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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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4.8

(534 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

Introduction to Information Technology and AWS Cloud

Course 16 hours4.8 (333 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 Platforms
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Information Technology
Category: Web Development
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Web Applications
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Cloud Applications

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Course 221 hours4.8 (5,678 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: Cloud Computing
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Cloud Services
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Management
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Amazon S3

Providing Technical Support for AWS Workloads

Course 37 hours4.8 (56 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: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Network Support
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Technical Support and Services
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Technical Support
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Cloud Management

Developing Applications in Python on AWS

Course 49 hours4.6 (80 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: Amazon Web Services
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: NoSQL
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Application Development
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Python Programming
Category: API Gateway
Category: Data Engineering
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Software Development
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Data Infrastructure
Category: Data Store
Category: Cloud-Based Integration
Category: Databases
Category: Web Services

Skills for Working as an AWS Cloud Consultant

Course 510 hours4.8 (48 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: Relationship Management
Category: Business Relationship Management
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Business Consulting
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Professional Development
Category: Consultative Approaches
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Consulting
Category: Public Cloud

DevOps on AWS and Project Management

Course 68 hours4.7 (95 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: Continuous Delivery
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: CI/CD
Category: DevOps
Category: Release Management
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Systems Development Life Cycle
Category: Software Development
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Application Lifecycle Management
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Kanban Principles

Automation in the AWS Cloud

Course 78 hours4.6 (56 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: DevOps
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: IT Automation
Category: AWS CloudFormation
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Computing Platforms
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Automation
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud API
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Configuration Management

Data Analytics and Databases on AWS

Course 89 hours4.7 (42 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: Amazon Web Services
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Processing
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Engineering
Category: Databases
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Big Data
Category: Data Management
Category: Database Systems
Category: Database Development
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Information Management
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Analytics
Category: SQL

Capstone: Following the AWS Well Architected Framework

Course 911 hours4.6 (28 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Cloud Security
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Information Technology Architecture

Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
9 Courses62,758 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
15 Courses103,573 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
26 Courses808,228 learners

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