how to become a certified professional?

Training can also be an excellent way of obtaining cloud architect certification, to validate your skills and convince employers to choose you over another candidate.

One of the best known is the AWS Certified Solutions Architect, which is designed to certify skills in designing and deploying applications on the AWS platform. It is available at two levels: Associate (intermediate) or Professional (advanced).

For its part, Microsoft offers Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. It assesses skills in designing cloud solutions on the Azure platform, and is aimed at professionals with in-depth expertise in designing and implementing cloud solutions.

The third cloud giant, Google, has created the Google Professional Cloud Architect certification, which focuses on the design and management of secure, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructures on GCP. It measures skills in solution design and enterprise architecture.

Another example is the CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) offered by (ISC)², which focuses on security skills in cloud environments: governance, compliance, risk management, etc.

The renowned software publisher Red Hat is offering the Certified Solution Architect Professional (CSAP), which tests skills in designing solutions for Red Hat technologies such as virtualisation, storage, cloud computing and hybrid architectures.

VMware, the world leader in virtualisation, issues its own VCDX – Cloud certification. It assesses skills in designing cloud solutions on the platform, including virtual infrastructure design, operations management and performance optimisation.

Naturally, the choice of certification depends on your career goals, your level of expertise and, above all, the platforms you plan to work with.

Make sure you choose a course based on these criteria!