Enterprise Course Syllabi & Certification Bootcamps
Explore our comprehensive candidate curriculum of 115+ vendor and custom-engineered tracks across Red Hat, Microsoft, CNCF, Containers, VMware, SUSE, Enterprise Linux, Databases, and Open Source. Each course includes direct links to official vendor outlines or bespoke syllabus details. Filter by technology domain, delivery mode, or search specific codes.
Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure Administrator
Design Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Design and Implement Microsoft Azure Network Solutions
Develop Solutions for Microsoft Azure
Introduction to Microsoft Azure Data
Implement scalable database solutions using Azure SQL
Implement analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric
Implement data engineering solutions using Microsoft Fabric
Designing and implementing a data science solution on Azure
Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure
Introduction to AI in Azure
Develop AI solutions in Azure
Get started with AI applications and agents on Azure
Design and manage analytics solutions using Power BI
Microsoft Power Platform Developer
Microsoft Power Platform App Maker
Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant
Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer
Microsoft 365 Administrator
Manage collaboration and communication with Microsoft Teams
Plan, configure, and manage collaboration communications systems with Microsoft Teams
Introduction to Microsoft 365
Design and implement Microsoft DevOps solutions
GitHub Copilot for Enterprise Developers
Secure cloud resources with Microsoft Azure security technologies
Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft's security operations platform
Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
Develop AI apps and agents on Azure
Operationalize machine learning and generative AI solutions
Design and implement multi-agent AI solutions
Work smarter with AI
Develop AI agents on Azure
Extract insights from visual data on Azure
Implement Generative AI engineering with Azure Databricks
Introduction to building AI agents
Transform Ideas into Action with Copilot Chat (Basic)
Secure AI solutions in the cloud using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Entra
Drive AI transformation in your organization
GitHub Foundations
GitHub fundamentals — Administration basics and product features
Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions
GitHub Advanced Security
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Technical Overview
Red Hat System Administration I
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Performance Tuning
Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam Readiness
Ansible Basics: Automation Technical Overview
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible and Exam
Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Configuration as Code for Enterprise Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Exam Preparation
Containers, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Technical Overview
Red Hat OpenShift for Developers Technical Overview
Red Hat OpenShift Development I: Introduction to Containers with Podman
Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster
Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster
Red Hat OpenShift Administration III: Scaling Deployments in the Enterprise
Managing Virtual Machines with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat OpenShift Installation Lab
Enterprise Kubernetes Storage with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator Exam Preparation
Red Hat Security: Identity Management and Authentication
Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration
Red Hat JBoss Application Administration I
Red Hat OpenShift AI Technical Overview
Red Hat DevOps Pipelines and Processes: CI/CD with Jenkins & Git
Introduction to Kubernetes
Kubernetes Fundamentals (CKA Track)
Kubernetes for Developers (CKAD Track)
Kubernetes Administration Deep Dive
Kubernetes Security Essentials (CKS Track)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Boot Camp
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Boot Camp
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Boot Camp
Docker Training — Getting Started, Images, Compose, Build Cloud, Scout and Administration
Production containerd Architecture & Runtime Engineering
CRI-O Container Runtime Engineering for Production Kubernetes
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.0]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8.0]
VMware vSphere Foundation: Build, Manage, and Operate [V9.0]
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0]
VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V4.x]
VMware Cloud Foundation: Build, Manage, and Secure [V9.0]
VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V8.0]
VMware Tanzu Application Service: Install, Configure, Manage
MySQL Database Administration & Architecture
MySQL Performance Tuning & High Availability with InnoDB Cluster
MariaDB Server Administration & Security
MariaDB High Availability & Multi-Master Clustering with Galera
PostgreSQL Administration & Architecture
PostgreSQL High Availability, Streaming Replication & Patroni
PostgreSQL Performance Tuning & Query Optimization
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Administration
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Advanced Administration
SUSE Rancher 2.x Administration & Multi-Cluster Kubernetes
Ubuntu Server Administration & Enterprise Deployment
Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure, LXD Containers & Enterprise Hardening
Enterprise Workload Migration: CentOS to Rocky Linux & AlmaLinux 9
Enterprise Linux Systems Administration with Rocky Linux & AlmaLinux 9
Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam Preparation
Essentials of OpenStack Administration
Introduction to Linux
Shell Scripting Using Bash
Python for Enterprise Systems & Automation
HashiCorp Terraform Associate (TA-004)
Getting Started with OpenTofu
Introduction to AI/ML Toolkits with Kubeflow
PyTorch Essentials: An Applications-First Approach
Claude 101: Foundation Principles & Prompt Engineering
Introduction & Advanced Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Building Enterprise Applications with the Claude API
Apply AI at Work — OpenAI Academy
Build with AI — OpenAI Developer Platform
Gemini for Google Cloud Learning Path
Comprehensive Delivery Domains & Production Topics
Proven training delivered to enterprise telecommunications, banking, energy, and government agencies. Every module represents verified field delivery and deep multi-vendor mastery.
