Cloud Native Platform Engineering Fundamentals

In the modern software landscape, delivery speed and system reliability depend on robust internal developer platforms. This text-based course guides you through the core principles of platform engineering, showing you how to design self-service infrastructure that empowers product teams. You will transition from manual operations to building automated, scalable cloud systems. What you will learn: Understand the foundational principles of platform engineering and how it differs from traditional DevOps; Build and configure repeatable infrastructure using modern Infrastructure-as-Code patterns; Implement declarative GitOps workflows to automate application deployment; Configure secure container orchestration baselines for developer workloads; Establish basic observability pipelines to monitor platform health and application performance. We begin with essential definitions and cloud-native concepts before progressing to practical configuration strategies, CI/CD automation, and developer self-service patterns. This course is designed for system administrators, software engineers, and IT professionals new to platform engineering, with no advanced infrastructure experience required. Take your first step toward mastering the tools and workflows that power modern, developer-centric cloud platforms.