Break into DevOps & CloudOps with a mentor in your corner

No formal tech role is required, but this is not a passive video course, so genuine commitment is. You don't need a degree or certificates either: companies hiring junior DevOps engineers care about what you can actually do, not what's framed on your wall. The programme works best if you have some exposure to IT already (helpdesk, support, QA, sysadmin, or serious self-study) or the discipline to build from zero. The discovery call is exactly where we assess your realistic starting point, and we'll tell you honestly if we don't think it's the right fit.

Accelerator requires 25-30 hours per week, and Elite Shift can be up to 35-40 hours per week. Live sessions run in the evenings, so the programme is designed to fit alongside a full-time job, and we can adjust the pace based on your availability.

You work on genuinely live systems: servers, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, monitoring and incidents, not sandboxed bootcamp exercises that get thrown away. The projects you complete are real enough to describe in detail on your CV and defend line-by-line in an interview, because you actually built and operated them. That difference is obvious to any hiring manager within five minutes of conversation.

We prepare you for entry-level roles such as Junior DevOps Engineer, Cloud Support Specialist, or Infrastructure Technician. Realistic UK starting salaries range from £32,000 to £48,000 depending on location and background, with a trajectory to £60,000+ within a few years, which is where DevOps really pays off. And you won't be applying as a stranger: when you're ready, we recommend you into our professional network as a candidate we've personally vetted for months.

Because the promise is daily, senior-level attention on real systems, and that simply doesn't scale. Three is the number where every student gets genuine 1:1 time, real project ownership, and honest feedback, while still having a small cohort to collaborate with the way a real team does. When the places are full, they're full. Book a discovery call to secure a place in the current or next intake.

No cohorts of thirty, no recorded videos, no teaching assistants. You work directly with a senior engineer with 20+ years in the industry, someone who has hired DevOps engineers and knows exactly what a hiring manager looks for, because he is one. You'll meet your mentor personally on the discovery call. And the endgame is different too: instead of a certificate, you leave with real production experience and a personal recommendation from an engineer who has watched you work for months. That beats any CV sent cold.