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Expert Practitioner Programme

AI in Cloud & DevOps

AI doesn't just accelerate your pipeline β€” it can run it. 4 live classes on embedding AI across CI/CD, observability, and incident response so your team ships faster and fixes less.

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What AI Looks Like in Cloud / DevOps

When a DevOps engineer uses AI to auto-diagnose a failing deployment, right-size cloud spend in real time, and generate infrastructure-as-code from a plain English brief β€” that is AI-native cloud operations.

4
Week Sprint
Live
Cohort Sessions
Field
Verified Certificate
Application Closes
June 5, 2026
Cohort Start Date
June 12, 2026
Programme Duration
4 Weeks
Learning Format
Live, Online
Validate Your Skill Level

Where Are You on the
AI Readiness Spectrum in Cloud / DevOps?

5 questions. 90 seconds. Get a clear read on your current level β€” and what the Expert Practitioner Programme will unlock for you.

Pipeline Practice Question 1 of 5

How do you currently manage deployment pipelines and release quality in your engineering workflow?

Mostly manual β€” I run scripts and check logs by hand
I have CI/CD pipelines with standard automated tests and checks
My pipelines include AI-assisted quality gates and anomaly detection
I have designed AI-driven release pipelines that self-tune and auto-rollback
Cloud Cost Management Question 2 of 5

How do you currently manage and optimise cloud infrastructure costs?

Reactively β€” I review bills after the fact and react to overruns
I use cost explorer dashboards and implement tagging policies
I use AI-assisted tools to identify waste and recommend right-sizing
I have built automated cost governance workflows that enforce policies in real time
AI Tool Usage Question 3 of 5

How do you currently use AI in your cloud or DevOps practice?

I do not use AI tools in my DevOps or cloud work
I use AI occasionally for documentation or writing scripts
I use AI regularly for infrastructure code generation, review, and incident triage
AI is embedded across my DevOps lifecycle β€” provisioning, monitoring, response, and reporting
Incident Response Question 4 of 5

How do you handle infrastructure incidents and outage diagnosis today?

I manually review logs and metrics until I find the root cause
I use monitoring dashboards with manual alert triage
I use AI-assisted tools that correlate signals and surface likely root causes
I have built AI-assisted incident response workflows with automated runbooks
Security & Compliance Question 5 of 5

How do you approach security and compliance posture in your cloud infrastructure?

Ad hoc β€” I address security issues as they are flagged
I run periodic scans and implement baseline security policies
I use AI-assisted security scanning integrated into my CI/CD pipeline
I lead AI-powered cloud security posture management across my organisation
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What You Will Master

The Three AI Skills That Will Define
Your Edge in Cloud / DevOps

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AI-Assisted CI/CD & Release

Use AI to automate pipeline quality gates, predict release risk, and surface deployment failures before they reach production.

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Cloud Cost Intelligence

Apply AI to analyse cloud spend, identify waste, right-size resources, and generate optimisation recommendations automatically.

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IaC & Config Automation

Generate, review, and validate infrastructure-as-code using AI β€” reducing manual config work and catching configuration drift proactively.

The Sprint

How the Cloud / DevOps
Sprint Works

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Week 0

Field Assessment

Map your current AI maturity and identify the highest-leverage skills for your specific role in Cloud / DevOps.

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Week 1

Placed in Your Cohort

You join a small, curated cohort of Cloud / DevOps professionals β€” led by a verified Expert Practitioner who has deployed AI in your exact domain.

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Weeks 2–4

Structured Sprint

Live sessions, applied projects, and peer accountability. Every session builds directly on your Cloud / DevOps context β€” not generic AI theory.

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End of Sprint

Certification

Receive your Brixgate Expert Practitioner Certificate β€” field-verified, practitioner-assessed, and employer-ready in Cloud / DevOps.

Real Deliverables

By the End of the Sprint, You Will Have Built Real Things.

Not slide decks. Not theory. Applied tools, workflows, and frameworks that immediately improve how you work in Cloud / DevOps.

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βœ“An AI-assisted CI/CD pipeline with intelligent quality gate and rollback logic
βœ“A cloud cost optimisation analysis using AI on your actual or sample spend data
βœ“A structured framework for using AI code generation in infrastructure safely
Plus

Brixgate Expert Practitioner Certificate β€” field-verified in Cloud / DevOps, practitioner-assessed, and recognised by employers across Africa and internationally.

Programme Curriculum

What You Will Cover

Every week builds on the last β€” from foundations through to a deployed, practitioner-assessed capstone project.

Week 1AI in DevOps & Platform Engineering+
  • How AI is transforming CI/CD, observability, and platform reliability
  • LLMs for infrastructure-as-code generation and review
  • Security implications of AI-generated code in production pipelines
  • Evaluating AI DevOps tools against SRE and compliance standards
Week 2AI-Augmented CI/CD & Infrastructure+
  • AI-assisted pipeline configuration and optimisation
  • Automated infrastructure-as-code generation with review gates
  • AI-powered code review and static analysis integration
  • Building intelligent deployment approval and rollback workflows
Week 3Observability, Reliability & AIOps+
  • AI-assisted log analysis and anomaly detection at scale
  • AIOps for incident triage, root cause analysis, and resolution
  • Automated runbook generation and SRE documentation
  • Building a self-healing infrastructure alerting and response system
Week 4Capstone & Certification+
  • Capstone: deploy an AI-augmented DevOps or platform workflow
  • Expert practitioner review and security audit
  • Portfolio documentation β€” technically rigorous and platform-ready
  • Brixgate Expert Practitioner Certificate β€” DevOps & Platform Engineering
Tools & Platforms

Over 13+ AI Tools Used in This Sprint

You will work hands-on with the tools that practitioners actually use in DevOps & Platform Engineering. Real stacks, not toy environments.

