Jun - Dec 2026
Roadmap
26 weeks from student to employed cloud and AI engineer. Three phases, four portfolio projects, three certifications.
Phase 1Jun 17 - Aug 18, 2026
Pass AZ-104. Publish first two portfolio pieces.
Wk 1-3AZ-104: Identity, Governance, Storage
Wk 4-6AZ-104: Compute, App Service, Containers
Wk 7-8AZ-104: Networking, Monitoring, final review
Wk 3Publish BookHaven case study
Wk 6Publish Azure SQL Security write-up
Wk 9Sit AZ-104 exam
Phase 2Aug 19 - Oct 27, 2026
Pass AZ-305. Ship IaC repo. Start semester 2 courses.
Wk 10-12AZ-305: Identity, Monitoring, Storage design
Wk 13Semester 2 starts - DevOps and IaC course begins
Wk 13-17Build IaC repo through DevOps course
Wk 17Publish IaC repo on GitHub
Wk 19Sit AZ-305 and CCA-F exams
Phase 3Oct 28 - Dec 15, 2026
Ship agentic AI project. Launch job search.
Wk 20-22Containerize app, deploy to Azure, GitHub Actions CI/CD
Wk 20Pitch agentic Azure project in Applied Projects course
Wk 21-23Build multi-agent system: orchestrator, tool layer, eval suite
Wk 24Rebuild resume around 4 projects and 3 certs
Wk 25-26Active applications - cloud and FDE roles