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Cloud Solution Architect's Career Master Plan

You're reading from   Cloud Solution Architect's Career Master Plan Proven techniques and effective tips to help you become a successful solution architect

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Published in Mar 2024
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ISBN-13 9781805129714
Length 148 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rick Weyenberg, with over 25 years of professional development, design, and architecture experience, is an Azure principal cloud solution architect at Microsoft, where he leverages his expertise in cloud-based solution design and development to help companies harness the full power of the Azure cloud platform.nHis current mission is to help create smarter, safer cars and reliable autonomous vehicles by leading technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, enterprise architects, IT management, and engineers, and working with a wide variety of Azure services and platforms, ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to serverless and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
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Kyle Burns is an application developer, architect, and technical leader with over 25 years of experience delivering business and technical capabilities to enhance customer and user experience and building and directing impactful software engineering teams. He effectively utilizes platforms and established methodologies to ensure that engineered solutions meet the requirements for security, scale, reuse, and high availability and collaborates across business units, with peers and leadership, to ensure objectives, goals, and standards are aligned. Kyle is recognized as an agile thought leader who articulates and communicates technical vision and translates that vision into business acumen and is currently a principal cloud solution architect in the Microsoft Customer Success organization.
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Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction to the Cloud Solution Architect Role FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Understanding the Responsibilities of a Cloud Solution Architect 3. Chapter 2: Types of Cloud Solution Architect Roles 4. Part 2: Pursuing the Role
5. Chapter 3: Education Paths to the Cloud Solution Architect Role 6. Chapter 4: Getting Real Experience 7. Chapter 5: Closing In on Opportunities 8. Part 3: Prepare for and After the Offer
9. Chapter 6: Time to Pursue the Job 10. Chapter 7: Interviewing – Trust the Process 11. Chapter 8: Don’t Forget to Give Back 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Research resources – finding the opportunities

Now that the industry has been selected, the preferred company size has been determined, and whether to work in IT or a business unit has been answered, the next step is to start looking for job opportunities. Some opportunities present themselves in obvious places such as company websites or online job boards. Others may be presented via various friends or networking connections. Let us explore these resources in more depth.

Career section of company websites

Many companies have a section of their website dedicated to careers/jobs available. If a specific company desires a CSA, this might be the best place to start looking for a job opportunity. If a specific company is not part of the job selection criteria, other resources can help narrow down the job search.

Conferences

Conferences can provide a terrific opportunity to network with CSAs and technologists working for various companies. These people will tend to be...

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Rick Weyenberg, with over 25 years of professional development, design, and architecture experience, is an Azure principal cloud solution architect at Microsoft, where he leverages his expertise in cloud-based solution design and development to help companies harness the full power of the Azure cloud platform. His current mission is to help create smarter, safer cars and reliable autonomous vehicles by leading technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, enterprise architects, IT management, and engineers, and working with a wide variety of Azure services and platforms, ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to serverless and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings.
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Kyle Burns is an application developer, architect, and technical leader with over 25 years of experience delivering business and technical capabilities to enhance customer and user experience and building and directing impactful software engineering teams. He effectively utilizes platforms and established methodologies to ensure that engineered solutions meet the requirements for security, scale, reuse, and high availability and collaborates across business units, with peers and leadership, to ensure objectives, goals, and standards are aligned. Kyle is recognized as an agile thought leader who articulates and communicates technical vision and translates that vision into business acumen and is currently a principal cloud solution architect in the Microsoft Customer Success organization.
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