(SCTP) Advanced Professional Certificate in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering

The (SCTP) Advanced Professional Certificate in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering seeks to equip you with basic infrastructure knowledge, cloud computing technologies, suites of cloud products and the modern deployment strategy with containerisation orchestrated through Kubernetes. With these knowledge and skills, you will be well equipped to pursue careers in the areas of Infrastructure and Cloud. Throughout the course, you will learn the critical aspects of software deployments and cloud infrastructure needs. The continuous hands-on approach of this course will equip you with confidence in transferring cloud knowledge from one platform to another. By the end of the course, you will be ready to undertake cloud certifications.

This is a part-time train-and-place programme facilitated over a period of 6 months.

Course Date

5 January to 11 July 2026

Who Should Attend

A background in IT is not necessary but preferable. This course is designed to cater to the intricacies of cloud technologies. Hence, individuals with a background in this discipline bring valuable prior knowledge that will enhance their learning experience and understanding of the curriculum.

Applicants will be required to undergo a shortlisting process where they must share their résumé and complete a pre-course assessment. Our instructors and career consultants will review applicants to assess their suitability before deciding whether to shortlist them for the course.

Venue

Virtual (Zoom), NTU e-Learning Platform & NTU@one-north Executive Centre

Stand out from the crowd: Not only will you be well-sought after as an effective cloud engineer who maintains cloud applications and servers, but you will also be the person to demonstrate how information technology works in our society. You’ll learn to design, plan, and execute the setup of infrastructure for projects, apply best practices in deployment, monitoring and bring real value to cloud engineer roles

Experienced Instructor Team: Our talented instructors, mentors, coaches, and industry subject matter experts equip you with the essential knowledge, tools, resources and critical/creative thinking needed to be ready for a tech role. We also cover crucial softer skills like collaboration, presentation, agile methodology, and leadership.

Networking & Mentoring: Our network of domain experts and speakers include professionals from some of the most recognised tech companies and consulting agencies. We organise ongoing networking events for alumni, ensuring you get the necessary support and connection to launch and expand your career!

Get Job-Ready: We've designed your learning journey to equip you with the skills most important to your future employers. Today's companies are looking for cloud engineers who are DevOps-enabled. This is why our curriculum ensures you graduate with these technologies: AWS, Docker, Git, and DevOps CICD with CircleCI.

Fee & Funding

SSG Funding Support	Course fee	Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes
	BEFORE funding & GST	AFTER funding & 9% GST
¹Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)	$15,000	$4,905
²SCs aged ≥ 40 years old SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) (Up to 90% funding)		$1,905
³SCTP Additional Course Fee Funding Support (AFS) (Up to 95% funding) This funding is only applicable to eligible applicants		$1,155

• NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

¹Cat-A SSG Funded Courses - Eligible Singapore Citizens and PRs must attain at least 75% training attendance and passed all associated assessments in order to be eligible to enjoy up to 70% of the course fee. Learners will have to bear the full courses fee upon failure to meet either one of the requirements.

²Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) - Singaporeans aged 40 and above must attain at least 75% training attendance and passed all associated assessments in order to be eligible to enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fee.

³Additional Funding Support (AFS)- Individuals must be Singapore Citizens and meet one of the following eligibility criteria:

a) Long-term unemployed individuals (unemployed for six months or more);or

b) Individuals in need of financial assistance – ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance (SMTA) recipients or Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) recipients; or

c) Persons with Disabilities.

Modules

Behind every digital product and cloud platform lies the IT Infrastructure. In this course, learners will acquire basic IT knowledge such as how a computer works, operating systems, networking, communication protocols, servers, virtualisations, and etcs. Learners will be acquiring basic understanding and principles in IT Infrastructures such as hardware, operating systems, networking, and application processes.

Cloud technologies have changed the way we approach IT solutions and have brought tremendous advantages to both IT personnel and businesses. Learners will acquire the knowledge of cloud computing and architectural design principles to support solutions deployment, maintenance, and scale. Learners will be acquainted with cloud products and administer them to IT personnel such as software developers and DevOps engineers. Learners will be able to design and provision cloud products, rectify issues and troubleshoot them, and monitor the overall systems’ health.

The birth and popularisation of cloud computing have changed how IT professionals approach solutions deployment, monitoring, and scale. Learners will acquire knowledge and skills to implement DevSecOps to support agile software iterations in an automated deployment environment. Microservices architecture has achieved high adoption rates these days. Learners will acquire knowledge and skills to implement DevSecOps and Systems Monitoring Strategy in a distributed system architecture.

Trainers

Delfrinando Pranata

Del is an experienced Software Engineer, with advanced knowledge of JavaScript TypeScript, Node.js, PHP Lumen Framework, microservices architecture, AWS cloud technologies, databases, cloud optimization, cloud performance, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, DynamoDB, Terraform and CloudFormation.

He has a strong track record in SEEK (previously) optimising email alerts sent to 22M users on the cloud platform, and has taught in SGUS Software Development Immersive Programme with NTU. Del co-developed the Cloud Infrastructure and Software Engineering curriculum, leveraging on his expertise in backend software development and cloud space.

Del holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and is currently an instructor with Skills Union.

Luqman Tajuddin

Luqman is an experienced engineer and possesses advanced knowledge of AWS, GCP, cloud migration, containerization, Kubernetes, Spark, Terraform, DevOps, Java, Python, JavaScript, shell script, PHP Laravel, New Relic, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Vault, DynamoDB and MongoDB.

He has built his career in engineering, working as an exchange PlatformOps engineer at Bullish, a crypto exchange for institutional investors, specialising in platform infrastructure, DevOps and TechOps engineering. He is also a career mentor under Generation Singapore’s Cloud Support & DevOps Programme for Singaporeans making mid-career switches into the Cloud and DevOps track.

Luqman holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems with a second major in Banking Processes and Technology.

Advanced Professional Certificate in Cloud Infrastructure Engineering