The CompTIA Cloud+ certification validates the essential skills needed to implement, maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud-based infrastructure services. This certification is designed to ensure that IT professionals have the knowledge and abilities to manage cloud environments effectively. This certification is ideal for IT professionals looking to advance their careers in cloud computing and demonstrate their expertise in managing and securing cloud environments.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the different cloud models to design the best solution to support business requirements.
- Implement comprehensive security measures, including vulnerability management, compliance adherence, and the deployment of security controls to safeguard cloud environments.
- Examine system requirements to successfully execute workload migrations to the cloud.
- Understand source control, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, system integration, and the use of various DevOps tools.
- Understand fundamental DevOps concepts related to deployment and integration.
- Manage and optimize cloud operations, including automation, scaling, backup and recovery strategies, and lifecycle management of cloud resources.
- Troubleshoot deployment, network and security issues related to cloud implementations.
Prerequisite Skills
- 5 years total IT experience, including 2-3 years as a systems administrator or cloud engineer
- Understand network operations and architecture to support infrastructure and security needs.
- Apply foundational knowledge of cloud computing concepts and services in real-world scenarios.
- Recognize and implement security measures and compliance requirements across IT environments.
- Work with DevOps practices, including continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and system integration processes.