Cloud Architect Career Development Program

This section is designed to build your fundamentals so you will be able to participate in the coming cloud architecture modules.

We cover the networking and datacenter fundamentals because a lot of what cloud architects do involves moving systems from the network and data center to the cloud. Understanding networking is crucial as it forms the foundation for everything, and most problems arise from a lack of understanding in networking. Covering these topics also helps with interviews as many in architectures come from a networking background, and thus you my encounter networking and datacenter questions.

Cloud Computing Fundamentals – What is Cloud Computing

• What is virtualization
• Virtual Machines and Containers
• What is Container Orchestration
• Introduction to Kubernetes
• Introduction to Serverless
• Serverless pros and cons
• What is Infrastructure As Code (IAAC)
• Why IAAC Matters in cloud computing
• introduction to Three-tier architecture
• Introduction to Monolith and Microservice Architectures
• What are Private Clouds

Cloud Computing Fundamentals – Architecture Fundamentals

• Connecting to the Cloud
• What are Private Lines
• What are Virtual Private Networks
• What are Software Defined Networks
• What is Caching
• Introduction to Load Balancers
• What is (DNS) Domain Name System
• Introduction to High Availability Systems
• Choosing Between Proprietary vs Open Standards
• Hybrid Cloud Architectures and Their Benefits
• Multi-cloud Architectures and Their Benefits and Challenges
• Single Cloud Architecture Risks vs Rewards
• The Six R’s of Cloud Migration
• What is a Lift and Shift Migration
• The Challenges of Achieving Datacenter Like Performance in the Cloud
• What Are the Cloud Market Place Solutions
• Cloud Disaster Recovery Options

Introduction To Storage

• Introduction to Network Storage
• Storage Performance – IOPS and Throughput
• Introduction to File, Block, and Object Storage
• Redundant Array of Inexpensive Storage (RAID) In Cloud Computing

Introduction to Databases

• Introduction to Relational and NoSQL Databases
• Introduction to Data Warehouses
• Introduction to Data Lakes

Introduction to Security

• Stateful vs Stateless Firewalls and ACLS
• What Is a Next Generation Firewall
• What is a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Cybersecurity
• What is Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Why It’s Incredibly Challenging to Achieve Datacenter Security in the Cloud
• What is Defense in Depth and Why it Matters
• IDS (Intrusion Detection) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention) Systems
• What is Cryptography
• Introduction to Hash Functions and Encryption
• Zero Trust and Defense in Depth Architectures
• What is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Introduction to Networking

• Intro to Networking
• What is (DHCP) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Introduction to ARP and Proxy ARP
• How TCP Sets Up a Connection
• What are TCP vs UDP Protocols
• What are Routers and Switches
• Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• What are Virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Types of Routing Protocols
• Introduction to Domain Name Systems
• Introduction to DNS Routing
• What is IPSEC VPN
• What is Network Address Translation
• What is (SD-WAN) Software Defined Wide Area Networks

This section covers all key elements of cloud architecture.  This section is followed by a series of architectural case studies where we create architectural solutions for a wide variety of business goals.

Intro to Cloud

• History of Cloud Computing
• The risks of Cloud Computing
• Benefits of Cloud Computing
• Introduction to Cloud Services
• Introduction To Cloud Storage
• Introduction to Content Delivery Networks
• Introduction to Databases
• Introduction to Application Services
• Introduction to Cloud Networking
• How Cloud Computing Works

Cloud Architecture Patterns

• What is a Private Cloud
• What is a Single Cloud
• What is a Hybrid Cloud
• What is Cloud As a WAN
• What is Multi Cloud
• What is Hybrid Multi Cloud
• The Difference Between Public vs Private Clouds
• What is Edge Computing
• Introduction to Cloud Architecture
• Introduction to Compute
• Introduction to Virtualization
• Introduction to Storage
• Introduction to Load Balancers
• What are Key Architecture Planning Initiatives
• What is Business Continuity Planning
• Considerations for Scalability Planning
• Considerations for Capacity Planning
• Designing High Availability Systems
• What is Resiliency and Its Impact on Availability

Computing In Cloud Architecture

• What is Virtualization and Containerization
• How to Manage Virtual systems
• What are Virtual Machines and Hypervisors
• About CPU vs GPU Computing
• About Virtual Machine Sizing
• About Containers in Cloud Computing
• What is Container Orchestration
• Proprietary vs Open-Source Container Orchestration
• About Scaling Containers
• About Serverless Computing
• The Performance Challenges of Serverless Computing
• Optimizing Serverless Performance
• Autoscaling in Cloud Computing

