This skill set addresses the skills and knowledge required to develop and manage cloud-based microservices, serverless applications, and data persistence; and to deploy continuous pipelines across information and communications technology (ICT) environments using virtual networks.

Entry requirements

Entry to this skill set is limited to those who have completed the following or equivalent units of competency or who are able to demonstrate equivalent competence.

• ICTCLD501 Develop cloud disaster recovery plans
• ICTCLD502 Design and implement highly-available cloud infrastructure
• ICTCLD503 Implement web-scale cloud infrastructure
• ICTCLD504 Improve cloud-based infrastructure

• ICTCLD513 Develop cloud-based microservices architecture using containers
• ICTCLD514 Create and test cloud-based serverless applications
• ICTCLD515 Build and deploy cloud-based applications using CI and CD pipelines
• ICTPRG554 Manage data persistence using noSQL data stores
• ICTPRG614 Create cloud computing services