Workforce Development

AI Infrastructure Track  

The AI Infrastructure Track prepares students to design, build, and manage the modern systems behind AI deployment. Across three hands-on courses, students progress from foundational networking to full cloud ‑native‑ orchestration, gaining the practical skills needed to support real-world AI workloads.  

Linux & Cloud Foundations 

Course 2 of 3 

Turn your network into a living, breathing infrastructure. Learn the Linux, virtualization, and automation skills powering modern cloud environments. From user management and shell scripting to provisioning cloud-style virtual machines, you'll build and secure real services—including identity management, databases, and web apps. The ideal jump from networking into full system administration.  

Ideal for: Network technicians who want to expand their skill set into system administration.· IT professionals seeking to formalize their Linux knowledge for cloud and DevOps roles.· Students who have completed Course 1 and are ready to build the services that run on the network. 

Prerequisite Skills:  

This course builds directly upon the networking foundation. To ensure success, students should have: 

Completion of Course 1 (AI Networking Fundamentals) or equivalent networking knowledge: 

• Understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, and CIDR notation 
• Familiarity with core network services (DNS, DHCP) 
• Knowledge of routing concepts and static routes 
• Experience configuring firewalls and understanding basic security principles 

Basic Command-Line Literacy: 

• Comfort opening a terminal and navigating directories (cd, ls, mkdir) 
• Ability to view files (cat, less) and edit simple text files 

Understanding of Virtualization Concepts: 

• Conceptual knowledge of what a Virtual Machine (VM) is and how it differs from physical hardware 
• Basic understanding of hypervisors (like Proxmox, VMware, or VirtualBox) 

General Computer Literacy: 

• Comfort installing operating systems (Xubuntu) and software 
• Ability to troubleshoot basic technical issues independently 

Additional Courses in AI Infrastructure Track:

1: AI Networking Fundamentals: 6/8/26 – 8/30/26

3: AI Infrastructure & Security 7/20/26 - 10/18/26 or 11/23/26 - 2/21/21