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AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate

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Amazon Web Services

AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate

Start a career as a Cloud Technology Consultant. In this program, you’ll learn in-demand skills to advise clients on the use of cloud technology to meet business objectives. No degree or experience required.

Alex G.
Russell Sayers
Morgan Willis

Instructors: Alex G.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

(736 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
4 months at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Understand and translate business goals and drivers into appropriate technical solutions

  • Provide technical direction and oversight to cloud implementation teams

  • Create the conceptual, logical and physical design for cloud-based solutions for infrastructure and platforms

  • Learn how to gather technical requirements, assess client capabilities and analyze findings to provide appropriate cloud solution recommendations

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Professional Certificate - 9 course series

What you'll learn

  • Gain a foundational understanding of how computers work

  • Learn how computers talk to each other to exchange data

Skills you'll gain

Category: Javascript
Category: Information Technology
Category: Web Servers
Category: Web Applications
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Data Centers
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Project Management
Category: Network Security
Category: Computer Hardware
Category: General Networking
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Servers
AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Course 2 21 hours

What you'll learn

  • Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services   

  • Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)    

  • You will learn to distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, and Amazon ECS.

  • Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon S3.    

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Storage
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Databases
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Containerization
Category: General Networking
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Scalability

What you'll learn

  • Understand basics of troubleshooting in a cloud environment

  • Identify resources and routes to assist with understanding and troubleshooting

Skills you'll gain

Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Technical Support
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Requirements Analysis
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Data Security
Category: Customer Support
Category: System Support
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Customer Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Introductory level Python programming and Python packages

  • Explain the different roles in an organization building software

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Microservices
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Application Development
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Service Oriented Architecture
Category: Software Architecture
Category: NoSQL
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Web Development
Category: Automation
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Database Management
Category: API Gateway
Category: Cloud API
Category: Relational Databases

What you'll learn

  • Examine essential soft skills for solving business problems

  • Describe the process of working with customers and how to use different soft skills

Skills you'll gain

Category: Professional Networking
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Active Listening
Category: Analysis
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Project Management
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Requirements Analysis
Category: Business Consulting
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Relationship Management
Category: Business Relationship Management
Category: Consulting
Category: Brand Management

What you'll learn

  • Learn about the use cases for project management in business

  • Understand the differences between Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Skills you'll gain

Category: CI/CD
Category: DevOps
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Software Development
Category: Software Testing
Category: Automation
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Project Management
Automation in the AWS Cloud

Automation in the AWS Cloud

Course 7 8 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: AWS CloudFormation
Category: Automation
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Shell Script
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Scripting
Category: Software Testing
Category: Patch Management
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

What you'll learn

  • Key data types and structures

  • AWS services for the ETL process

  • Hands-on skills for Amazon API Gateway and Amazon QuickSight

Skills you'll gain

Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Unstructured Data
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: NoSQL
Category: Data Processing
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Architecture
Category: SQL
Category: Databases
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Transformation

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Scalability
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Operational Performance Management
Category: Cost Management
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Reliability

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When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

 

Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
16 Courses 97,804 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses 129,190 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses 925,133 learners

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