Course Description

This course is designed to prepare you to begin your career as a solutions architect using Amazon Web Services (AWS). It focuses on real-world applications, using a series of customer scenarios to teach you how to identify the appropriate AWS services and features for designing resilient, secure, and highly available IT solutions. Through practical exercises, you’ll master event-driven architectures, enhance performance efficiency, understand the nuances of hybrid architectures, and develop cost-effective, multi-account strategies for AWS environments.

What Students Will Learn

• Creating solutions with Amazon API Gateway.
• Distinguishing between Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS.
• Understanding when and how to use AWS Lambda.
• Utilizing DynamoDB for various use cases.
• Applying data analytics solutions in AWS to resolve customer use-cases.
• Analyzing and deriving insights using clickstream data.
• Familiarizing with Amazon Kinesis Firehose and Amazon Quicksight for data handling and visualization.
• Recognizing opportunities to employ Amazon S3 effectively.
• Assessing strategies to migrate container workloads to AWS in a hybrid setting.
• Optimizing solution architecture using AWS container services.
• Choosing Amazon Relational Database Services as per requirements.
• Formulating a cloud account management strategy aligning with governance and standards.
• Exploring AWS Organizations and IAM Identity Center functionalities in-depth.
• Understanding the importance of AWS CloudTrail in cloud monitoring and governance.

Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites are mentioned for this course. However, a basic understanding of cloud computing concepts and familiarity with general IT solutions could be beneficial.

Course Coverage

• Identifying suitable AWS services for various architectural needs.
• Designing and deploying scalable, resilient, and secure applications on AWS.
• Developing event-driven solutions with cost-effective strategies.
• Implementing hybrid cloud architectures focusing on performance and reliability.
• Understanding and applying best practices for AWS account management and security.

Who This Course is For

This course is ideal for individuals looking to start or advance their careers in cloud architecture, specifically with AWS technologies. It caters to IT professionals, software developers, system administrators, and anyone interested in designing highly scalable and reliable applications on Amazon Web Services.

Application of Skills in the Real World

Learners will be equipped with the skills needed to architect and manage robust, scalable, and efficient cloud solutions. These skills are highly demanded in today’s job market where businesses are increasingly migrating to cloud infrastructures. Graduates of this course can apply their knowledge in various roles, from cloud solutions architects to systems engineers, ensuring their organizations leverage the full potential of AWS for business operations and development.