Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Examination

1 Days

6 CPD hours

This course is intended for the following participants:
Cloud professionals who intend to take the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.

Candidates will be able to identify skill gaps and further areas of study. Candidates will also be directed to appropriate target learning resources.

Students in this course will prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect Certification Exam. They will rehearse useful skills including exam question reasoning and case comprehension, tips and review of topics from the Infrastructure curriculum.

Understanding the Professional Cloud Architect Certification

• Position the Professional Cloud Architect certification among the offerings
• Distinguish between Associate and Professional
• Provide guidance between Professional Cloud Architect and Associate Cloud Engineer
• Describe how the exam is administered and the exam rules
• Provide general advice about taking the exam

Sample Case Studies

• MountKirk Games
• Dress4Win
• TerramEarth

Designing and Implementing

• Review the layered model from Design and Process
• Provide exam tips focused on business and technical design
• Designing a solution infrastructure that meets business requirements
• Designing a solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements
• Design network, storage, and compute resources
• Creating a migration plan
• Envisioning future solution improvements
• Resources for learning more about designing and planning
• Configuring network topologies
• Configuring individual storage systems
• Configuring compute systems
• Resources for learning more about managing and provisioning
• Designing for security
• Designing for legal compliance
• Resources for learning more about security and compliance

Optimizing and Operating

• Analyzing and defining technical processes
• Analyzing and defining business processes
• Resources for learning more about analyzing and optimizing processes
• Designing for security
• Designing for legal compliance
• Resources for learning more about security and compliance
• Advising development/operation teams to ensure successful deployment of the solution
• Resources for learning more about managing implementation
• Easy buttons
• Playbooks
• Developing a resilient culture
• Resources for learning more about ensuring reliability

Next Steps

• Present Qwiklabs Challenge Quest for the Professional CA
• Identify Instructor Led Training courses and what they cover that will be helpful based on skills that might be on the exam
• Connect candidates to individual Qwiklabs, and to Coursera individual courses and specializations.
• Review/feedback of course

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Examination training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.