Submit the final proof pack and explain what changed and why.
₹2,000for the complete 5-day Capability Sprint
- Days 1–4
- Live Sprint sessions · 90 minutes/day
- Day 5
- Extended Capability Showcase · 2–3 hours
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
Included in the Sprint
- An applied professional case
- Human review and feedback
- Revision after feedback
- A Day 5 changed-case challenge
- A final proof pack: Deployed service + IAM/monitoring/cost runbook
Questions worth asking.
Is a Capability Sprint just a short course?
No. It is a focused live capability studio built around doing one bounded kind of professional work, receiving feedback, revising it and demonstrating what you can do.
Will this make me a cloud engineer?
No. The Sprint builds one bounded capability: deploy one small web service with least-privilege access, monitoring, a budget alert and a documented teardown/recovery path. Not official AWS/Azure/GCP exam preparation or certification. SkillsNCR does not promise a role, job or placement.
Do I need prior experience?
Fit check: basic networking/computer concepts, comfort with a terminal. Learner chooses AWS, Azure or Google Cloud (cohort may standardise on one); free-tier account with billing alerts set before Day 1. Fit check — a short (10–15 min) readiness task before payment confirmation. Learners who are not ready are routed to a feeder Sprint, not admitted with hidden homework.
What will I produce?
Architecture diagram, IAM/access record, Deployment evidence, Monitoring/alert screenshot, Cost estimate, Runbook, Incident response from Day 5, Teardown confirmation.
What does a Sprint cost?
₹2,000 for the complete five-day Sprint.
How long is it?
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
When is the next cohort?
This Sprint is opening soon. It opens once enough learners join the waitlist — join it on WhatsApp and you will hear when a cohort is confirmed.
Can I join only one Sprint?
Yes. Each Sprint is designed to provide standalone value.
Does this guarantee a job or placement?
No. WorkReady is paid professional capability development, not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
Join the waitlist for Cloud Foundations.
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.