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Cloud Solution Architect's Career Master Plan

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805129714
Pages 148 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Rick Weyenberg Rick Weyenberg
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Rick Weyenberg, with over 25 years of professional development, design, and architecture experience, is an Azure principal cloud solution architect at Microsoft, where he leverages his expertise in cloud-based solution design and development to help companies harness the full power of the Azure cloud platform. His current mission is to help create smarter, safer cars and reliable autonomous vehicles by leading technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, enterprise architects, IT management, and engineers, and working with a wide variety of Azure services and platforms, ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to serverless and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
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Kyle Burns Kyle Burns
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Kyle Burns is an application developer, architect, and technical leader with over 25 years of experience delivering business and technical capabilities to enhance customer and user experience and building and directing impactful software engineering teams. He effectively utilizes platforms and established methodologies to ensure that engineered solutions meet the requirements for security, scale, reuse, and high availability and collaborates across business units, with peers and leadership, to ensure objectives, goals, and standards are aligned. Kyle is recognized as an agile thought leader who articulates and communicates technical vision and translates that vision into business acumen and is currently a principal cloud solution architect in the Microsoft Customer Success organization.
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction to the Cloud Solution Architect Role
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Responsibilities of a Cloud Solution Architect 3. Chapter 2: Types of Cloud Solution Architect Roles 4. Part 2: Pursuing the Role
5. Chapter 3: Education Paths to the Cloud Solution Architect Role 6. Chapter 4: Getting Real Experience 7. Chapter 5: Closing In on Opportunities 8. Part 3: Prepare for and After the Offer
9. Chapter 6: Time to Pursue the Job 10. Chapter 7: Interviewing – Trust the Process 11. Chapter 8: Don’t Forget to Give Back 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Recommended productivity tools for CSAs

Every CSA has a set of tools they prefer to use to design, develop, and deploy cloud computing solutions. There are several options, and each individual product has certain features that draw attention. Regardless of the tool chosen for a specific purpose, there are design tools, development tools, and operational support tools, all required to be successful in the CSA role.

Design tools are typically used to represent logical solution designs. Each cloud provider has a set of icons that represent the various products and services they offer to the CSA. A logical design can be a very useful tool to help a CSA propose a design to the solution stakeholders and get feedback on any areas that may need to be reconsidered.

Lucidchart and Visio are the most common, but there are many options and price points to suit everyone in the CSA role.

Development tools are important as every service or product provisioned might be prototyped as a proof...

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Profile icon Rick Weyenberg
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Rick Weyenberg, with over 25 years of professional development, design, and architecture experience, is an Azure principal cloud solution architect at Microsoft, where he leverages his expertise in cloud-based solution design and development to help companies harness the full power of the Azure cloud platform. His current mission is to help create smarter, safer cars and reliable autonomous vehicles by leading technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, enterprise architects, IT management, and engineers, and working with a wide variety of Azure services and platforms, ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to serverless and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
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Profile icon Kyle Burns
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Kyle Burns is an application developer, architect, and technical leader with over 25 years of experience delivering business and technical capabilities to enhance customer and user experience and building and directing impactful software engineering teams. He effectively utilizes platforms and established methodologies to ensure that engineered solutions meet the requirements for security, scale, reuse, and high availability and collaborates across business units, with peers and leadership, to ensure objectives, goals, and standards are aligned. Kyle is recognized as an agile thought leader who articulates and communicates technical vision and translates that vision into business acumen and is currently a principal cloud solution architect in the Microsoft Customer Success organization.
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