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GenAI Ops: Running Powerful Generative AI Systems Professional Certificate

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GenAI Ops: Running Powerful Generative AI Systems Professional Certificate

Learn Enterprise GenAI Operations at Scale.

Build, deploy, secure, and optimize production AI systems for enterprise success.

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2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Optimize GenAI performance with governance frameworks, ensemble models, and automated testing for reliable user operations

  • Deploy and maintain production AI systems using MLOps best practices, infrastructure automation, and observability frameworks to ensure 99.9% uptime

  • Architect scalable multi-cloud infrastructure with cost optimization, automation, and resilient microservices supporting enterprise AI workloads

  • Implement zero-trust security with automated compliance enforcement and regulatory validation for enterprise AI

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February 2026

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Professional Certificate - 6 course series

Optimizing and Governing AI Systems

Optimizing and Governing AI Systems

Course 1, 13 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build monitoring systems and governance frameworks to ensure AI reliability, fairness, and ethical compliance across production environments.

  • Evaluate model architectures using statistical testing and create ensemble systems that combine algorithms for superior performance.

  • Automate ML experimentation workflows to track hypotheses, validate model updates through A/B testing, and measure business impact systematically.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Responsible AI
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Technology Roadmaps
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Risk Management
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Risking
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Model Deployment
Category: AI Product Strategy
Category: Data Ethics
Deploying and Maintaining Production AI Systems

Deploying and Maintaining Production AI Systems

Course 2, 13 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build deployment orchestration workflows with canary releases, automated rollbacks, and dependency analysis to prevent production failures.

  • Automate ML model lifecycle management using CI/CD pipelines with governance compliance checks and drift-triggered retraining mechanisms.

  • Implement system validation and performance optimization frameworks that analyze deployment dependencies, benchmark targets, and correlate metrics.

  • Design observability systems that monitor GenAI performance using integrated dashboards, alert tuning, and distributed tracing across logs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Deployment
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Model Deployment
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Release Management
Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Automation
Category: Dashboard
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Generative AI
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Responsible AI
Category: CI/CD
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Application Performance Management
Architecting Scalable Cloud AI Infrastructure

Architecting Scalable Cloud AI Infrastructure

Course 3, 12 hours

What you'll learn

  • Design multi-cloud AI architectures with automated scaling, failover capabilities, and comprehensive security and observability frameworks.

  • Build resilient microservices using dependency analysis, RED metrics optimization, and standardized templates for operational consistency.

  • Automate cloud cost optimization and governance enforcement through usage analytics, policy evaluation, and intelligent compliance scripts.

  • Create operational excellence frameworks with monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement practices for reliable AI service delivery.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Microservices
Category: Security Controls
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Terraform
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Cost Management
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Governance
Category: Generative AI
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: CI/CD
Category: Scalability
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Enterprise Architecture
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Securing AI Data and Applications

Securing AI Data and Applications

Course 4, 13 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze data access patterns and security incidents to design role-based controls that balance AI innovation with governance requirements

  • Create zero-trust architectures and infrastructure-as-code policies that prevent breaches through continuous verification and automated enforcement

  • Evaluate application security postures using threat modeling, penetration testing, and dependency analysis to prioritize remediation efforts

  • Assess cloud security controls against industry frameworks like NIST, SOC 2, and compliance requirements for regulatory readiness

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Security
Category: Application Security
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Security
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Data Governance
Category: Security Controls
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Security Requirements Analysis
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Zero Trust Network Access
Category: Cyber Security Policies
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Identity and Access Management
Optimizing AI System Operations and Costs

Optimizing AI System Operations and Costs

Course 5, 10 hours

What you'll learn

  • Automate AI system maintenance using strategic patching, MTTR analysis, and self-healing playbooks that ensure 99.9% uptime

  • Optimize cloud costs through resource utilization analysis, pricing strategies, and predictive models for budget planning

  • Implement automated data governance with metadata analysis, GDPR compliance, and standardized onboarding workflows

  • Coordinate cross-functional operations combining security, development, and finance teams for sustainable AI systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Ansible
Category: Data Governance
Category: Budgeting
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Metadata Management
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Cost Management
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: AI Security
Category: IT Automation
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Financial Management
Category: Patch Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Cost Reduction
Category: Operating Expense
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Incident Management
Career Development for GenAI Ops

Career Development for GenAI Ops

Course 6, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Position yourself in high-value specialist lanes with quantified value propositions for $120K-$160K roles

  • Build executive-ready portfolios with strategic artifacts demonstrating systems thinking through architecture decisions and crisis playbooks

  • Execute leadership interviews using frameworks for architecture defense, crisis management, and stakeholder resolution with business impact focus

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Leadership
Category: Professional Development
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Business Communication
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Communication
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Executive Presence
Category: Risk Management
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Generative AI
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Technical Management
Category: Personal Development

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