The Academy is built around a simple idea: people don't start by choosing a certification — they start by choosing a career. "How do I become a SOC Analyst?" or "What do I need to learn to be a Cloud Engineer?" These role guides answer exactly that, mapping the fundamentals to learn, certifications to pursue, interview preparation to do, and Missiora tools to use — in the right order.
How role guides work
Each role page connects the layers of the Academy: Fundamentals → Technologies → Certifications → Career Role → Employability Intelligence, then out to AI Interview™ → Career Coach™ → Career Passport™. You learn the concepts, prove them, follow the role map, rehearse the interview and evidence your skills — all in one place.
Available roles
- Help Desk Engineer — the classic entry point into IT.
- IT Support Technician — hands-on first-line support.
- Desktop Support Engineer — deeper end-user computing support.
- Network Engineer — design and run the networks everything depends on.
- SOC Analyst — defend organisations by detecting and responding to threats.
- Security Engineer — build and harden the controls that protect an organisation.
- Cloud Engineer — build, automate and run cloud infrastructure.
- Azure Administrator — manage Microsoft's cloud and identity.
- AWS Solutions Architect — design secure, resilient solutions on AWS.
- GRC Analyst — align security with policy, risk and regulation.
- Penetration Tester — ethically hack to find weaknesses before criminals do.
- IT Manager — lead the people, systems and strategy behind IT.
Each role guide maps the fundamentals to learn, certifications to pursue, an interactive readiness map, interview preparation and your live Job Readiness Score — then out to AI Interview™, Career Coach™ and your Career Passport™.