Storage In Cloud Architecture

• What is Block Storage
• What is Object Storage
• What is File Storage
• What are Storage Area Network
• About Storage Encryption
• About Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)
• Storage Performance IOPS vs Throughput
• About Storage Capacity
• About Storage Backup

Big Data in Cloud Architecture

• What is Big Data
• ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load vs ELT (Extract, Load, and Transform) Tools
• Mapping and Reducing in Big Data
• Data Hygiene and Why it Matters
• What are Data Warehouses
• What are Data Pipelines
• What is Data Cataloging
• About Streaming Data
• About Data Visualization

Databases in Cloud Architecture

• What is a Database
• Types of Databases
• What are Relational Databases
• What are NoSQL Databases
• Selecting Databases
• Scaling Relational Databases
• Scaling NoSQL Databases
• Increasing Database Availability

Networking

• (Require the topics from Marks 12 videos)
• What is Network Virtualization
• Network Virtualization Use Cases
• Network Virtualization Models
• Network Virtualization Tunnels
• Network Virtualization Solutions
• Network connection to External World
• About Hybrid Cloud Connectivity
• BGP Training
• What is BGP
• How BGP works
• The BGP Finite State Machine
• BGP Messages
• BGP Peering
• BGP Attributes
• BGP path selection
• BGP Traffic Engineering
• EBGP and IBGP

Security

• What is IAM (Identity and Access Management)
• What is Role-Based Access Control
• About Zero Trust Architecture
• About Defense in Depth architecture
• What is DNS SEC
• What are Proxy Servers
• About Data Loss Prevention
• What are SIEM Systems
• About Network Security
• About Firewalls
• What are (CDNs) Content Delivery Networks
• What is a (DMZ) Demilitarized Zone
• About Encryption
• What is IPSEC
• About Public Key Encryption
• What are Digital Certificates
• About Application Security
• About DDoS Attacks
• What is Social Engineering
• About Incident Management
• About Security Assessments
• About Threats and Vulnerabilities
• About Vulnerability Assessments
• How to Create Security Policies
• What is Risk Management

Disaster Recovery Planning

• What is a Business Impact Analysis
• Determining a Businesses Maximum Tolerable Downtime
• Backups in Disaster Recovery Planning
• Disaster Recovery Plan Testing
• Preparing the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Importance of Training in Disaster Recovery Planning
• Planning Cloud Migrations

Application architecture in cloud computing

• What are Microservices
• What are Monolithic Applications
• Monolith vs Microservices in cloud architecture
• About Serverless Architectures
• Common Application Architectures
• Introduction to APIs
• About Common APIs
• About Common Application Deployment Methodologies

DevOps in Cloud Computing

• What is DevOps
• What is (CI/CD) Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
• About Common DevOps Tools
• About Azure DevOps Tools
• AWS DevOps Tools

This section is a sample of key architectural classes.  Note there are hundreds of classes available. 

We include a variety of architecture scenarios and use cases to prepare students to handle diverse and complex business problems they’ll encounter as architects. Exposure to various business challenges enhances problem-solving capabilities, making you ready for unknown situations in your careers.

Deep Dive on Fundamentals Architectural Classes

• Networking Fundamentals
• Virtualization Fundamentals
• Networking Creating a Simple Network
• Tech Fundamentals Load Balancers and Raid
• Border Gateway Protocol BGP
• Virtual Private Cloud with AWS and Azure demo
• Security Architecture
• Networking – Routing Protocols and Routers
• Scaling Databases

Technology Classes and Recordings

• How The Public Clouds Are Designed
• Internet Versus Intranet Architectures
• High Availability Load Balancing
• System Orchestration: Data Plane versus Control Plane
• Live Walkthrough of Docker on Linux
• Unified Communications & Multi-cloud Web Applications
• The Most Common Mistakes In Architectures

Security Classes

• Security Designing Demilitarized Zones
• Security and Social Engineering
• Securing The Cloud Environment
• How to design an Architecture Properly
• Three Tier Web Apps & Enterprise Grade Cloud Security
• Three Tier Architecture – High Availability Routing
• Cloud migration: the 6 Rs and High-security architecture

Networking Classes

• Networking Fundamentals In-depth
• Networking, OSPF, BGP
• Networking: WAN
• Networking Fundamentals: Cloud Limitations
• How To Build a High-Performance Network
• Networking Fundamentals
• Networking
• Routing

