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AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate

AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate

Start here to become an AWS Solutions Architect. Gain the skills and knowledge to design architectural solutions on AWS and prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam.

Instructors: Alex G.

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4 course series

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

4.8

(1,662 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Earn a career credential

Share your expertise with employers

4 course series

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

4.8

(1,662 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Earn a career credential

Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

Make informed decisions about when and how to apply key AWS Services for compute, storage, database, networking, monitoring, and security.
Design architectural solutions, whether designing for cost, performance, and/or operational excellence, to address common business challenges.
Create and operate a data lake in a secure and scalable way, ingest and organize data into the data lake, and optimize performance and costs.
Prepare for the certification exam, identify your strengths and gaps for each domain area, and build strategies for identifying incorrect responses.

Overview

This program equips you with the knowledge and skills required to kick start your career in cloud architecture and helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam.

You will start by learning key AWS Services for compute, storage, database, networking, monitoring, and security, then dive into how to design architectural solutions, how to create and operate a data lake, and how to prepare for the certification exam.

Why should you get certified? The AWS Certification is one of the top-paying IT certifications, per the SkillSoft IT Skills and Salary report. Per Enterprise Strategy Group, surveyed AWS Certification holders credited their certification for their higher earnings (74%), increased confidence (87%), and increased influence among coworkers (79%). Achieving the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification showcases your knowledge and skills in AWS technology across a wide range of AWS services. The certification focuses on the design of cost and performance optimized solutions and demonstrating a strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

What’s included

Shareable certificate

Add to your LinkedIn profile

Industry certification

Taught in English

19 practice exercises

Professional Certificate - 4 course series

Through 15 hands-on labs, you’ll use the AWS Management Console to apply skills learned in the videos.

For example:

In Architecting Solutions on AWS, you’ll use Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon SNS to build a serverless web backend.
In Introduction to Designing Data Lakes, you’ll use Amazon S3, Amazon OpenSearch Service, AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway to create an Amazon OpenSearch Service Cluster. You’ll also use Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, Amazon Elasticsearch Service to create a data ingestion pipeline with the use of high-scale AWS Managed services.
In Cloud Technical Essentials, you’ll design a 3-tier architecture using services like Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS with high availability and Elastic Load Balancing following AWS best practices. You’ll upload an architecture diagram laying out your design including the networking layer.

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Course 121 hours4.8 (6,147 ratings)View course

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

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Load Balancing, Serverless Computing, Scalability, Cloud Computing, Amazon CloudWatch, Containerization, Databases, General Networking, Cloud Security, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Cloud Storage, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Web Services

Architecting Solutions on AWS

Course 222 hours4.8 (544 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

Are you looking to get more technical? Are you looking to begin working in the cloud, but don’t know where to go next? Are you looking to up your game by prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam? Do you see yourself as a cloud consultant, but can’t quite envision how your days would be? Are you puzzled how to match a customer’s requirements with the right AWS services/solutions? If so, you are in the right place!! You’ll learn how to plan, think, and act like a Solution Architect in a real-life customer scenario.

In this course, you’ll get prepared to begin your career architecting solutions on AWS. Through a series of use case scenarios and practical learning, you’ll learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure, and highly available IT solutions in the AWS Cloud. Each week, a fictional customer will present a different need. We will then review the options, choose the best one for the use case and walk you through the architecture design on a whiteboard. You’ll learn about event-driven architectures with a focus on performance efficiency and cost. You’ll then gain knowledge on how to architect a solution using many purpose-built AWS services. With this understanding, you’ll get a sense of hybrid architectures with a refined focus on reliability and operational efficiency. Finally, you’ll wrap up your learning by understanding a multi-account strategy centered on security and cost.

Skills you'll gain

Serverless Computing, Amazon S3, AWS Kinesis, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Solution Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon DynamoDB, Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Information Technology Architecture, Cloud Security, Event-Driven Programming, Amazon Web Services, API Gateway, Data Analysis, Performance Tuning, Amazon CloudWatch, and Data Visualization

Building Data Lakes on AWS

Course 311 hours4.7 (303 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

Apply data lake methodologies in planning and designing a data lake.
Describe the components and services required for building an AWS data lake.
Compare the ways data can be ingested, stored, and transformed in a data lake.
Explain how to secure a data lake with appropriate permissions.

