Post Graduate Program in

Cloud Computing
Table of Contents
About the Program 3

Key Features of the Post Graduate

Program in Cloud Computing 4

About the Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing

in Collaboration with Caltech CTME 5

About Simplilearn 6

Program Eligibility Criteria and

Application Process 7

Learning Path Visualization 9

Program Outcomes 10

Who Should Enroll in This Program 11

Courses

Step 1 - AWS Solutions Architect SAA C02 12

Step 2 - Microsoft Azure Administrator : AZ-104 14

Step 3 - Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions : AZ-305 16

Step 4 - Cloud Computing Capstone Project 22

Caltech CTME Academic Master Classes 23

Elective 23

Certificates 25

Advisory Board Members 26

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About the Program

Accelerate your career with this acclaimed Post Graduate

Program in Cloud Computing, in collaboration with Caltech
CTME. This program features the perfect mix of theory,
case studies, and extensive hands-on practice to master
the architectural principles and services of the top Cloud
platforms. You will learn to design and deploy highly
scalable, fault-tolerant applications and develop skills to
transform yourself into a Cloud professional.

This Post Graduate Program is designed for graduates

in any discipline and experienced professionals from
programming and non-programming backgrounds. The
program is based on a Applied Learning approach that uses
a combination of self-paced videos, live virtual classes,
hands-on projects, and labs. Students also have access to
mentorship sessions, providing a high-engagement learning
experience and real-world applications to help master
essential Cloud Computing skills.

At the end of this program, learners will understand the

main principles of Cloud Computing and how they are
implemented in Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
Platform. This program will enable students to demonstrate
their knowledge to implement use cases and configuration
options for Azure App Services and AWS Application
Services environments.

Those who complete the program will become certified

Azure and AWS Cloud Architects.

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Key Features of the Post Graduate Program
in Cloud Computing in Collaboration with
Caltech CTME

Caltech CTME Post Graduate Certificate Enrolment in Simplilearn’s JobAssist

Receive upto 30 CEUs from Caltech CTME Get noticed by the top hiring companies

Master Classes taught by Caltech CTME 40+ Hands-On Projects with Integrated Labs
instructor

Online Convocation by Caltech CTME Program Capstone Project in 4 domains

Director

Physical Certificate from Caltech CTME 8X higher live interaction with live online
(on request) classes by industry experts

Caltech CTME Circle Membership

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About the Post Graduate
Program in Cloud Computing in
Collaboration with Caltech CTME

Founded in 1891, Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that

marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address
fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. Caltech prizes
excellence and ambition. The contributions of Caltech’s instructors and alumni have
earned national and international recognition, including 38 Nobel Prizes and nearly
60 National Medals of Science. The Institute manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL) for NASA.

CTME is embedded in Caltech’s Division of Engineering and Applied Science.

Caltech CTME has a unique role to play in applying the capabilities of scientists
and engineers to the challenges of today’s technology-driven businesses. Caltech
CTME applies executive education and professional development directly to real-
world problems. Caltech CTME experts teach the tools and perspectives that elevate
careers and help companies achieve their goals.

Upon completing this program, you will receive:

Caltech CTME Post Graduate Certificate

Caltech CTME Bonafide Certificate
Individual Course Completion Certificate for all the Courses in the Learning Path
from Simplilearn
Program Performance Report for the Entire Learning Path in the Program
Receive upto 30 CEUs From Caltech CTME upon course Completion
Access to Caltech Circle Membership
Physical Certificate with Caltech CTME Kit (On Request)

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About Simplilearn

Simplilearn is the world’s #1 online bootcamp provider that enables learners through
rigorous and highly specialized training. We focus on emerging technologies and
processes that are transforming the digital world, at a fraction of the cost and time
as traditional approaches. Over one million professionals and 2000 corporate training
organizations have harnessed our award-winning programs to achieve their career
and business goals.

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Program Eligibility Criteria and
Application Process

Those wishing to enroll in the Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing in

collaboration with Caltech CTME will be required to apply for admission.

Eligibility Criteria
For admission to this Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing, candidates:

Should have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with an average of 50% or

higher marks

May come from a non-programming background

Do not need to have prior work experience

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Application Process
The application process consists of three simple steps. An offer of admission will be made to the
selected candidates and accepted by the candidates upon payment of the admission fee.

STEP STEP STEP

1 2 3

Submit an Application Admission

Application Review

Complete the application and After you submit your application, An offer of admission will be
include a brief statement of a panel of admissions counselors made to qualified candidates. You
purpose to tell our admissions will review your application can accept this offer by paying
counselors why you’re interested and statement of purpose to the program fee.
and qualified for this Post determine your qualifications and
Graduate Program in Cloud interest in the program.
Computing.

