Overview
Course Information
The industry-recognized CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification provides you with a hands-on, practical approach to Cloud provisioning for administrators and touches upon all the aspects of administering Cloud services. The training covers best practices in Cloud Administration, Open Source, as well as global vendor standards.
Once the certification exam is passed, you are awarded a diploma and digital badge officially recognizing you have achieved the CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification and are now a member of the Cloud Credential Council’s global community.
Target Audience
The following departments benefit from CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified professionals:
- Administrative/Management
- Operations
- Research & Development
- Other
CCC Professional Cloud Administrator jobs include:
- Network Administrators
- Senior Operators
- Service Desk Managers
- Systems Administrators
Learning Objectives
Once you become CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- Types of Cloud Environments: Cloud environment controls, hosting, ITO Outsourcing, CoLoc, Onshore, offshore versus Cloud
- Planning for Cloud capacity: Policy management and third party management
- Cloud Administration technology: Virtual networks, storage, and computing, application management in the Cloud
- Security administration, compliance, and certification
- Cloud Provisioning: Capacity Management, Service Desk Management, Cloud provisioning/ automation management
Requirements
There are no formal requirements for the completion of the certification. Holding the CCC Cloud Technology Associate certification and possessing a basic understanding of Cloud concepts and vocabulary is recommended but not required for the completion of the certification.
Course Agenda
Module 1: Cloud Resource Administration and Provisioning
- Fundamentals of Cloud Administration
- Cloud Workload Analysis and Capacity Planning
- Administering Cloud Technologies
- Cloud Resource Provisioning
- Virtual Storage
- Cloud Marketplaces
Module 2: Scalable and Elastic Administration
- Cloud Scalability Administration
- Cloud Elasticity Administration
Module 3: Cloud Interoperability & Portability
- The Need for Interoperability and Portability
- Strategic Planning for Interoperability and Portability
Module 4: Strategic Policy Design for Cloud Usage and Compliance
- Policy Management and Control
- Service Level Management
- Metering and Billing Management
- Privacy and Data Management
Module 5: Business Continuity Strategies and Disaster Recovery for Cloud
- Business Continuity
- Disaster Recovery
Module 6: Cloud Security Fundamentals
- Fundamental Security Threats
- Cloud Security Administration
- Security Standards
Module 7: Federated Controls and Strategies for Multiple Cloud and Non-cloud Administration
- Federated Identity Management
- Systems Management
- Service Level Management
- Broker Platform
Module 8: Performance Measures, Monitoring, and Optimization in Production
- Lifecycle Management
- Management and Administration Policies
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Infrastructure Benchmarking
- Availability and Performance
- Usage and Accounting