Git in Sky and Mail.ru Cloud Solutions help GeekBrains train DevOps engineers

2021: Preparing for the final exam with Git in Sky and Mail.ru Cloud Solutions

The company Git in Sky will conduct a final exam for the faculty. DevOps GeekBrains Students will show acquired competencies when working with a real-world infrastructure web resource and after passing exams will be able to qualify for the role of DevOps engineers in the Git in Sky team. The platform (Mail.ru Cloud Solutions MCS) will provide computing resources for work on exam projects. This was announced on June 10, 2021 by representatives of the MCS.

The educational program of the faculty of DevOps lasts 1.5 years and helps to master the profession of DevOps specialist from scratch. The use of clouds is becoming the standard of modern development, high-level specialists must be able to work with the cloud and well imagine the opportunities it provides to create new digital products. In an effort to make the course practical, GeekBrains attracted leading players in the technology market to develop the program.

The examiner is a player in the DevOps outsourcing market - Git in Sky. For ten years of work in the industry, the developer has accumulated a large examination and will now conduct an exam for students in order to test the competencies of young specialists in practice. During the exam, future engineers will immerse themselves in the real processes of development, communication with the customer, the creation of a modern IT infrastructure, as well as go through all stages of passing and acceptance of work.

The Mail.ru Cloud Solutions platform will provide computing resources to emulate the work of the DevOps engineering team with the client as part of the implementation of a real infrastructure for the web resource. Each group of students will receive six virtual machines. Three of them will be used for working with databases, the rest for working with applications and monitoring tools.

"We strive to do the most practical-oriented training, so that students are easily employed after completing the program. therefore, we are very pleased that colleagues from Git in Sky and MCS supported our idea and are participating in the final project. It is important for us not only to conduct an internal assessment of students, but also to be evaluated by the market, external companies, and we understand how students are ready for work and competitive after our training. So we understand that we are on the right track, "said Ivan Netreba, methodologist at the Faculty of DevOps, GeekBrains.

"Mail.ru Cloud Solutions supports novice programmers, helps to gain market-sought knowledge and experience close to real professional life," said Vadim Kozhin, Marketing Director for Mail.ru Cloud Solutions and Tarantool. - Therefore, we have allocated cloud resources to conduct a unique exam from Git in Sky. Our participation in the educational program of the faculty DevOps from GeekBrains is only one of many steps designed to replenish the market with young in-demand specialists with the necessary knowledge and competencies. "

"Many companies where DevOps or SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) competencies are needed are experiencing personnel shortages - it is difficult to find ready-made engineers for various technology stacks, and we realized that by selecting the best motivated students from top training schools such as Geekbrains, we will be able to grow real professionals from graduates in 1-2 years. We have high hopes for the project and are confident that thanks to synergy with our permanent partners Geekbrains and Mail.ru Cloud Solutions, we will achieve good results, "said Ilya Baraulin, timelid of the Git in sky technical team.