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AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate
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.

Oksana Hoeckele
Alex G.
Russell Sayers

Instructors: Oksana Hoeckele

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(627 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

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

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

Introduction to Information Technology and AWS Cloud

Course 16 hours4.8 (400 ratings)

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: Operating Systems
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Information Technology
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Servers
Category: Computer Hardware
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Data Centers
Category: Computer Systems
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Web Applications
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Network Security
Category: Web Servers

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Course 221 hours4.8 (5,889 ratings)

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

Providing Technical Support for AWS Workloads

Course 37 hours4.8 (60 ratings)

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 Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Technical Support
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: System Support

Developing Applications in Python on AWS

Course 410 hours4.6 (94 ratings)

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

Skills for Working as an AWS Cloud Consultant

Course 510 hours4.7 (55 ratings)

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: Relationship Building
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Business Requirements
Category: Personal Development
Category: Active Listening
Category: Consulting
Category: Leadership
Category: Relationship Management
Category: Requirements Analysis
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Brand Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Business Consulting
Category: Consultative Approaches

DevOps on AWS and Project Management

Course 69 hours4.8 (107 ratings)

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: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Software Development
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Project Management
Category: Software Testing
Category: Software Development Tools

Automation in the AWS Cloud

Course 78 hours4.6 (65 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: AWS CloudFormation
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Scripting
Category: IT Automation
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Patch Management
Category: Shell Script
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)

Data Analytics and Databases on AWS

Course 89 hours4.7 (49 ratings)

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 Analysis
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Databases
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Processing
Category: NoSQL
Category: Business Analytics
Category: SQL
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Unstructured Data
Category: Data Visualization Software

Capstone: Following the AWS Well Architected Framework

Course 911 hours4.6 (35 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: System Requirements
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: DevOps
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud-Native Computing

Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
9 Courses68,384 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
18 Courses110,215 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
29 Courses836,670 learners

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