Students enrolled in College of Staten Island's Cloud Academy will achieve recognized industry certifications as Amazon Web Services (AWS) practitioners, and then are able to specialize to become either an AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Development Associate. Students who complete the program successfully will earn CSI Cloud Academy Certifications.
Please note: Eligibility screening required for all AWS Cloud Computing Training EXCEPT Cloud Practitioner.
AWS CLOUD PRACTITIONER
This foundational certification serves as the first step for those entering AWS cloud computing careers. Students enrolled in the AWS Practitioner course receive an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts:
- Architectural principles of the AWS Cloud
- AWS Cloud definition, AWS pricing philosophy and global infrastructure components
- Security and compliance measures, including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Utilize Amazon VPC
- Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift and Amazon Aurora usages
AWS Practitioner Certification is required to advance to AWS Solutions Architect(Offered Spring 2025) and or other AWS Cloud Computing courses.
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Timeline: 3 Months | 108 Course Hours | Virtual Course
Schedule: Mon, Tues, Wed | Jan 6 - Apr 29 | 6:30pm- 9:30pm
Instructor: Kayla Mejire
Tuition: $1,530 includes $30 registration fee, access to the AWS Academy and one certification exam voucher.
AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
Students enrolled in the College of Staten Island Cloud Academy will achieve recognized industry certifications in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The AWS solutions Architect Associate certification with prepare students with skills across a range of AWS services:
- Networking, storage, and database as well as AWS deployment and management services.
- Learning how to implement security controls and compliance requirements.
- Learning how to use the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, AWS networking, security services, and the AWS global infrastructure
- The ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement and to define technical requirements for an AWS-based application.
AWS Practitioner Certification is required to advance to AWS Solutions Architect and or other AWS Cloud Computing courses.. Potential students must submit to an eligibility screening to enroll in this program.
AWS Solutions Architect
Timeline: 3 Months | 108 Course Hours | Virtual Course
Schedule: TBD | TBD | TBD
Instructor: TBD
Tuition: TBD