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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

(672 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

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

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: Amazon S3
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Scalability
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: General Networking
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Containerization
Category: Databases
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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: Technical Support
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Database Management
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Customer Support
Category: Cloud Infrastructure

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

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: Business Relationship Management
Category: Brand Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Consulting
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Analysis
Category: Leadership Development
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: Application Deployment
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Application Development
Category: Automation
Category: Software Development
Category: Project Management
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Software Testing
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: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Scripting
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: IT Automation
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Patch Management
Category: Software Testing

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

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Cost Management
Category: Cost Reduction
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: System Requirements
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Reliability
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Operational Analysis

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Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
15 Courses76,227 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses114,951 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses864,352 learners

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