CloudOps Mastery (Expert Level)

Topics covered

• classify the benefits of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud and identify the challenges faced by enterprises when transforming to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
• define a path for successful DevOps transformation that can, in turn, help leverage the principles and practices of continuous integration and continuous delivery
• define the concept and role of continuous monitoring in DevOps and recognize the benefits afforded by adopting the right monitoring practices
• define the concept of DevOps pipelines and identify the primary DevOps phases involved
• describe standard use cases and common scenarios involving hybrid deployment
• describe the basic components, phases, and layers of application architecture in the cloud and list the QoS parameters that need to be monitored at each cloud platform layer
• describe the DevOps deployment process and troubleshooting workflow a Support Engineer should follow to ensure robust DevOps mechanisms and continuous delivery and deployment
• describe the prominent use cases that illustrate how hybrid cloud solutions can help solve business challenges faced by enterprises
• describe the role of orchestration in managing the multi-cloud environment
• describe the vital features of high-performance multi-cloud and multi-region transit routing that play a vital role in setting up multi-cloud deployment environments
• describe typical use cases and common scenarios involving multi-cloud deployment
• list the cloud and container orchestration tools used to allocate virtual machines and containers for additional resource integration
• list the essential components of Cloud Infrastructure and the various Service Models that a Support Engineer must be familiar with in order to be able to provide Technical Support to Cloud Consumers
• list the prominent tools used for automating processes at various phases of the DevOps software development lifecycle  
• list the steps involved in creating a DevOps pipeline that can be used for the continuous delivery of applications
• name the standard network topologies used for hybrid and multi-cloud setups that also apply cloud and CloudOps best practices
• outline approaches to adopting multi-cloud management that enable consistent visibility, governance, and automation
• outline the CI/CD processes adopted to manage multi-cloud environments and integrate automation toolchains to provide a consistent approach to orchestrating all environments
• outline the reasons and methods for building explainability into a CloudOps workflow, with a focus on eliminating the negative impact of IT
• outline the steps involved in formulating the correct strategy to combine DevOps principles with practices in order build an end-to‐end delivery process  
• recall the architecture of a hybrid cloud and describe the benefits of using a hybrid cloud to manage compute/run environments for application deployment  
• recall the challenges of monitoring hybrid and multi-cloud environments along with the features afforded by prominent monitoring tools to address these challenges
• recall the key criteria that can be used to analyze monitoring tools in order to select full stack monitoring tools for cloud
• recall the services provided by IBM, Oracle, and other popular cloud providers to set up compute environments using VMs, containers, and serverless, edge, and hybrid mechanisms
• recognize the approach of secure multi-cloud peering and centralized point-and-click connectivity for managing multi-cloud networking
• recognize the benefits of modernizing traditional or legacy systems to multi-cloud architecture using CloudOps best practices
• recognize the critical DevOps methods and toolchains that enterprises can use to speed up and improve product development and releases
• recognize the role of orchestration in managing multi-cloud environments
• recognize the technique for incorporating new DevOps practices with traditional practices to ensure rapid innovation and early product release
• recognize the various multi-cloud architecture designs that form part of an effective cloud deployment strategy
• specify strategies that can be employed to migrate from legacy to CloudOps and recognize best practices and principles that can be adopted for productive legacy system upgrades