A Cloud Architect is responsible for designing and implementing scalable and resilient solutions on Alibaba Cloud. This advanced role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud services and networking best practices, enabling the architect to create effective solutions tailored to meet complex organizational needs.
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Overview
A Cloud Architect is responsible for designing and implementing scalable and resilient solutions on Alibaba Cloud. This advanced role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud services and networking best practices, enabling the architect to create effective solutions tailored to meet complex organizational needs.
Skills Covered
- Advanced Cloud Service Knowledge: Understanding of various Alibaba Cloud services, including ECS, OSS, RDS, SLS, Redis, and ACK, with an emphasis on best practices for architecture and use cases.
- Networking Expertise: Proficient in designing and implementing complex network setups, including VPC, NAT Gateways, SLB, Global Accelerator (GA), and Express Connect, tailored to varying business needs.
- Performance and Scalability Techniques: Experienced in building scalable solutions using Auto Scaling and SLB, while knowledgeable about performance tuning decisions with Redis and ACK.
- Security and Compliance: Awareness of best practices for delivering secure enterprise applications, including DNS configurations and SSL certificate management, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Content Delivery Strategies: Familiarity with utilizing CDN and ESA services to optimize content distribution and enhance the user experience.
Prerequisites
CEA-C01
Target Audience
Module 1: Building Enterprise-grade Networks on Alibaba Cloud
Cloud Networking Deep Dive
- Basic networking terminology
- Basic connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
- Alibaba Cloud VPC advanced operations
- Introduction to NAT gateway
- Service connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
- SLB advanced discussion
- Introduction to Global Accelerator
- Introduction to Elastic IP
- Introduction to Internet Shared Bandwidth and Data Transfer Plans
- Enterprise connectivity on Alibaba Cloud
- General requirements for enterprise connectivity
- Introduction to Cloud Enterprise Network
- Hybrid connectivity with Alibaba Cloud
- What is hybrid connectivity?
- Introduction to Smart Access Gateway
- Introduction to Express Connect
- Introduction to VPN Gateway
Module 2: Core Infrastructure Deep Dive
Core Compute Infrastructure Deep Dive
- ECS deep dive and best practices
Core Storage Infrastructure Deep Dive
- Basic storage terminology
- Introduction to Apsara Distributed File System
- Elastic Block Storage deep dive and best practices
- Apsara File Storage NAS deep dive and best practices
- OSS deep dive and best practices
- SLS deep dive and best practices
Best Practices for Database Services
- ApsaraDB RDS deep dive and best practices
- PolarDB fundamentals
- Alibaba Cloud database management tools best practices
Module 3: Building Highly Available, Performant Cloud Architecture
Leveling up Your Core Infrastructure
- Highly available architecture on Alibaba Cloud
- Implementing HA with SLB
- Scalable architecture on Alibaba Cloud
- Implementing rightsizing with Auto Scaling
- Performant architecture on Alibaba Cloud
- Improving service performance with Redis
- Distributed architecture on Alibaba Cloud
- Decoupling services with Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK)
Module 4: Delivering Services and Content on Alibaba Cloud
Delivering Services and Content on Alibaba Cloud
- Delivering services on Alibaba Cloud
- How users access your services on the cloud
- Introduction to Alibaba Cloud DNS
- Introduction to Alibaba Cloud Certificate Management Service
- Delivering content on Alibaba Cloud
- Accelerating access to content
- Alibaba Cloud CDN deep dive and best practices
Module 5: Securing Workloads on Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Security Deep Dive
- Common threats on the cloud
- Alibaba Cloud security services portfolio
- Network security
- Introduction to Anti-DDoS
- Introduction to Web Application Firewall
- Introduction to Cloud Firewall
- Host security
- Introduction to Security Center
- Data security
- Introduction to Data Security Center
- Introduction to KMS
- Introduction to Cloud Hardware Security Module
Dates & Locations
July 16, 2026 - July 17, 2026
July 16, 2026 - July 17, 2026
September 10, 2026 - September 11, 2026
September 10, 2026 - September 11, 2026
November 12, 2026 - November 13, 2026
November 12, 2026 - November 13, 2026
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