IBM: IBM Cloud Advanced Architect

Designing Cloud Solutions:

• Explain how IBM Cloud® databases scale
• Explore how geolocation can be used to increase performance
• Define the functionalities of IBM Cloud Schematics, Terraform, and Ansible
• Explore cloud native principles, cloud native infrastructure and application architecture, and event-driven architecture
• Determine the best Compute solution for a project based on functional requirements and quality attributes
• Identify the architectural considerations in designing for multicloud

Compute Options:

• Explore the design of resilient solutions and applications
• Design for Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
• Review disaster recovery and multizone for Red Hat® OpenShift®
• Explore principles and patterns that can be used to design highly available cloud solutions

Security:

• Explore security best practices for IBM Cloud
• Explore the application of the IBM Cloud shared responsibility model for various cloud resources
• Review the application of security compliance using various IBM Cloud security services
• Review multiple security services available on IBM Cloud
• Identify cloud security and compliance goals

Observability and Monitoring:

• Explore logging and monitoring to trigger autoscaling and deployment of services
• Explore the ability to observe cloud resources using the observability dashboard

Data and Migration:

• Identify options to store data on IBM Cloud
• Design solutions for portability
• Define data residency and data resiliency

Cloud Migration and Modernization:

• Identify client requirements for Application Modernization and Migration
• Identify options to migrate complex workloads to IBM Cloud
• Explore migrating complex workloads to containers in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and OpenShift on IBM Cloud
• Apply network design considerations

Module 1: Introduction

You will cover the following topic:

• Introduction to IBM Cloud Advanced Architect

Module 2: Designing Cloud Solutions

You will cover the following topics:

• Building and Designing Solutions to Scale Elastically for Performance and Cost Efficiency
• Optimizing Solution Performance Using Geolocation
• Advantages of Immutable Cloud Infrastructure Software Defined Environments
• Designing Cloud Native Architecture
• Selecting Compute Options
• Designing Environments for Multicloud Deployments

Module 3: Compute Options

You will cover the following topics:

• Designing Resilient Solutions
• Designing per Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective Requirements
• Designing Resilient Solutions using Technologies with Inherent Resiliency
• Designing Solutions to Survive Outages

Module 4: Security

You will cover the following topics:

• Applying IBM Cloud Security Best Practices
• Applying the IBM Cloud Shared Responsibility Model
• IBM Cloud Security Services
• Design Solutions that Take Advantage of Multiple Security Services
• Security and Compliance Goals

Module 5: Observability and Monitoring

You will cover the following topics:

• Logging and Monitoring to Trigger Autoscaling and Deployment of Services
• Designing Solutions for Observability

Module 6: Data and Migration

You will cover the following topics:

• Designing Solutions for Storing and Analyzing Data
• Designing Solutions for Portability
• Designing Solutions for Data Residency

Module 7: Cloud Migration and Modernization

You will cover the following topics:

• Identifying Customer Requirements for Application Modernization and Migration
• Migrating Complex Workloads to IBM Cloud
• Migrating Complex Workloads to Containers on IBM Cloud
• Applying Network Design Considerations