Skills you'll gain

Data Lakes, Data Architecture, Data Transformation, Data Storage, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Machine Learning, Data Import/Export, Data Processing, Data Science, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Visualization, Data Engineering, Data Governance, Query Languages, Data Management, Data Warehousing, and Data Infrastructure

Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Course 48 hours4.7 (236 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

The 4 domains -Designing Resilient, High-Performing, Secure, Cost-optimized Architectures- in the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam
Certification exam-level practice questions written by experts from AWS
Optional hands-on exercises designed to solidify understanding of cloud concepts you need to know for the exam

Skills you'll gain

Amazon Web Services, Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Serverless Computing, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon DynamoDB, Scalability, Disaster Recovery, Network Architecture, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Security, Cloud Solutions, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Amazon S3

Earn a career certificate

Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.

Build toward a degree

When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹

Instructors

Alex G.

Amazon Web Services

16 Courses86,726 learners

Julie Elkins

Amazon Web Services

1 Course40,412 learners

Morgan Willis

Amazon Web Services

32 Courses895,068 learners

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Frequently asked questions

We recommend this professional certificate for individuals who are already in a solutions architect role - or aspire to one - and are preparing for their AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam. Typically, those preparing for this certification are IT professionals with one or more years of hands-on experience designing distributed applications and systems using the AWS Cloud. IT professionals with strong on-premises server experience looking to build their careers as cloud professionals may also be interested. Job roles that are ideal candidates for this certification include: solutions architect, SAP consultants, cloud engineer, network architects, networking engineers, and systems administrators.

None. The first course in this professional certificate provides foundational cloud knowledge and an introduction to a broad range of AWS Services.

Solutions Architects (SAs, as they are known at AWS) are responsible for managing an organization’s cloud computing architecture. They have in-depth knowledge of the architectural principles and services used to develop technical cloud strategy, assist with cloud migration efforts, review workload architectures, and provide guidance on how to address high-risk issues.

A Solutions Architect is knowledgeable of the systems and processes to guide the broad technical design which outlines a solution’s architecture components. The solution architect offers a continual holistic view into how systems are or need to be integrated, what data silos are present and recommends technology best practices throughout the project’s lifecycle.

This program helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification. We recommend that in addition to this professional certificate, candidates review the free exam guide, sample questions, and AWS technical documentation (e.g. white papers and product FAQs) on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam page to understand what content and services are covered by the exam.

You will know how to make informed decisions about when and how to apply key AWS Services for compute, storage, database, networking, monitoring, and security. You’ll also be able to design architectural solutions, whether designing for cost, performance, and/or operational excellence, to address common business challenges. You’ll know how to create and operate a data lake with AWS Lake Formation in a secure and scalable way, ingest and organize data into the data lake, and optimize performance and costs. You’ll also know how to identify incorrect responses on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam, and what your strengths and gaps are, so you can plan additional preparation before you sit for the exam.

The certification showcases your knowledge and skills of AWS technology across a wide range of AWS services. It demonstrates your ability to design and implement distributed systems on AWS, following the best practices laid out by the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification not only enhances your career profile and potential for higher earnings, but it also increases your credibility and confidence when interacting with stakeholders and customers. AWS Certified individuals have the expertise to make the right recommendations, optimizing cost and performance, to meet the technical requirements of organizations and their customers.

If you complete all courses in your certificate program, you will earn a certificate that you can share with your professional network. If available, you may also be eligible for a discount voucher to take an AWS Certification exam. Please check individual certificate pages for the type of certificate issued upon program completion and if a discount voucher may be available.

Yes, this training program can help prepare you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam administered by Amazon Web Services. The self-paced courses in this program are intended to equip you with the knowledge necessary to kick start your career in cloud architecture and help you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam.

You can register for this certification exam on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam page. To prepare for your AWS Certification exam, we recommend that — in addition to attaining this Professional Certificate — candidates review the free exam guide, sample questions, and AWS technical documentation (e.g. white papers and product FAQs) on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam page to understand what content and services are covered by the exam.

Please note that while this program on Coursera can help prepare you with the skills necessary to take the certification exam, the certification and certification fee isn't included in the program's cost. You must register for the exam as a separate step when pursuing the AWS certification.

AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate

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