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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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Solution Architecture

Authors (2):

Rick Weyenberg

Kyle Burns

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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

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A CSA role generally requires a degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or even electrical engineering to a lesser extent. Another approach would be to gain hands-on experience along the way; this would be the rough equivalent of the degrees mentioned previously. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud are the most sought-after cloud computing platforms that are leveraged by companies looking for an experienced CSA, but it is not uncommon to see open positions requiring experience with Alibaba, IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud as well. Regardless of the cloud provider platform, experience with infrastructure automation tools is typically listed in job postings for a CSA as knowledge about these tools is necessary to perform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation.

The required logical infrastructure knowledge includes networking protocols such as TCP/IP/UDP, HTTP/HTTPS/MQTT/AMPQ, DNS, and VPN since these are the most common...

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Authors (2)

Rick Weyenberg

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 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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