AI & Machine Learning
Covers the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle — from data science foundations, Azure AI Fundamentals, and generative AI to building and training models with TensorFlow and PyTorch, composing LLM-powered applications with LangChain, and operationalizing them on Red Hat OpenShift AI with automated MLOps pipelines for training, serving, and monitoring models in production.
- •Data science for machine learning
- •Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
- •Generative AI
- •Red Hat OpenShift AI (model development, serving & monitoring)
- •LangChain (LLM application & RAG development)
- •TensorFlow (deep learning model training)
- •PyTorch (deep learning research & production)
- •MLOps Pipelines (automated training, deployment & monitoring)
Cloud & Containers
Covers administration and implementation across Azure and Microsoft 365, plus containerization with Docker, the containerd and CRI-O container runtimes, and orchestration with Kubernetes, lightweight K3s, AKS, and Red Hat OpenShift.
- •Microsoft Azure Administration and Implementation
- •Microsoft 365 Administration and Implementation
- •Docker (containerization & image management)
- •containerd (industry-standard container runtime)
- •CRI-O (Kubernetes container runtime behind OpenShift)
- •K3s (lightweight Kubernetes for edge & small clusters)
- •Azure Kubernetes Service [ AKS ]
- •Red Hat OpenShift v3, v4
- •Kubernetes [ CKA/CKAD ]
Microsoft Platforms & Power Platform
Enterprise delivery spanning Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform delivery (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pages), PowerShell automation, and Azure DevOps.
- •Microsoft Azure
- •Microsoft 365
- •Power Platform Delivery
- •Power Platform
- •Power BI
- •Power Automate
- •Power Pages
- •Microsoft PowerShell
- •Azure DevOps
Linux & OpenShift
Linux administration and automation topics, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, Ansible, Satellite, and Jenkins DevOps pipelines.
- •Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- •Red Hat OpenShift
- •Red Hat Ansible
- •Red Hat Satellite
- •Jenkins DevOps
- •Linux System Administration
Agentic AI
Uses agentic AI coding tools daily — Claude Code, Google Antigravity, OpenAI Codex, Microsoft Copilot, and Nous Research's Hermes Agent — to plan, build, refactor, test, and review production code, automate infrastructure and DevOps tasks, and run multi-step agent workflows with a human in the loop. Shares practical patterns for teams adopting agentic development safely and productively.
- •Claude Code (agentic coding in the terminal & IDE)
- •Google Antigravity (agent-first development platform)
- •OpenAI Codex (cloud & CLI coding agent)
- •Microsoft Copilot (AI assistant across Microsoft 365 & development tools)
- •Hermes Agent (open-source autonomous agent by Nous Research)
Cloud Native
Delivered hands-on training across the cloud-native ecosystem — GitOps and continuous delivery, Kubernetes packaging, CI/CD pipelines, service mesh, API gateways and edge proxies, identity and access management, container registries, source control platforms, and centralized logging and observability.
