Cloud & Platform Engineering HandbookUnderstand it. Build it. Prove it.

Choose your engineering path ​

Platform engineering: PlatformPilot → CloudOps → Backstage → Observability.

AWS and Azure cloud engineering: Terraform EKS → Pharmacy API → PropertyOps → AZ-104 infrastructure.

AI and secure automation: RAG Ops → CloudOps → OpsPilot.

Explore the handbook ​

• Build fundamentals: 14 technical learning chapters covering systems, clouds, containers, delivery, reliability and architecture.
• Practise the engineering: Kubernetes labs, cloud infrastructure labs, delivery labs, SRE labs, AI/RAG labs and architecture exercises.
• Prepare to explain decisions: Interview scenarios, command reference and project case studies.

Evidence before claims ​

Source files show what is implemented; tests and dated runtime artifacts add different kinds of evidence. They do not automatically establish current production health. Read the engineering evidence standards before drawing conclusions from any case study.

Handbook edition notes ​

This handbook was substantially expanded in 2026. Earlier phase-by-phase homepage updates are preserved in the handbook edition notes; the latest reviewed claims belong in the linked source and evidence registers.