E028: Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Orchestration

E028 is a four-unit course in WGU's Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering and its AWS version. It sits late in the program and builds towards the capstone.

The guidebook says it covers the design, implementation and management of hybrid cloud environments, including the integration of on-premises infrastructure, private cloud, public cloud and edge computing into a single hybrid ecosystem.

The challenge is holding many moving parts in mind at once: network design, security, integration and automation. Students who draw the whole picture before configuring any part tend to find the course far easier.

What E028 Covers

Key Concepts Explained

Connecting Environments

Hybrid networks link a local network to a cloud network, commonly through encrypted tunnels or dedicated connections. Careful address planning matters: the ranges at each end must not overlap, or traffic cannot be routed correctly.

Identity and Security Across Boundaries

Users should have consistent identities and permissions in both worlds. Security measures such as encryption in transit, firewall rules and logging need to be designed for the whole environment, not each side alone.

Orchestration

Orchestration tools coordinate tasks across systems, for example creating resources, configuring them and updating them in order. The benefits are consistency, speed and a record of what was done.

Typical Assignments and How to Approach Them

Design Considerations Table

The second competency asks for considerations, which are easiest to present in a table. Fill one row per component type in your scenario.

A Study Approach for Each Competency

For the configuration competency, begin with a topology diagram showing both networks, the link between them and the security measures at each point. Build the connection first, test basic reachability, then add security rules and test again. Small steps make faults easy to locate.

For the considerations competency, think about what moves and what stays. Some workloads need to remain local for latency or compliance, others gain from cloud scale, and edge locations handle work close to users.

For the orchestration competency, write each workflow as an ordered list of steps with the check that follows each one. Then show how the tool repeats the workflow reliably, which is the main reason to orchestrate at all.

Weak and Strong Workflow Descriptions

When describing orchestration, specifics matter. Compare the two descriptions below.

Final Review Before You Submit

Before submitting, read your documentation as someone who has never seen the environment. Can they redraw the topology from your description, and can they tell why each security measure is there? Missing reasons are the most common gap.

• Address ranges are listed and do not overlap.
• Each connection and security rule has a stated purpose.
• Every orchestration workflow is described step by step with its checks.
• Test results are recorded, including at least one failure and its fix.

Where Students Get Stuck

• Overlapping addresses. Plan ranges before building anything.
• Security on one side only. Check rules and logging at both ends and on the link.
• Manual work called orchestration. Show workflows that are repeatable and ordered.
• No testing evidence. Record how you confirmed connectivity and policy.

Study Tips for E028

• Draw the full topology first and label every address range.
• Run a simple connectivity test after each change.
• Keep orchestration scripts or definitions short and commented.
• Match rubric lines to headings.

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