Cloud Architect Training Course

Day 1 - Fundamental Cloud Computing for Government

• Fundamental cloud computing terminology and concepts for government applications
• Basics of virtualization in a governmental context
• Specific characteristics that define a cloud environment for government use
• Understanding elasticity, resiliency, on-demand services, and measured usage in the public sector
• Benefits, challenges, and risks associated with contemporary cloud computing platforms and cloud services for government operations
• Roles of cloud resource administrators and cloud service owners within governmental agencies
• Roles of cloud service providers and cloud service consumers in the public sector
• Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) delivery models for government
• Combining cloud delivery models to meet governmental needs
• Public, private, hybrid, and community cloud deployment models for government agencies
• Business cost metrics and formulas for comparing and calculating the costs of cloud and on-premise solutions for government
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for cloud-based IT resources in governmental contexts
• Formulas for calculating and rating SLA quality of service characteristics for government services

Cloud Technology Concepts for Government

• Cloud computing mechanisms that establish architectural building blocks for government systems
• Virtual servers, ready-made environments, failover systems, and pay-for-use monitors in a governmental context
• Cloud balancing and cloud bursting architectures for government operations
• Common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities of cloud-based services and cloud-hosted solutions for government agencies
• Cloud security mechanisms used to counter threats and attacks in the public sector
• Understanding cloud-based security groups and hardened virtual server images for government use
• Cloud service implementation mediums, including web services and REST services for government applications
• Benefits and challenges of cloud storage for government data management
• Cloud storage services, technologies, and approaches for governmental needs
• Non-relational (NoSQL) storage compared to relational storage in the public sector
• Cloud service testing considerations and types for government compliance

Day 3 - Fundamental Cloud Architecture for Government

• Technology architectural layers of cloud environments for government use
• Public and private cloud technology architecture for governmental agencies
• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS technology architecture for government services
• Cloud computing mechanisms as part of platform and solution technology architectures for government operations
• Bare-metal and elastic disk provisioning in a governmental context
• Multipath resource access, broad access, and intelligent automation engines for government cloud environments
• Usage and pay-as-you-go monitoring for government agencies
• Platform provisioning and rapid provisioning for government services
• Resource management and real-time resource availability in governmental cloud platforms
• Shared resources, resource pools, and resource reservation for government operations
• Self-service and usage and administration portals for government users
• Workload distribution and service state management for government applications
• Other technology architecture topics pertaining to cloud platforms, cloud-based solutions, and services for government may also be explored.

Advanced Cloud Architecture for Government

• Elastic environment design for governmental needs
• Resilient environment configurations for government operations
• Multitenant environments for shared governmental resources
• Direct I/O access and direct LUN access for government cloud storage
• Dynamic data normalization for government data integrity
• Zero downtime and storage maintenance windows for continuous government service
• Load-balanced virtual servers for government applications
• Burst in, burst out, and cloud bursting strategies for governmental scalability
• Cloud balancing techniques for government operations
• Redundant storage and storage workload management for government data protection
• Elastic disk provisioning, elastic resource capacity, and elastic network capacity for government flexibility
• Intra-storage and cross-storage device vertical tiering for government data optimization
• Redundant physical connections for virtual servers and persistent virtual network configurations in government environments
• Load-balanced virtual switches and service load balancing for government networks
• Hypervisor clusters for government cloud infrastructure
• Dynamic failure and recovery mechanisms for government systems
• Synchronized operating state for government applications
• Resource reservation strategies for government resource management
• Other technology architecture topics pertaining to cloud platforms, cloud-based solutions, and services for government may also be explored.

Day 5 - Cloud Architecture Lab for Government

• This hands-on lab module provides a set of detailed exercises requiring participants to solve a number of inter-related problems. The ultimate goal is to evaluate, design, and correct technology architectures to fulfill specific sets of solution and business automation requirements for government operations.