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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.

Alex G.
Russell Sayers
Morgan Willis

Instructors: Alex G.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(703 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: Amazon S3
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Web Development
Category: Information Technology
Category: Web Applications
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Computer Systems
Category: Data Centers
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Servers
Category: Project Management
Category: Web Servers
Category: Virtualization
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Public Cloud
Category: General Networking
Category: Data Analysis

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

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: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Technical Support
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Customer Support
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Security Controls
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: System Support
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Cloud Solutions

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: Databases
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: NoSQL
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Service Oriented Architecture
Category: Application Development
Category: Web Development
Category: Cloud API
Category: Automation
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: Active Listening
Category: Analysis
Category: Consulting
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Brand Management
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Business Relationship Management
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Project Management
Category: Interviewing Skills

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: Amazon Web Services
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Software Testing
Category: Project Management
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: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: AWS CloudFormation
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Software Testing
Category: Scripting
Category: Cloud Management
Category: IT Automation
Category: Configuration Management
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: Data Storage
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Processing
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Databases
Category: Unstructured Data
Category: Business Analytics
Category: SQL
Category: NoSQL
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cost Reduction
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Cost Management
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Operational Analysis
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Reliability
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Scalability
Category: System Requirements

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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 Courses87,333 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses121,881 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses896,784 learners

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