Talk to an Admissions Counselor

We have a team of dedicated admissions counselors here to
help guide you in the application process and related matters.
They are available to

They are available to:

Address questions related to the application

Assist with financial aid (if required)

Help you better understand the program and answer your

questions

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Learning Path

AWS Solutions
Architect SAA C02

Microsoft Azure Designing Microsoft

Administrator : Azure Infrastructure
AZ-104 Solutions : AZ-305

Cloud Computing
Capstone Project

Academic Master Classes – Caltech CTME

Electives
AWS SysOps Associate AWS Database Migration

Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Google Cloud Platform Architect Training

Associate: AZ:204
Academic Master Classes – Caltech
AWS Developer Associate CTME

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Program Outcomes

At the end of this Post Graduate Program, you will:

Understand the main principles of Cloud Set up GCP account and utilize GCP
Computing and how they have been services: networking, storage, content and
implemented in Microsoft Azure and AWS delivery network

Design an Azure app service web app by Understand Google Virtual Machines and
using Azure CLI, Powershell, and other tools how to work with them

Manage subscriptions, billing, and role- Get an overview of AWS DMS, how the
based access control regarding Azure users AWS Schema Conversion tool works, types
and groups of AWS Database Migration Service

Manage security and identity for Azure Select the appropriate AWS service based
solutions on data, compute, database, or security
requirements

Implement use cases and configuration

options for Azure App Services and App Deploy, manage and operate scalable,
Service environments highly available and fault-tolerant systems
on AWS

Implement AWS security and testing, and

become an expert in AWS components
such as S3, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk,
and CloudFormation
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Who Should Enroll in this Program?

This program caters to those who are hoping to enter the world of Cloud Computing
or want to update their skills, as it is designed and structured to accommodate
various professional backgrounds. Although there are no prerequisites for taking this
training program, individuals in the following roles and disciplines are ideal for this
course:

Fresh graduates who intend to take the plunge into the Cloud job market
Professionals with any number of years of experience working in either technical
or non-technical job roles and wish to build successful careers in the Cloud
world
People working in the following roles will benefit the most from the Post
Graduate
Solutions architects
Programmers
Cloud developers
Cloud software engineers
DevOps professionals

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 AWS Solutions Architect
SAA C02
STEP
This AWS Solutions Architect Certification training will enable you to

1 design, plan, and scale AWS implementations utilizing over 70 Cloud

Computing services. The course is aligned with the latest AWS exam
featuring Amazon designated best practices.

2
Key Learning Objectives
By the end of this AWS training, you will be able to:
3
Formulate solution plans and provide guidance on AWS
architecture best practices

4 Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant

systems on AWS

Identify the lift and shift of an existing on-premises application to

AWS

Decipher the ingress and egress of data to and from AWS

Select the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute,

database, or security requirements

Estimate AWS costs and identify cost control mechanisms

Course curriculum
Lesson 00 - Course Overview

Lesson 01 - AWS Overview

Lesson 02 - Designing Highly Available, Cost-efficient, Fault-

tolerant, and Scalable Systems

Lesson 03 - Identity Access Management (IAM)

Lesson 04 - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Lesson 05 - Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Lesson 06 - Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

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 Lesson 07 - Amazon Route 53

Lesson 08 - Databases

Lesson 09 - Application Services

Lesson 10 - Security Practices for Optimum Cloud Deployment

Lesson 11 - Disaster Recovery

Lesson 12 - Troubleshooting

Lesson 13 - AWS Solutions Architect Exam

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 Microsoft Azure Administrator
: AZ-104
STEP
An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated
1 to implementing an organization’s cloud infrastructure. This Azure
training course covers activities on the Azure platform such as
implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage,
2 compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision,
size,monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

3 Key Learning Objectives

After completing this online Azure certification training course, you will

4 be able to:
Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects
Manage subscriptions and governance
Secure & Manage storage
Configure Azure files and Azure Blob Storage
Automate deployment of virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure
Resource Manager templates
Create and configure containers
Create and configure Azure App Service
Implement and manage virtual networking
Secure access to virtual networks
Configure load balancing
Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network
Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
Implement backup and recovery

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Course curriculum

Lesson 01: Manage Azure identities and governance (15–20%)

Lesson 02: Implement & Manage Storage (15-20%)

Lesson 03: Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources

(20–25%)

Lesson 04: Configure and manage virtual networking (25–30%)

Lesson 05: Monitor and Backup Azure Resources (10–15%)

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 Designing Microsoft Azure
Infrastructure Solutions: AZ-305
STEP
The Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions AZ-305 online training
1 course prepares you for a career as a certified Azure Cloud Solutions
Architect. You will learn how decisions in each area affect an overall
solution,insight of subject matter expertise in designing cloud and
2 hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute,
network, storage, monitoring, and security.

