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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
4.8

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

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

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

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

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: Business Consulting
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Project Management
Category: Brand Management
Category: Analysis
Category: Management Consulting
Category: Relationship Management
Category: Consultative Approaches
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Consulting
Category: Workforce Development

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

Automation in the AWS Cloud

Course 78 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

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: Relational Databases
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: SQL
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Transformation
Category: NoSQL
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Databases
Category: Unstructured Data
Category: Data Processing

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

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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 Courses95,451 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses127,860 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses920,672 learners

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