Advanced Architecting on AWS
Course 1237
3 DAY COURSE

Course Outline

This Advanced Architecting on AWS course is intended for individuals who are experienced with designing scalable and elastic applications on the AWS (Amazon Web Services) platform. Building on concepts introduced in Architecting on AWS, this course covers building complex solutions that incorporate data services, governance, and security on AWS. In addition, this course introduces specialized AWS services, including AWS Direct Connect and AWS Storage Gateway, to support hybrid architecture. It also covers designing best practices for building scalable, elastic, secure, and highly available applications on AWS. 

Plus, this Advanced Architecting on AWS course will prepare solutions architects to successfully take the official exam and become an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional. 

Advanced Architecting on AWS Benefits

  • In this Advanced Architecting on AWS course, you will learn how to:

    • Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
    • Manage multiple AWS accounts for your organization.
    • Connect on-premises data centers to the AWS Cloud.
    • Understand billing implications of connecting multi-region VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud).
    • Move extensive data from on-premises data centers to the AWS Cloud.
    • Design large datastores for the AWS Cloud.
    • Understand different architectural designs for scaling a large website.
    • Protect your infrastructure from DDoS attacks.
    • Secure your data on AWS with encryption.
    • Design protection of data at rest as well as data in flight.
    • Enhance the performance of your solutions.
    • Select the most appropriate AWS deployment mechanism.
    • Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.
  • Advanced Architecting on AWS Course Prerequisites

    We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

    • Attended Architecting on AWS
    • Achieved AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Advanced Architecting on AWS Course Outline

Day 1

  • Review of Architecting for the Cloud Best Practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • AWS Account Strategies
  • Advanced Networking Architectures
  • Deployment Management on AWS

Note: course outline may vary slightly based on the regional location and/or language in which the class is delivered.

Day 2

  • Designing Large Datastores
  • Moving Large Datastores into AWS
  • Big Data Architectures
  • Designing for Large Scale Applications

Day 3

  • Building Resilience into Your Architecture
  • Data Encryption and Key Management in AWS
  • Securing Data on AWS
  • Designing for Performance
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Note about the Certification Exam

When you register for the course, you will be prompted to choose Y/N to take the exam. Please select yes, as all HHS CISO employees are required to attempt the exam if one is offered for the course. Please be advised, if your course if funded by DIR, the Certification Organization has agreed to provide DIR the pass/fail status of your exam. DIR will only share this information in an aggregated report to state leadership that reflects total exam pass or fails. No individual names of any students will be included in any reports.

DIR requires that you submit the request for your exam voucher within one month of the last day of your course. DIR requires that you take your exam within six months of the last day of your course.

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