This subject will focus on the learner's ability to plan, design and implement a programmatic solution to the creation, management, monitoring and disposal of infrastructure, systems and services. Desired state systems will core to ensuring consistency of environments plays a strong role in this module.

1. A utomat e the creation of basic infrastructure in a networked environment .
2. Create robust IaC scripts through refactoring, analysis and debugging for consistency and performance when provisioning services and infrastructure.
3. Design and apply policies for restricted access to resources during the creation of infrastructure .
4. Design, implement, and test code business objective and organizational target through pre-established SLAs and SLOs .
5. Apply best practice to the version control, security and quality assurance of IaC scripts through testing and refinement on a continuous basis .
6. Analyse a problem space, critically appraise alternative solutions, and design a resilient solution to a problem following appropriate industry defined best practice and standards.
7. Plan, design, encode , assess, refactor, and present a solution to a given business problem for the implementation of IaC .

To provide the student with skills set to evaluate, install, configure and administer a virtual server system using appropriate technologies. The course engages students in a heavily task-based activities and facilitates discussions to ensure maximum skills transfer.

1. Perform administrative tasks required in a service based environment.
2. Defend the design of a host and virtual server environment for specific application purposes.
3. Select and implement the management tools and techniques necessary for a virtualized environment.
4. Evaluate virtual server security issues and implement strategies to secure services in the cloud.
5. Plan and implement provisioning, monitoring and preventive maintenance in a server environment.
6. Devise and critique solutions to particular service requirements for a range of common services.

To provide the student with a solid grounding in network infrastructure requirements and practices both from the theoretical perspective and as an applied discipline.

1. Apply knowledge of protocols and practices in local area network design.
2. Design and/or audit the necessary ICT infrastructure appropriate to business requirements.
3. Justify the appropriateness of technologies available for secure wide area connectivity and formulate models for their application.
4. Apply best practise of security practices and their application.
5. Evaluate, review and formulate strategies for logging, detection and response systems focussed on protecting critical infrastructure.

To provide the student with the theoretical and applied skills to use virtualization technology in an enterprise or data centre environment and to integrate with public cloud, both from the theoretical perspective and as an applied discipline.

1. Construct a justification matrix for virtualization architecture selection and design.
2. Defend the selection of hardware /cloud platforms suited to the scale of business requirements .
3. Design and configure appropriate compute, network and storage virtualization strategies for specific purposes.
4. Prepare a plan for security, management and business continuity strategies suited to a virtualized infrastructure .
5. Evaluate and utilise SME, data centre and cloud scale management tools .

To provide the student with skills set to evaluate, apply, configure and administer a secure virtual server system using appropriate technologies as well as storage technology in an enterprise or data centre environment and to integrate the public cloud storage. These topics with be dealt with both from the theoretical perspective and as an a heavily task-based activity.

1. Envisage, design and audit enterprise data communications infrastructure .
2. Devise and implement solutions to particular service requirements in terms of services, servers and supporting infrastructure , with emphasis on security and protecting critical infrastructure .
3. Evaluate legal issues surrounding the support of various cloud infrastructure m odels.
4. Evaluate and determine appropriate architectures and practices in large scale storage environments.
5. Plan, design and configure storage architectures appropriate for various cloud infrastructure m odels .
6. Implement security, management and business continuity strategies justifying selection criteria appropriate to the business scenario.

Where, through no fault of their own, the student fails to obtain a placement this alternative project module will be offered. This module aims to provide experience of best practice in the design, implementation, and management of DevOps systems to learners through research and practical experience in topics which relate to trending topics or typical industry tasks. The objective is to maximise their employability and future career prospects, this module enables students to become exposed to research and communications as found in a professional working environment.

1. Explore the varied technical environments applied within and to DevOps systems for the management of resources.
2. Analyse complex problems in the design, implementation, maintenance, or management of DevOps pipelines and systems and pursue appropriate approaches to solving them .
3. Reflect in a structured manner on policies and practices applied in DevOps sy s tems .
4. Apply focused problem solving, design and research skills in typically used in successful DevOps environments .
5. Actively r eflect upon their personal professional practice demonstrating appropriate and effective communication, and organizational skills to aid life-long learning and continuing professional development.
6. Exercise professional and ethical judgement in decision making and communications in order to engage a professional audience as part of this process .
7. Apply research, information gathering, critical analysis, design, and implementation techniques appropriately and effectively.

This module aims to provide operational experience of best practice in the design, implementation, and management of DevOps systems to learners. With the objective of maximising their employability and future career prospects, this module enables students to become exposed to a professional working environment.

1. Critically explore the varied environments through which DevOps systems and practices are designed, realised and deployed.
2. Establish the scope of and represent a problem, apply design and research skills in the implementation and use of the DevOps systems and practices and pursue appropriate approaches to solving the problem
3. Identify, explore and make informed judgements relating to the design, monitoring and management of DevOps systems and practices.
4. Apply problem solving, design and research skills in order to determine a solution path to produce, support and maintain DevOps systems and practices.
5. Actively reflect upon their personal professional practice demonstrating appropriate and effective leadership, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills to aid life-long learning and continuing professional development.
6. Exercise professional and ethical judgement in decision making and communication within a working environment. Communicate effectively in order to engage a professional audience as part of this process.
7. Apply structured research, refined information gathering, critical analysis, design, and implementation techniques appropriately and effectively.

To provide the student with skills set to evaluate, apply, configure and administer a secure virtual server system using appropriate technologies . The course engages students in a heavily task-based activity and facilitates discussions to ensure maximum skills transfer.

1. Envisage, design and audit enterprise data communications infrastructure.
2. Devise and implement solutions to particular service requirements in terms of services, servers and supporting infrastructure.
3. Critically analyse the possible attack vectors to an infrastructure.
4. Devise and formulate detection and response systems focussed on protecting critical infrastructure.
5. Evaluate legal issues surrounding the support of private cloud infrastructure

To provide the student with the theoretical and applied skills to use storage technology in an enterprise or data centre environment and to integrate the public cloud storage. These topics with be dealt with both from the theoretical perspective and as an applied discipline.

1. Evaluate and determine appropriate architectures and practices in large scale storage environments.
2. Appraise and defend storage platforms suited to the scale of specific business requirements.
3. Plan, d esign and configure storage architectures appropriate for a range of scenarios in a virtualized and public cloud environment.
4. Implement security, management and business continuity strategies justifying selection criteria appropriate to the business scenario .
5. Apply knowledge of quantitative performance characteristics in storage specification having determined performance criteria critical to business problem outlined .

This module involves working on a research dissertation over an extended period. Working under the guidance of an academic supervisor, the module allows the student to develop theoretical and applied skills in using contemporary computing science techniques both from a theoretical perspective and as an applied discipline. The dissertation represents the capstone work on a topic related to their chosen programme of study.

1. Develop appropriate data collection instruments for mixed methods research and to evaluate each for their appropriateness to the research question;
2. Engage in a sustained piece of individual, academic research on a chosen topic within the field(s) specifically relevant to the course;
3. Read widely and critically reflect on a number of pieces of written research in an appropriate and thorough manner;
4. Evaluate varying methodological approaches and to adopt the necessary approaches suitable to the topic being researched;
5. Produce a dissertation that evaluates and synthesises quanti t at ive (statistical) approaches such as empirical tests on a hypothesis;
6. Produce a dissertation that evaluates and synthesises qualitative research methods such as the literature review and dissertation proposal and displays evidence of independent research skills.