3 Key Learning Objectives

After completing this online Azure certification training course, you will

4 be able to:
Design a solution for logging and monitoring
Design authentication and authorization solutions
Design identities and access for applications
Design a data storage solution for relational data
Recommend a data storage solution
Design data integration
Design a data storage solution for non-relational data
Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery
Design for high availability
Design a compute solution
Design an application architecture
Design network solutions

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Course curriculum
Section 01: Course Introduction
Lesson 01: Course Introduction

Section 02: Design a Governance Solution

Lesson 01: Design Governance

Lesson 02: Design for management groups and subscriptions

Lesson 03: Design for Resource Groups

Lesson 04: Recommend a Strategy for Tagging

Lesson 05: Recommend a Solution for using Azure Policy

Lesson 06: Recommend a Solution for using Azure Blueprints

Section 03: Design authentication solutions

Lesson 01: Azure Active Directory

Lesson 02: Recommend a Solution for Single-Sign On (SSO)

Lesson 03: Recommend a solution for Authentication

Lesson 04: Recommend a Solution for Conditional Access

Lesson 05: Recommend a Solution that includes Managed

Identities

Lesson 06: Recommend a Solution that includes Key Vault

Lesson 07: Recommend a solution for a Hybrid Identity

Lesson 08: Recommend a solution for User Self-service

Lesson 09: Recommend and implement a Solution for B2B

Integration

Section 04: Design Authorization

Lesson 01: Choose an Authorization Approach

Lesson 02: Recommend a Hierarchical Structure for Access

Control

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 Lesson 03: Recommend an Access Management Solution

Section 05: Design a Solution for Logging and Monitoring

Lesson 01: Design for Azure Workbooks and Azure insights

Lesson 02: Recommend Appropriate Monitoring Tools for a

Solution

Lesson 03: Azure Monitoring

Lesson 04: Health and availability monitoring

Lesson 05: Cost Monitoring

Lesson 06: Advanced Logging

Lesson 07: Choose a Mechanism for Event Routing and

Escalation

Section 06: Design for High Availability

Lesson 01: Identify the availability requirements for Azure
resources

Lesson 02: Azure Front Door

Lesson 03: Azure Traffic Manager

Lesson 04: Recommend a high availability solution for compute

Lesson 05: Recommend a high availability solution for relational

data storage

Lesson 06: Recommend a high availability solution for non

relational data

Lesson 07: Identify Storage Types for High Availability

Section 07: Design a Solution for Backup and Recovery

Lesson 01: Recommend a Recovery Solution for Azure
Workloads

Lesson 02: Recommend a Solution for Azure Backup

Management

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 Lesson 03: Design a Solution for Data Archiving and Retention

Lesson 04: Design and Azure Site Recovery Solution

Lesson 05: Recommend a Solution for Recovery in Different

Regions

Section 08: Design a Solution for Non-Relational Data

Lesson 01: Overview of Azure Non relational Data

Lesson 02: Storage Account

Lesson 03: Design for Azure Blob storage

Lesson 04: Azure Files

Lesson 05: Design for Azure disk solutions

Lesson 06: Storage Security

Lesson 07: Recommend a Solution for Encrypting Data

Section 09: Design a Solution for Relational Data

Lesson 01: Select an Appropriate Data Platform Based on
Requirements

Lesson 02: Recommend Database Service Tier Sizing

Lesson 03: Recommend a Solution for Database Scalability

Lesson 04: Design security for data

Lesson 05: Design for Azure SQL Edge

Lesson 06: Design for Azure Cosmos DB

Lesson 07: Storage Management Tools

Section 10: Design Data Integration

Lesson 01: Recommend a Data Flow to Meet Business
Requirements

Lesson 02: Recommend a solution for Data Integration

Lesson 03: Design a strategy for hot, warm, cold data path

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 Lesson 04: Design Azure Stream Analytics solution for data
analysis

Section 11: Design a Compute Solution

Lesson 01: Recommend a Solution for Compute Provisioning

Lesson 02: Recommend a Solution for App service

Lesson 03: Determine Appropriate Compute Technologies

Lesson 04: Recommend a Solution for Containers

Lesson 05: Recommend a solution for Automating Compute

Management

Section 12: Design an Application Architecture

Lesson 01: Recommend a Microservices Architecture

Lesson 02: Recommend an Orchestration Solution for

Deployment and Maintenance of Applications

Lesson 03: Recommend a solution for API Integration

Section 13: Design a Network Solution

Lesson 01: Recommend a Network Architecture

Lesson 02: Recommend a Solution for Network Addressing and

Name Resolution

Lesson 03: Recommend a Solution for Network Provisioning

Lesson 04: Recommend Solutions for Network Security

Lesson 05: Recommend Solutions for Network Connectivity

Lesson 06: Recommend Solution for Automating Network

Management

Lesson 07: Recommend Solution for Load Balancing and Traffic

Routing

Section 14: Design Migrations

Lesson 01: Azure Migrate

Lesson 02: Assessments using Azure Migrate

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 Lesson 03: Recommend a Solution for Migrating Applications
and VMs

