Amazon Web Services
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

(677 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: Information Technology
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Web Development
Category: Amazon S3
Category: Project Management
Category: Servers
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Computer Systems
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Web Applications
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Data Centers
Category: Cloud Services
Category: General Networking
Category: Network Security
Category: HTML and CSS

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: Load Balancing
Category: Scalability
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Databases
Category: General Networking
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Amazon CloudWatch
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Amazon DynamoDB
Category: Containerization
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: User Accounts
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: Technical Support
Category: Amazon S3
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Database Management
Category: Customer Support
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Storage

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

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: Consulting
Category: Presentations
Category: Project Management
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Technical Consulting
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Analysis
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Timelines
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Business Consulting

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: Agile Methodology
Category: DevOps
Category: Jenkins
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Version Control
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Automation
Category: Software Testing
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Project Management
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: Command-Line Interface
Category: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Category: Patch Management
Category: Scripting
Category: Software Testing
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Systems Administration
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: Unstructured Data
Category: Data Processing
Category: Analytics
Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Databases
Category: Big Data
Category: NoSQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: SQL
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Business Analytics

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Data Security
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Reliability
Category: Information Technology Architecture
Category: Scalability
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Cloud Security

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Instructors

Alex G.
Amazon Web Services
15 Courses79,372 learners
Russell Sayers
Amazon Web Services
21 Courses116,855 learners
Morgan Willis
Amazon Web Services
32 Courses873,611 learners

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