Guide to Becoming a Cloud Technology Professional in 11 Weeks

Cloud computing has seen exponential growth over the last 10 years. As of 2021, 94% of enterprises use at least one cloud service. Cloud technology professionals are in high demand, and those with AWS Cloud Solutions Architect certification earn an average salary of over $150,000.

What Is a Cloud Solutions Architect?

Cloud computing allows businesses and nonprofits to store data and run software applications through Internet-based servers. A cloud solutions architect designs applications that allow a company and their customers to access and utilize these servers. They develop scalable, secure, cost-effective and fault-tolerant solutions to meet specific business needs.

What Is AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Certification?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the top cloud services provider, dominating the global cloud infrastructure market. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam tests your ability to design and deploy organization-wide AWS applications.

What Is Cloud+ Certification?

While Amazon has garnered half the cloud infrastructure market, hybrid and multi-cloud computing strategies have become the norm. CompTIA Cloud+ is a broad, vendor-neutral certification that validates your ability to weave together cloud-based technologies from multiple providers to create the optimal solution for your client or organization.

How Do I Prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect and Cloud+ Exams?

The 11-week Cloud Technology Professional program by MedCerts includes four courses designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed for cloud technology professionals to attain AWS and Cloud+ certifications. After completion of the coursework, MedCerts will sponsor the cost of both exams.

Customer Service Professional I

Collaboration with coworkers and clients is a critical component of a successful career in cloud technology. This entertaining and practical course will equip you to increase customer retention, defuse tense situations and ask useful questions to clarify problems.

CompTIA Cloud+

In this engaging video course, you will learn to analyze system requirements for executing workload migrations, implement security controls, allocate cloud resources based on performance data, apply processes such as automation and orchestration to optimize system performance and troubleshoot capacity, connectivity and security issues.

AWS Essentials

‌This introductory course teaches the fundamentals of the Amazon Web Services cloud platform. No prior knowledge of AWS is necessary. You’ll learn how to create an AWS account and configure access management, become familiar with AWS terminology and infrastructure, and gain knowledge of AWS security, storage, and database options.

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

‌This advanced course will prepare you to design, scale, and troubleshoot AWS implementation, provide guidance on best practices across multiple applications or enterprise-wide and leverage AWS Managed Services to improve infrastructure flexibility and resiliency.

Is This the Right Career Move for Me?

This program is recommended for the IT professional with at least 1 year of hands-on experience with a public cloud platform. While the program was designed for experienced AWS administrators, newcomers to AWS will also benefit.

You are an excellent candidate for this program if you are familiar with:

• Common cloud deployment models

• ‌Costing

• ‌Deployment management

• ‌Network design and security

• ‌Scalability and elasticity

• ‌Cloud migration

• ‌Hybrid architecture

If you aren't well versed in these topics, consider one of MedCerts’ other IT certification programs. Whether you're brand new to the field or have years of experience, MedCerts online training can propel your career to the next level.