Certificate in Cloud Engineering

CERTIFICATE IN CLOUD ENGINEERING

The program is designed to prepare students to become highly skilled in implementing and managing cloud computing technology. This STEM program focuses on engineering aspects of the cloud environment and infrastructure, including requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance to ensure the digital infrastructure and resources’ usability, operation, and security. The engineering topics cover cloud architectures of systems and applications running on the cloud, business processes, security management, data analytics, etc., from small-scale to enterprise level to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the cloud technology and services. The program will prepare students for career positions at the entry level such as cloud engineer, cloud architect, cloud analyst, cloud administrator, cloud developer, etc. The market for the workforce in the industry, commercially and academically, is continually growing worldwide, which places our graduates in very high demand. BAU is located in one of the largest areas for a collection of technology and cloud provider companies, which graduates will tremendously benefit from while they pursue their degrees for experiences and after graduation for job opportunities. ​

Programing Learning Objectives

• ​Apply the foundation and principle of cloud engineering to create cloud solutions that can overcome digital challenges.
• ​Utilize advanced digital tools for managing, designing, implementing, analyzing, migrating, and enhancing digital and business processes in various domains and industries.
• ​Integrate new and advanced technological disciplines into cloud development, such as artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), etc., to leverage cloud computing processes and extend an organizational IT environment.
• Implement reliable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure and data storage to ensure usability, availability, integrity, and security using multiple technologies.

MININUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Students must have a computer system that meets the following general requirements: (Most computers are equipped with these components.)

• Memory/RAM (8 GB or Higher)
• Video Card
• Sound Card
• Speakers and Microphone
• Headphones (not required but recommended)
• Webcam
• USB Ports
• Network Card (10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet)
• Wireless Network Card (2.4 and 5.0 GHz)
• Operating Systems
  • Windows 10 64-bit or Later
  • MacOS Catalina or Later

Meet the Department Chair

Pipop Nuangpookka, PhD

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Dr. Pipop Nuangpookka is the Chair of Information Management Science Program and Director of Distance Education at Bay Atlantic University.

Dr. Pipop Nuangpookka has been working as an Analyst/Programmer, Infrastructure Technologies, and Infrastructure Security since the year 2005. While working in the IT industry as a technical person, He started teaching in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Cybersecurity disciplines at several universities in Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia area in 2007. The various courses include Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Network, Computer Programming Languages (i.e., Java, Python, C, C++, ML, and Prolog), Structure of Programming Languages, Software Engineering, Data Structures & Algorithms, Database Management System (i.e., MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and SQL/PLSQL), Web Application Development and Security, Technology Management, and Technical Capstone Project. Dr. Nuangpookka graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Payap University, Thailand, in 1999, and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science in 2004 from Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia. He also earned a Doctor of Science Degree in Cybersecurity at Marymount University in 2020. His research interests are Non-Destructive Method of Detecting Hardware Attack, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Security Controls, Web Server Protection, and Bilingual Translator Programming. He is a co-author of scholarly papers published in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges/ACM digital library, including “Hardware-Tampering Security Risks in the Supply Chain” and “Fileless Malware and Programmatic Method of Detection.”