- •Argo (GitOps & continuous delivery)
- •Helm (Kubernetes package management)
- •Tekton (cloud-native CI/CD pipelines)
- •Istio (service mesh)
- •Linkerd (service mesh)
- •Emissary-Ingress (Kubernetes API gateway)
- •Envoy (edge & service proxy)
- •Keycloak (identity & access management)
- •Quay (container image registry)
- •GitLab (DevOps platform & CI/CD)
- •GitHub (source control & collaboration)
- •Elastic (search, logging & observability)
- •Fluentd (unified log collection)
Virtualization
Virtualization topics include VMware vSphere, Oracle VM/LDOM, Linux KVM/OpenStack, and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
- •VMware vSphere – ICM 7.x / 8.x
- •Oracle/Sun Microsystem LDOM
- •Oracle VM
- •Linux KVM / OpenStack
- •OpenStack
- •Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)
Database Administration
Hands-on administration experience across relational, NoSQL, in-memory, and cloud-managed databases — MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server (Windows & Linux), Azure SQL, MongoDB, and Redis — applied in both training delivery and project work, covering installation, configuration, security, backup and recovery, replication and high availability, and performance tuning.
- •MySQL 5.7 / 8.x Administration
- •MariaDB (administration, replication & Galera clustering)
- •PostgreSQL (administration, backup & streaming replication)
- •Microsoft SQL Server (administration, security & high availability)
- •Microsoft SQL Server for Linux Administration
- •Azure SQL (Azure SQL Database & Managed Instance)
- •MongoDB (document database, replica sets & sharding)
- •Redis (in-memory data store, caching & persistence)
Unix Systems
Unix and enterprise-systems delivery covering Solaris, shell scripting, HP-UX, IBM AIX, LPAR, ZFS, and Logical Domains.
- •Unix Essentials
- •Oracle/Sun Solaris OE 9 / 10 / 11 (SPARC & x86)
- •Oracle Logical Domain (LDOM)
- •Solaris ZFS
- •UNIX Shell Scripting ( BASH / KORN Shell )
- •HP-UX
- •IBM AIX 5/6
- •IBM LPAR
The 4 Pillars of Steven’s Corporate Training Methodology
Why enterprise leaders trust Steven Nagendran: We don’t rely on passive slide decks. Every hour of instruction is engineered around hands-on lab muscle memory and production-grade failure scenarios.
Live Production Multi-Node Labs
Zero toy sandboxes. Attendees interact with multi-node OpenShift, Kubernetes, and RHEL clusters configured with production storage (Ceph/ODF), routing, and security policies.
Real-World Troubleshooting Scenarios
Engineers learn how to debug kernel panics, SELinux policy denials, OOM kills, network packet drops, and crashed etcd clusters under instructor supervision.
Vendor-Aligned Certification Readiness
Curricula map directly to globally recognized exams (RHCSA, RHCE, EX316, CKAD, VCP-DCV). Practice exam simulators build rapid terminal speed and accuracy.
Post-Training Mentorship & Support
Support doesn't end when class concludes. Students receive direct Q&A access for ongoing implementation questions and certification prep guidance.
Frequently Asked Questions by Enterprise Leaders
Key details regarding corporate procurement, grant claimability, on-premise deployments, and cohort booking.
Q:Is Steven's training claimable under HRD Corp (HRDF) in Malaysia?
Yes. Corporate training engagements in Malaysia can be fully structured under HRD Corp (Human Resource Development Corporation) claimable grant schemes through registered training partner channels, including SBL and SBL-Khas grant categories.
Q:Can course syllabi be customized for our engineering team's exact production stack?
Absolutely. Standard vendor tracks (e.g. Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, OpenShift Virtualization EX316, CNCF CKAD, Azure Administrator AZ-104) can be tailored to incorporate your organization's specific networking topologies, security baselines (SELinux/firewalld), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments.
Q:How are hands-on lab environments provisioned for students?
Every attendee receives dedicated, multi-node lab infrastructure hosted on high-performance bare-metal or cloud sandboxes. For OpenShift and Kubernetes courses, each student interacts with live, isolated clusters rather than shared toy sandboxes, ensuring realistic troubleshooting and production parity.
Q:Do you offer private on-site corporate cohorts or remote live classes?
Both modes are supported. Steven delivers private on-site training cohorts at enterprise client campuses across Malaysia, Singapore, ASEAN, and the Middle East, as well as live interactive virtual cohorts with full screen-sharing and lab assist capabilities.
Q:What post-training support and exam readiness mentorship is provided?
Attendees gain access to dedicated post-class Q&A channels (Slack/Telegram), hands-on practice mock exam scenarios, and direct mentorship from Steven to ensure maximum confidence when taking official certification exams like EX316, EX200, EX294, and CKAD.