Big Data Classes

• Data, Databases and Big Data – Guest Lecturer Pravin Dwiwedi – April 07, 2022
• Big Data Day: Guest Lecturer Pravin Dwiwedi – May 13, 2022
• Data Lake With Guest Lecturer Pravin Dwiwedi Part 2 – June 30, 2022
• Big Data With Guest Lecturer Pravin Dwiwedi – August 18, 2022
• Big Data Part 2 with Guest Lecturer Pravin Dwiwedi – October 13, 2022

Application Architecture Classes

• Application Programming Interface: API with Guest Lecturer Angelo Munoz – May 20, 2022
• MicroServices Architecture – June 07, 2022
• Microservices With Guest Lecturer Lohit Audhkhasi – June 21, 2022
• Microservices and Q&A – September 08, 2022
• Software Development Architecture Scenario – October 25, 2022
• Monolith Versus Microservices Architecture With Angelo Munoz – February 18, 2023
• Event-Driven Architecture With Lohit Audhkhasi – March 7, 2023

OpenStack Cloud Classes

• Build Your Own OpenStack Cloud Part1 – August 16, 2022
• Build Your Own OpenStack Cloud Part2 – August 23, 2022

Architectural Case Studies and Lectures

• Architecture for a Fin-Tech Company
• Healthcare Architecture Discussion – May, 24 2021
• Data science Architecture – May, 2021
• Retail Architecture Discussion – June 7, 2021
• Retail Bank Architecture – June 11, 2021
• Retail Lift and Shift Architecture – June 14, 2021
• Financial Lift and Shift Architecture- June 18, 2021
• Healthcare Architecture: Internal and External Apps – June 22, 2021
• Global Retailer Architecture – June 25, 2021
• Architecture and Active Listening – June 28, 2021
• Massive Healthcare Organization With High Availability & High Security Requirements – July 2, 2021
• Healthcare Industry & Healthcare Architecture
• High Performance Investment Banking Architecture
• Large Retail Enterprise With Substantial Networking and Building Your Brand – July 23, 2021
• Complex Networking With Multi-cloud Architectures – August, 9 2021
• Extensive Network & Servers All Moving To The Cloud – August 16, 2021
• Healthcare Big Data Architecture – September 3, 2021
• Bid Data Architecture – September 10, 2021
• Global Organization with Scalability concerns: Multi-cloud – September 28, 2021
• Global Tech Manufacturer Architecture – October 15, 2021
• Designing a Social Media Architecture – October, 26, 2021
• New Online Global Retailer – October 29, 2021
• New Video Game Company & Big Data Design – November 30, 2021
• Multi-cloud with Critical Security Requirements Architecture
• Multi-Cloud Architecture
• Financial Firm Architecture – February 15, 2022
• Multi-cloud high-availability high-performance architecture for financial organization
• Law Firm Architecture
• High availability architecture for mission critical business
• Mission Critical Architecture – Lift and Shift Migration
• Video Streaming Business Architecture
• Five Hospitals Scenario Architecture
• High-security and High-availability Banking Network
• Old Banking Organization Security Architecture
• Video Streaming Service Architecture

AWS and Azure are the two most common cloud platforms. Understanding the services from these providers prepares students for certification exams, which can help get interviews. Comprehensive cloud knowledge ensures competence across any cloud platform, whether AWS, Azure, Google, etc.

