Amazon Web Services
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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(687 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

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

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: Serverless Computing
Category: Scalability
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Databases
Category: General Networking
Category: Containerization
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

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

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

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: Brand Awareness
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Project Management
Category: Consulting
Category: Analysis

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

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

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: Solution Architecture
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Reliability
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Scalability
Category: System Requirements
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Operational Analysis

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Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
15 Courses82,887 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses119,028 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses885,074 learners

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