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CL-311 Cloud & Platform

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Author infrastructure like software: HCL fluency, state management done safely, modules and composition, workspaces and environments, drift handling, and CI-integrated plan/apply with review gates — practised on real multi-cloud network and identity stacks, not toy buckets.

B3Practitioner
6modules
41skill atoms
12role journeys
Curriculum

What this course covers.

6 modules, 41 named skill atoms. Expand any module to see them.

1HCL & Providers7 skill atoms
resourcesvariablesexpressionsprovidersdata sourcesfor_each vs countprovider version constraints & lock file
2State Discipline7 skill atoms
remote statelockingimportsurgery cautionS3 backend with DynamoDB lockingstate files contain secretssplitting state by lifecycle
3Modules & Composition7 skill atoms
module designversioningregistriesinput & output contractssemver pinning and upgrade testingno provider blocks inside modulescomposition over deep nesting
4Environments7 skill atoms
workspaces vs directoriespromotion patternstfvars per environmentbackend key layout per envshared modules with env-specific inputspromoting a saved plan artifactenvironment parity checks
5Drift & Change Safety7 skill atoms
plan review culturepolicy checksCI gatesreading a plan for destroy actionsprevent_destroy lifecycle rulesdetecting console-made drifttflint & checkov in the pipeline
6Real-Stack Lab6 skill atoms
deploy a TGW/vWAN-class network from modulesCIDR math in HCL variablesprovider aliases for multi-accountexplicit dependency orderingoutputs consumed by a downstream stackdestroy and rebuild proof
Where it fits

CL-311 in the role journeys.

This course appears in 12 of our 45 role journeys. Here is what a learner takes immediately before and after it in each.

MLOps / LLMOps Engineer

Foundation stage
CL-304CL-311AI-101

Cloud Engineer

Professional stage
CL-322CL-311CL-304

Cloud / Solutions Architect

Practitioner stage
CL-223CL-311CL-324

Platform / DevOps Engineer

Practitioner stage
CL-305CL-311CL-312

Data Platform Engineer

Practitioner stage
CL-407CL-311CL-224

FinOps Analyst

Practitioner stage
CL-404CL-311AI-309

Multi-Cloud Engineer

Practitioner stage
CL-221CL-311CL-301

Data Engineer

Practitioner stage
AI-104CL-311CL-312

AI Infrastructure Engineer

Practitioner stage
CL-305CL-311CL-306

Enterprise Architect

Practitioner stage
CL-106CL-311CL-202

Cloud Migration Architect

Practitioner stage
CL-315CL-311CL-314

Data Cloud Engineer (Snowflake)

Practitioner stage
CL-224CL-311CL-317

Roles this course serves

The capability ladder

This course is authored to band B3.

Every course we run is written to one rung of the CASI ladder, so a plan can be assembled to take a team from where they are to where they need to be.

What do B1–B6 mean?The CASI Capability Ladder — click to expand

Every course targets a band on the CASI Capability Ladder — our six-band proficiency scale, anchored to open standards (O*NET, ESCO, NICE, NIST AI RMF, Bloom's). A band tells you how deep a course goes, and what evidence proves it.

What the learner can doTypical evidence
B1
AwareUnderstands concepts and vocabulary; uses tools with guidance
Knowledge checks
B2
FoundationPerforms standard tasks correctly in familiar contexts
Guided labs, autograded exercises
B3
PractitionerDelivers complete pieces of work independently
Scenario labs, proctored hands-on exams
B4
ProfessionalHandles production-grade complexity, trade-offs and failure modes
Break-fix drills, design defenses
B5
AdvancedEngineers systems end-to-end under constraints; leads others
Rubric-scored capstones, vivas
B6
ExpertSets direction; recognised authority across teams
Portfolio + panel evaluation

A note on B6. Courses in this catalog target B1–B5. B6 is not taught — it is recognised, through a portfolio and a panel, once someone is setting direction for others. Every journey here is built to land a learner at B5.

Next step

Run CL-311 for your team.

This course runs at several lengths depending on how deep you need to go and how much of it your people already have. Tell us who is being trained and we will scope it.

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