No IT Background Or Technical Degree
Land Their First High-Paying IT Job
Our proven process
- Our intentionally slower-paced program allows students to absorb and apply knowledge effectively, fostering a deep understanding and practical IT skills for their careers.
- We prioritize individualized learning and recognize that becoming an IT professional requires time and commitment.
Start by watching this video
92% Certification Passing Rate
68% Job Placement Rate after 6 mos
78% Job Placement Rate after 12 mos
To back our claim, we are proud to offer a Tuition Reimbursement Program. If you don’t land a job within five months of completing our overall program + apprenticeship, we will refund you the full price of your tuition.
Who we are
Having personally transitioned from a being Social Scientist to a Linux System Administrator, we recognized a significant gap in the IT industry.
Many people lacked the necessary background and skills to enter the field. Existing programs were either too expensive and intense or too cheap and ineffective.
To address this, we founded Yellow Tail Tech, offering a unique training process focused on Linux and AWS cloud engineering.
With over eight years of experience, we are now an industry leader. If you’re ready to break into IT, join us in creating a more diverse and skilled workforce, making a lasting impact in technology.
Paloma Vilceus
Co-Founder of Yellow Tail Tech/Director of Partnerships
Step 1: Hands-on Learning
Linux For Jobs
Entry Level Average Salary: $86,000
We will help you future-proof your career as a Linux System Administrator. Through our program, you will gain relevant job skills and personalized coaching to turn you into a Subject Matter Expert.
Skills You'll Learn:
- Subnetting
- DNS
- DHCP
- NFS
- FTP
- SSH
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9
- Virtual Box
- VMware Vsphere
- Nagios
- CheckMK
- Graylog
- Apache
- FreeIPA
- Bacula
- Jira
- Ansible
- Bash Scripting
- GitLab
- Kernel
- CentOS
- sudo
- Bash Scripting
- Linux File Systems
- systemd
- Performance management
- Cron
- Swap
- VIM
- firewalls
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Apache
- Nginx
- BIND
- Docker
- Podman
- Git
- LDAP
- VPN
- Postfix
Cloud For Jobs 2.0
Entry Level Average Salary: $92,000
Take on a big challenge by becoming an AWS Dev Ops Engineer and learn how to manage and build infrastructure that relies on CloudComputing.
Skills You'll Learn:
- Subnetting
- DNS
- DHCP
- NFS
- FTP
- SSH
- VPC
- Route53
- Elastic Load Balancer
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9
- AWS Linux2
- Bash scripting
- Python
- YAML
- Apache
- Nginx
- Splunk
- CloudWatch
- CloudTrail
- CheckMK
- OpenSCAP
- Lynis
- Ansible
- CouldFormation
- AWS Lambda
- S3
- EBS
- EFS
- EC2
- IAM
- SNS
- SQS
- ECS
- Docker
- AWS Shield
- AWS WAF
- GuardDuty
- RDS
- Aurora
- MariaDB
- DynamoDB
- GitLab
- AWS CodeCommit
- AWS CodeDeploy
- AWS CodePipeline
- Jira
IT Jobs
- Linux System Admin
- System Admin
- IT System Admin
- Junior System Admin
- IT Support Specialist
- Technical Specialist – Infrastructure
- Operations Engineer
- Linux Engineer
- Technical Support Engineer
- Cloud Engineer
- DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
- AWS Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- AWS Administrator
- Cloud Specialist
We will prepare you for the hottest roles in the job market
- Install and configure OS and applications
- Deploy Virtual Machines
- Perform user management tasks
- Manage Web Servers
- Troubleshoot permission, performance, and networking issues
- Write bash scripts
- Deploy a fault-tolerant and resilient web service architecture in AWS
- Monitor availability, simulate and test failure scenarios and recovery
- Optimize cloud service infrastructure for cost and performance
- Evaluate a cloud environment's security posture
- Write code to automate tasks using AWS APIs and AWS Lambda
Program delivery:
Pre-work
Student Hub
Live Sessions
Student Support Session
Weekend Review Session
Pre-work
Student Hub
Live Sessions
Student Support Session
Weekend Review Session
Step 2: Pass the Certification
Our Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Prep program will give you the knowledge and confidence that you need to become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator.
Our AWS SysOps Prep course will give you the knowledge and confidence that you need to become a Certified AWS SysOps Administrator.
Step 3: 2 months apprenticeship
We aim to break the Catch 22!
The program extends beyond certification as it is complemented by a 2 month apprenticeship that aims to bolster your experience.
Addressing the classic employment paradox, we aim to help you shatter the so-called ‘Catch 22’ – the predicament where employers require experience before offering a job, yet you need a job to gain experience.
Our apprenticeship offers a solution by providing hands-on exposure, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world application. This experience will pave the way towards securing your first high-paying job, helping you to stand out among your peers.
JV working as a Medical Assistant
JV passed the RHCSA through
Yellow Tail Tech
JV during his Apprenticeship scrum meeting
JV looking good on his first day at his new job as a Linux System Admin
Step 4: Career Success Support
Relentless Career Support
Step 5: Get your new high-paying IT job!
Hear it straight from our students:
What you’ll get when you enroll:
- Dedicated Student Success Coach
- 2-3x a week live classes
- Weekend review sessions
- Extra Student Support Sessions after the main courses
- Certification Preparation
- 2 months apprenticeship
- Dedicated Career Success Coach
- Help with resume writing, LinkedIN optimization, mock interviews, and job search optimization
Here at Yellow Tail Tech, we are building a community.
- Access to Alumni Network
- Access to Student Community
- Access to FREE workshops
- Virtual networking event every 2 weeks
We take pride in the diversity of our student base
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
71% of our students identify as non-white, originating from a broad range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
This program is for you if / This program is not for you if:
- You need a career change.
- You want to break into tech.
- You are motivated and committed to succeed.
- You’re a tire kicker
- You’re a dabbler
- You don't have time to dedicate 7-10 hours a week
Yellow Tail Tech's Hybrid Model VS Other Programs
