As businesses are using cloud technologies to transform at a rapid pace,
many recognize that their organizations need cloud expertise to achieve their goals,
professionals with cloud architecture expertise,
in how to best plan design develop migrate and operate applications in the cloud are in high demand.
How to become an aws certified cloud practitioner,
At first we'll start with why you should become an aws certified cloud practitioner
followed by who is a cloud practitioner,
We'll then have a quick look at the cloud practitioner skills along,
With real job descriptions and finally,
We will address the learning path how to become an aws certified cloud practitioner.
With that let's get started with why you should become an aws certified cloud practitioner.
First and foremost you may consider the fact,
That you become eligible for numerous jobs from junior cloud architect to associate cloud engineer with the aws cloud practitioner certification and,
from that perspective of job openings in india,
for people with aws crowd practitioner certification we have more than 12 470 vacant jobs and,
in the u.s even higher than 15200 jobs.
If we consider the tech hubs in these countries bangalore alone has 400 plus jobs and california has more than a thousand vacant jobs.
This data is based on an analysis conducted using indeed and glassdoor,
One factor that may interest you to become a cloud practitioner is the pay,
in India a fresher is paid about 11200 rupees per year,
and in the us the pay is about 110000 annually.
This again is based on an analysis using Glass door so you know this is the average for entry-level jobs,
with increasing experience the salary shall increase even higher,
With the right skills you may get the opportunity to work in top-notch companies such as,
Jp Morgan
Accenture
Deloitte
IBM
Tech Mahindra etc
so wait no longer to get started in this lucrative career.
let's see who exactly is an AWS cloud practitioner.
In the simplest term a cloud practitioner,
Is someone who has cleared the exam for the certification of aws cloud practitioner.
So aws certified cloud practitioner is a certification for individuals,
Who want to build a basic understanding on the aws cloud.
Organizations are hiring cloud practitioners for designing planning managing maintaining,
and supporting the cloud infrastructure.
Now let's understand the roles and responsibilities of a cloud practitioner.
It includes supervising the architecture and deployment of applications using aws platforms.
Developing plans for the adoption of cloud solutions,
as well as management and monitoring of cloud platforms.
Designing and building applications on the cloud for which you might need,
knowledge of Java,
Python and
Javascript including
Bash scripting.
execute unix commands and perform containerization using docker.
Working in the aws environment using tools such as,
Ansible Chef Doctor Jenkins among others for application building and deployment and,
Handling complex project management using tools like Jira.
Now let's look into the skills required by a cloud practitioner for that,
Let's have a look at a job description to get the real skills that are looked for,
In this Jd posted by tech mahindra for a cloud architect.
We can see that the roles and responsibilities,
include handling aws accounts knowledge of the cloud platform.
Designing and implementing the public cloud devops tools and serverless applications,
But why stick to just one job let's look at a few more.
This job description was posted by harman company.
They need you to have a degree and they require you to be certified in aws.
The skills you may require are designing developing and managing aws environment
aws based,
cloud infrastructure cloud components and,
cloud technologies.
Similarly in the job description for cloud support practitioner as posted by accenture.
We see managed cloud infrastructure
knowledge of automation solutions.
Expertise in iaas and paas services
sme level expert is in aws and
operating systems such as linux
To sum it up through all the many job descriptions.
We see that the skills required by a cloud practitioner includes,
knowledge of cloud infrastructure using aws
operating systems,
such as linux,
virtualization using docker
programming languages such as python and java
storage and networking database concepts in mysql or pl sql
testing and automation tools such as selenium.
Strategic planning and devops tools,
such as git jenkins or gradle.
with the skills in mind let's now understand the learning part
to become an aws certified cloud practitioner.
Just like any other career path to become a cloud practitioner you need to follow a certain roadmap.
start off by getting a degree though it's not necessary,
But it's preferred to have graduated in computer science.