Cloud – ImpactTek

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the future and computers as we know it today will be obsolete. Cloud computing is defined as a kind of outsourcing of software, data storage, and processing. Users access applications and files by logging in from any device that has an Internet connection.
The top three cloud computing platforms are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud. Cloud Computing is one of the fastest growing fields within IT.

The cloud computing sector has grown from $182 billion in 2018 to $206 billion in 2019 and is projected to grow 17 to 24 percent annually per Gartner forecast.

Amazon, the pioneer of cloud computing has opened a second headquarters in Northern Virginia and are planning to hire 25k employees with an average salary of $150k.

Cloud computing is one of the highest paying IT professions and its professionals can expect to be paid from $113k to $150k with AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification. Although AWS certifications were just launched in 2013, its certified professionals are one of the highest paid in the industry.

For AWS, the usual path for people who have no experience is to start with AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and after some experience go for AWS Solutions Architect Associate.

Not to be outdone, Microsoft has Azure, the second leading cloud computing platform. In 2019, Microsoft Azure cloud computing won a contract with the Pentagon worth $10 billion. There are multiple paths an IT professional can follow to certify in Azure. It generally starts with Azure Fundamentals and then branches out to Azure Administrator or Developer. IT professionals can choose from 9 Azure certifications depending on their technical expertise.

To create the next cloud computing experts, we have created 8-week AWS programs and a 7-week Azure program.

AWS 8-Week Program

Course

AWS Cloud Practitioner

System Access

AWS Academy 2-month
-9 cloud foundation lessons
-20 training videos
-10 study guides
-5 HANDS-ON LABS
-10 Quizzes

Objectives

Domain 1: Cloud Concepts
Domain 2: Security and Compliance
Domain 3: AWS Technology
Domain 4: Billing and Pricing

Course

AWS Devops

System Access

AWS Academy 2-month

Objectives

Domain 1: SDLC Automation
Domain 2: Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
Domain 3: Monitoring and Logging Domain 4: Policies and Standards
Domain 5: Incident and Event Response
Domain 6: High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery

AWS 8-Week Program

Course

AWS Cloud Practitioner

System Access

AWS Academy 2-month
-9 cloud foundation lessons
-20 training videos
-10 study guides
-5 HANDS-ON LABS
-10 Quizzes

Objectives

Domain 1: Cloud Concepts
Domain 2: Security and Compliance
Domain 3: AWS Technology
Domain 4: Billing and Pricing

Course

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

System Access

AWS Academy 2-month
-9 AWS Architecting lessons
-30 training videos
-15 study guides
-10 HANDS-ON LABS
-15 Quizzes

Objectives

Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures
Domain 2: Design High-Performing Architectures
Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures
Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimize

Azure 7-Week Program

Course

AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals

System Access

Objectives

Course

AZ-103 Azure Administrator

System Access

Objectives

All our programs includes 5 to 17 hands-on labs. We use AWS Academy and CompTIA Learning System with HANDS-ON LABS, training videos, step by step study guide and quizzes and assessments. We also provide 20% to 50% off on certification exams. ImpactTek is Eligible Training Provider for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or WIOA, a federally funded workforce development program. Adult jobseekers, dislocated workers, and young adults that meet program eligibility criteria may be able to receive funds to go towards the cost of their training through WIOA. More information about the WIOA program can be found at: https://vcwnorthern.com/wioa/

Instructor

Instructor Nicholas is AWS Academy Accredited Educator and has a masters in information security from Carnegie Mellon University, one of the top engineering and technology universities in the world! He has 15 years of IT experience in software security engineering , cybersecurity and cloud computing. Nicholas is AWS Solutions Architect, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, GPEN(penetration testing), and Java certified.