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ICTCLD508
Manage infrastructure in cloud environments

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to configure, monitor, maintain and update resources running in a cloud environment.

It applies to cloud engineers, cloud systems administrators and those who work within cloud computing environments and responsible for the day-to-day running of cloud resources.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

monitor and manage inventory, changes and lifecycle of at least one cloud resource.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

use cloud management console, cloud software development kits or command line tools

collect and analyse cloud and system data and adjust resources accordingly

summarise ways system operations in cloud environments can be automated to minimise manual intervention.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services

industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and applications

purpose, benefits and features of cloud services that enable:

resource inventory and change management

performance, capacity and availability monitoring and alerting

snapshots and backups

user, service and resource permissions

access management, monitoring and auditing

system patching and update services

security mechanisms

repeatable and automated maintenance of cloud resources with:

console-based management services

software development kits

command line tools.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

cloud vendor service provider

cloud managed database service

information and data sources required to design and implement cloud infrastructure

integrated development environment (IDE)

specific requirements and industry standards, organisational procedures and legislative requirements, including business and functionality requirements as well as retention/lifecycle business policy, as required

retention/lifecycle policy example as it relates to managing cloud infrastructure

internet and web browser

data to gather information from to determine output and user requirements, including user access and business protocols.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

monitor and manage inventory, changes and lifecycle of at least one cloud resource.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

use cloud management console, cloud software development kits or command line tools

collect and analyse cloud and system data and adjust resources accordingly

summarise ways system operations in cloud environments can be automated to minimise manual intervention.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services

industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and applications

purpose, benefits and features of cloud services that enable:

resource inventory and change management

performance, capacity and availability monitoring and alerting

snapshots and backups

user, service and resource permissions

access management, monitoring and auditing

system patching and update services

security mechanisms

repeatable and automated maintenance of cloud resources with:

console-based management services

software development kits

command line tools.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

cloud vendor service provider

cloud managed database service

information and data sources required to design and implement cloud infrastructure

integrated development environment (IDE)

specific requirements and industry standards, organisational procedures and legislative requirements, including business and functionality requirements as well as retention/lifecycle business policy, as required

retention/lifecycle policy example as it relates to managing cloud infrastructure

internet and web browser

data to gather information from to determine output and user requirements, including user access and business protocols.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Determine complex cloud computing technology resources according to business requirements, needs and cloud environment 
Identify and confirm business purpose, use and plan of different cloud resources according to business needs and efficiencies 
Identify tagging policy and categorise resources according to business needs 
Update resources according to tagging policy and build and maintain inventory of cloud resources 
Generate report of resources based on category 
Conduct maintenance with resources in specific category 
Document resource tagging and inventory management according to business needs 
Identify configuration policy for cloud resources according to business needs 
Enable logging of cloud-based events 
Collect and track changes to cloud resource configuration 
Apply configuration policy to resource and alert for non-conformance 
Utilise audit logs and determine details and changes from configuration 
Document cloud audit and change management configuration 
Define capacity limits for cloud resources according to business needs 
Configure metrics and alarm when limits are exceeded 
Capture and store resource and system logs 
Test capacity to trigger alarms and review logs of incident 
Manage capacity of resource to remove alarm 
Document run book for actions according to configured alarm 
Identify data retention policy according to business needs and cloud resource 
Configure storage to automatically comply with retention policy 
Confirm that retention policy is applied to target storage 
Document storage configuration according to business needs 
Document mechanisms to automate tasks as required 
Finalise user documentation and submit to required personnel as required 

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