GitHub Copilot
ChatGPT
Cursor AI
Terraform AI
AWS CodeWhisperer
Dynatrace AI
Datadog AI
PagerDuty AI
Harness AI
Pulumi AI
Snyk AI
Grafana ML
Google Cloud Duet AI
Who Is This For

Built for DevOps & Platform Engineering Professionals

This programme is for practitioners, not beginners. If you are already working in DevOps & Platform Engineering and ready to operate at the level AI makes possible, this sprint is for you.

DevOps Engineer
Platform Engineer
SRE / Site Reliability Engineer
Cloud Architect
Infrastructure Lead
Engineering Manager
Eligibility Criteria
  • DevOps, platform, or infrastructure professional with 2+ years of hands-on experience
  • Familiarity with at least one CI/CD platform, cloud provider, or containerisation technology
  • Readiness to integrate AI into live pipeline or infrastructure workflows
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Programme Cohorts

Open Cohorts

Cohort-based delivery means you learn alongside peers in your field and leave with a network, not just a certificate.

AI-Native Cloud & DevOps
Open
Start Date
June 12, 2026
End Date
July 10, 2026
Lead Practitioner
Lanre Ogundimu
4.9Practitioner Rating
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Your Practitioner

Taught by Someone Who Has Done It

Not a generalist trainer. A practitioner who has deployed AI in this exact field and will show you exactly how.

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Lanre Ogundimu
Senior Practitioner, DevOps AI & Platform Reliability
710+ live sessions

Lanre is a platform engineer and SRE with 10 years building and running infrastructure for high-scale SaaS products across fintech and enterprise software in Nigeria and the UK. He has led AIOps adoption programmes and now helps DevOps professionals build AI-augmented workflows that reduce toil, accelerate delivery, and improve system reliability. Over 710 live sessions delivered.

Core Expertise
AIOps & Observability CI/CD Optimisation Infrastructure-as-Code AI Platform Reliability Engineering DevSecOps & AI Security
Alumni Reviews

What Practitioners Say

★★★★★

"My incident response time dropped from 45 minutes to under 8 minutes using the AI triage workflow I built in Week 3. The root cause analysis that used to require a war room now happens automatically."

SRE Β· Brixgate Alumni
★★★★★

"The AI-generated Terraform reviews caught three security misconfigurations in our production IaC that manual reviews had missed. That was Week 2, day three."

Platform Engineer Β· Brixgate Alumni
★★★★★

"We reduced our pipeline build time by 40% using the optimisation workflow from Week 2. The AI analysis found bottlenecks we had been living with for two years."

DevOps Lead Β· Brixgate Alumni
FAQ

Common Questions

Which cloud providers does the programme cover?+

The core principles apply across AWS, GCP, Azure, and hybrid environments. Applied exercises use the platform most relevant to your current stack.

Is this for individual contributors or engineering managers?+

Both. Individual contributors focus on technical implementation tracks. Engineering managers focus on AI adoption strategy, team capability building, and AIOps governance alongside the technical content.

Will AI-generated IaC be safe to deploy in production?+

With the right review gates β€” yes. The programme explicitly covers how to build validation, security scanning, and human approval steps into every AI-assisted infrastructure workflow.

How much does this overlap with software engineering AI?+

The DevOps sprint specifically covers infrastructure, pipelines, observability, and reliability engineering β€” distinct from the application development focus of the Software Engineering sprint.

Why This Investment Pays Off

What ₦250,000 Actually Buys You

DevOps and platform engineers who build AI into their pipelines, observability, and incident response are leading engineering orgs β€” not maintaining them.

40%
Faster deployment cycles for teams using AI-assisted CI/CD
DORA State of DevOps
65%
Reduction in MTTR with AI-assisted incident triage and root cause
PagerDuty Incident Report
$70K+
Avg salary premium for AI-proficient DevOps and SRE professionals
Stack Overflow Survey
What You Get

Everything Included. No Extras.

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8 Live Practitioner Sessions
2 sessions per week across 4 weeks β€” interactive, applied, no pre-recorded lectures.
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Field Assessment Before You Start
Know exactly where you are and what matters most for your specific DevOps & Platform Engineering role.
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All AI Tools & Platform Access
Every tool used in the sprint is provided. No additional subscriptions required.
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Peer Cohort of DevOps & Platform Engineering Professionals
Learn alongside practitioners solving the same problems you face β€” a network, not just a cohort.
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Capstone Project & Portfolio Artefact
A real AI-Augmented DevOps Toolkit β€” built during the sprint, reviewed by your practitioner, and yours to deploy.
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Brixgate Expert Practitioner Certificate
Verifiable digital credential, LinkedIn badge, and field-verified assessment β€” employer-ready in DevOps & Platform Engineering.
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Lifetime Alumni Network Access
Post-sprint access to the Brixgate Alumni community across all fields and cohorts.
By the End of Week 4, You Will Have
β†’Reduce pipeline build time by 40% with AI-identified optimisation opportunities
β†’Build AI-assisted incident triage that cuts MTTR from 45 minutes to under 8
β†’Deploy AIOps log analysis that surfaces the right signal from terabytes of noise
vs. The Alternatives
YouTube / Free AI Courses
Generic. No field context. No practitioner. No accountability.
Free β€” but valueless for your career
LinkedIn Learning / Coursera
Self-paced. Pre-recorded. No peer cohort. No field practitioner.
$400/yr Β· No accountability
2-Day AI Workshop
High cost. Generic content. No follow-through. No deliverable.
₦500K–₦2M Β· No outcomes
Brixgate Expert Practitioner Sprint
Live. Field-specific. Practitioner-led. Real deliverable. Certified.
₦250,000 Β· Everything included
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Cloud & DevOps Expert Practitioner Programme

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