Lesson 04: Recommend a Solution for Migrating of Databases

Lesson 05: Determine Migration Scope

Lesson 06: Recommend a Solution for Migrating Data

Section 15: Design for Cost Optimization

Lesson 01: Recommend a Solution for Cost Management and
Cost Reporting

Lesson 02: Recommend Solutions to Minimize Costs

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 Capstone Project

STEP This Cloud Computing Capstone project will give you an opportunity
to implement the skills you learned throughout this program.

1 Through dedicated mentoring sessions, you’ll learn how to solve

a real-world, industry-aligned Cloud problem. The project is the
final step in the learning path and will enable you to showcase your

2 expertise in Cloud Computing to future employers.

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Elective Course

Academic Master Classes

– Caltech CTME
Attend online interactive Master Classes conducted by the
instructor from the Caltech CTME and get insights about
advancements in the Cloud domain and understand why it
has become important for any organization to understand
and implement Cloud Computing skills to scale up.

Microsoft Certified Azure Developer

Associate: AZ:204
This Azure Developer Certification training aligns with the latest (2020)
edition of Azure Developer Certified Associate exam AZ-204. AZ-204
is the updated version of the existing exam for the Microsoft Azure
Developer Associate: AZ-203. This exam verifies your ability to select,
develop, and implement Azure Cloud technology solutions.

AWS Developer Associate

Simplilearn’s AWS Developer Associate training builds upon the
skills learned from the AWS Technical Essentials course. This course
will teach you how to write code and design scalable applications,
implement application security and testing, and develop expertise with
key AWS components such as S3, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, and
CloudFormation.

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AWS Sysops Associate
This AWS SysOps training is a prerequisite to the DevOps Engineer
Certification. You will learn how to migrate on-premise applications
to AWS, control the flow of data to and from AWS, master the AWS
management console, implement operational cost controls, and
enhances your ability to leverage AWS resources and services
efficiently.

AWS Database Migration

This course will demonstrate the key functionality of AWS Database
Migration Service (DMS) and will help you understand how to easily
and securely move databases into the AWS Cloud platform to take
advantage of the cost savings and scalability of AWS.

Google Cloud Platform

Architect Training
Simplilearn’s Google Cloud Platform Architect certification program
will aid you with the skills needed to advance your career in Cloud
architecture and become a certified Google Cloud Architect
Professional. The course covers IAM, Networking, Cloud Storage, and
much more. This online GCP Architect certification course introduces
you to the comprehensive and flexible infrastructure and platform
services provided by Google Cloud Platform. You will learn to analyze
and deploy infrastructure components, such as networks, storage
systems, and application services.

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Certificates

This is to certify that

John Doe
has successfully completed the
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM
IN CLOUD COMPUTING
on 8th May 2020

Program delivered by

Rick Hafner Krishna Kumar

Executive Director, CEO, Simplilearn
Caltech Center for Technology
and Management Education

Upon completion of this Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing, you will
receive the Caltech CTME Post Graduate Certificate. You will also receive certificates
from Simplilearn for each of the courses in the learning path. These certificates will
testify to your skills as an expert in Cloud.

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Advisory Board
Members

Rick Hefner, Ph.D.

Program Director, Caltech Center for Technology
& Management Education
[email protected]

Rick Hefner, PhD, specializes in systems development and

maintenance; project management; Lean Six Sigma; process
improvement, technology transfer; and risk management. His
experience spans over 35 years. Dr. Hefner recently served
as Director of Process Management at Northrop Grumman
Corporation, where he managed corporate process initiatives
related to Lean Six Sigma and program management.

Previous positions at Northrop Grumman (formerly

TRW) included managing technology process initiatives
and helping to establish the corporate engineering and
program management processes. Previously, at Aerospace
Corporation, Dr. Hefner was the Director of their Software
Development department. He served as an engineer, technical
specialist, project manager, and section manager.

Dr. Hefner has also worked with companies in the

communications, electronics, and health sciences industries,
including Applied Physics Laboratory, Ares Management,
Boeing, DRS Technologies, Herbalife, Honeywell, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, John Deere, L-3 WESCAM, Maytag,
Motorola, Pacific Bell, Raytheon, Schlumberger, Southern
California Edison, St. Jude Medical, Toshiba, U.S. Navy,
and Xerox. Dr. Hefner is credited with over 200 publications
and presentations. He earned his PhD from the University
of California, Los Angeles, in applied dynamic systems
control. He received his MS and BS from Purdue University in
interdisciplinary engineering.

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