Course details

Diploma in Cloud Engineering

About the course

Now is the time to future-proof your career with our 32-week Diploma in Cloud Engineering which will prepare you to tackle complex cloud-based projects in the real world.

You’ll learn to design and build a scalable and reliable cloud-based solution that will test your problem-solving skills and build your working knowledge of network infrastructure and security.
We believe in learning by doing, so you’ll spend less time on theory and more time working in a team on relevant and stimulating assignments.


This includes mastering advanced technologies in cloud infrastructure, multi-vendor scenarios, risk assessment processes to configuring advanced server services and operating a private cloud. You’ll study a wide range of modules from Cloud management tools, Cloud security, isolation and migration to multi-vendor, open source integration and support and scripting techniques to creating a cloud infrastructure in a IaaS environment.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll learn:

  • Carry out advanced techniques to migrate and manage directory and authentication services within a cloud environment. 
  • Assess risks for security in a cloud environment and use specialised knowledge to implement and manage multi tenancy.
  • Apply advanced knowledge to configure a hybrid cloud environment.
  • Develop advanced level scripting to support complex autonomous and flexible environments. 
  • Research and apply design concepts to implement and configure a platform to support a multi-vendor cloud scenario. 

Entry requirements

Students who enrol in the online programme will need access to a computer with prescribed basic hardware requirements as per marketing material, a microphone, and a reliable internet connection.

Domestic Students: 

  • 17yrs+
  • Applicants must have successfully completed the New Zealand Diploma in System Administration (Level 6) or equivalent or have relevant trade experience.

International Students: 

  • 18yrs+ 
  • English language competency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 Academic with no band less than 5.5.
  • Applicants must have successfully completed the New Zealand Diploma in System Administration (Level 6) or equivalent or have relevant trade experience.

About the provider

Yoobee Colleges officially formed in May 2019.

The creative minds and legacies of South Seas Film & Television School, Animation College, Yoobee School of Design, AMES – The Institute of IT and Design & Arts (Canterbury) joined forces to become Yoobee Colleges, an interdisciplinary college with seven campuses located across New Zealand.

The colleges all have rich histories, dating back 30 years in some cases, and they have been working collaboratively for several years to offer complementary pathway programmes.

The official joining of these forces under one umbrella strengthens these relationships, enabling greater pathway options for students and stronger educational outcomes, as some of the best creative educators in New Zealand come together for the joint purpose of training the country’s top creatives and IT professionals and getting them into rewarding careers.

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