Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers
Amazon Web Services
This course is intended for students, early and mid-career professionals who are looking to understand the core technical roles and the challenges, responsibilities and opportunities they are face on daily basis with building in the AWS Cloud.
About this Course
This course introduces technical roles in the AWS Cloud and explains why the Public Cloud Computing model is the new normal. The instructors teach some of the terminologies that are needed to start a Cloud learning journey, covering topics such as the difference between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, Cloud Computing models (Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud), what are APIs (and why they are important), elasticity, horizontal and vertical scaling. Then, we define the difference between relationship, availability, and milestone-oriented roles, and interview Amazon employees who provide their point of view of how is the day in a life of a Solutions Architect, Data Scientist, Software Developer Engineer, Systems Administrator, Security Engineer, and Customer Support Engineer.
What You'll Learn
- Describe IT and cloud computing.
- Assess cloud computing roles that are in demand.
- Describe a day in the life of a professional in each role.
- Identify and assess skills and knowledge necessary to perform tasks in cloud computing roles.
- Analyze your current skills and the skills you might want to gain in the cloud computing field.
Prerequisites
- Basic IT Knowledge
Instructors
Rafael Lopes
Senior Cloud Technologist
Oksana Hoeckele
Cloud Technologist
Alex G
Senior Cloud Technologist