AWS Training

• AWS Cloud and How It’s Organized
• AWS Availability Zones
• AWS Local Zones
• AWS Edge Locations
• Concept of VPC
• Hybrid Cloud
• Pure Cloud
• Multi Cloud
• Hybrid Cloud
• Basic Networking Overview
• OSI Model
• IP Addresses
• Private Addresses
• IP Address Classes
• Subnetting
• Supernetting
• IPV6
• AWS Connecting to the Cloud
• Connecting to the Cloud
• VPN
• IPSec VPN
• VPN Pros and Cons
• VPNs with AWS
• Asymmetric Routing
• Load Sharing
• Multi-Site VPN
• Setting Up A VPN
• Direct Connections
• Direct Connect Partners
• Public and Private Interfaces
• Direct Connect Gateway
• High Availability Connections
• Load Sharing 2
• Link Aggregation Groups
• Storage on AWS
• Intro to Storage
• Block Storage
• Object Storage
• File Storage
• Intro to S3
• Securing S3
• Storage Tiers
• Standard Storage
• Intelligent Tier and Glacier
• Lifecycle Management
• S3 Versioning
• MFA Delete
• Encrypt Data
• Encrypting Data
• Tuning S3
• Instance Storage
• Elastic Block Storage
• More EBS
• EBS Volume Types
• RAID
• More RAID
• EFS
• FSx
• AWS Sending to the Cloud
• Storage Gateway
• Volume Gateway Stored Mode
• Volume Gateway Cached Mode
• Tape Gateway
• Other Transfer Options
• Amazon Work Docs
• Computing on AWS Cloud
• Computing On AWS
• Types of Instances
• More About AMIs
• Instance Purchasing Options
• Securing EC2 Access
• More Securing EC2 Access
• Databases on AWS
• Relational Databases
• Relational Databases 2
• Types of Relational Databases
• Intro To NoSQL
• Dynamo DB
• Datawarehouses
• Amazon Redshift
• AWS Glue
• Data Lakes
• High Availability Databases
• Database Storage
• Database Backups
• Database Encryption
• Scaling Databases
• Read Replicas
• Caching
• Database Queuing
• More Database Queuing
• AWS VPC
• VPC
• Routing Tables
• Dynamic Routing
• Internet Gateway
• Egress Only Internet Gateway
• NAT Instances
• Network Interfaces
• Elastic IP Addresses
• VPC Endpoints
• Gateway Endpoints
• Interface Endpoints
• Private Link
• Shared VPCs
• VPC Peering
• VPC Peering Architectures
• Scaling VPC Peering
• Network ACL
• Security Groups
• VPC Flow Logs
• AWS Network Performance Optimizations
• Placement Groups
• More Placement Groups
• Enhanced Networking
• DNS
• DNS Zones
• DNS Hierarchy
• DNS Record Types
• AWS Route 53
• Types of Records
• More Route 53
• Even More Route 53
• Load Balancers
• Network Load Balancers
• Application Load Balancers
• Load Balancer Concepts
• 1Security on AWS
• Security on AWS
• IAM
• IAM Users
• IAM Roles
• More IAM Roles
• Scaling with IAM
• More Federation
• A&A
• Creating IAM Policies
• Multi-Account Strategies
• Firewalls
• AWS WAF
• DDOS Attacks
• AWS Shield
• More Security
• AWS Applications and Services
• AWS SQS
• More AWS SQS
• SNS
• SWF
• EMR
• Elastic Beanstalk
• CloudWatch
• CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• AWS Lambda
• Rekognition and CloudFormation
• AWS Certificate Manager
• Kinesis
• Kinesis Video and Data Streams
• Kinesis Data Stream Concepts
• Kinesis Firehose
• Kinesis Firehose Concepts
• Kinesis Data Analytics
• Containers on AWS
• ECS
• EKS
• CloudFront
• More AWS CloudFront
• Setting Up CloudFront
• AWS Wrapping it Up
• Cost Management
• Improving Cost Controls
• AWS Budgets
• High Availability Designs
• High Availability Designs 2
• High Availability Designs 3

AWS Lab Demos

• Create EC2 Instance
• Create S3 Bucket
• Create EBS Volume
• Attach EBS Volume to EC2 Instance
• Create EFS
• Install LAMP Stack
• Create Amazon AMI
• Create Security Group
• Create Aurora Database
• Setup Elasticache for Database Caching
• Setup SQS for DB Queuing
• Create Table in DynamoDB
• Create VPC
• Create NACL
• Create NAT Gateway
• Create Internet Gateway
• Setup Application Load Balancer
• Setup Cluster Placement Group
• Create IAM User
• Setup MFA for Root User
• Create SNS Topic
• Setup Amazon Kinesis Streams

AWS and Azure are the two most common cloud platforms. Understanding the services from these providers prepares students for certification exams, which can help get interviews. Comprehensive cloud knowledge ensures competence across any cloud platform, whether AWS, Azure, Google, etc.

Azure Training

• Azure Cloud How it’s Organized
• Azure Point Of Presence
• Azure VNet
• Various Cloud Architectures
• Connecting to the Datacentre/Cloud
• Private Lines
• Network Interface
• Storage
• Encryption
• Femoral Storage
• Managed Storage
• Raid
• Azure Files
• Azure StorSimple
• How to Send Your Data to the Cloud
• Azure Databox
• Azure Databox Gateway
• Compute
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
• General-Purpose Compute
• Compute Optimized Compute
• Memory Optimized Compute
• High-Performance Compute
• Containers
• Azure Containers
• Azure App Service
• Azure Functions
• Azure Images
• Bootstrap Automation for VMs
• Cost
• Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
• Reserved Instances
• Spot Pricing
• How to Secure Your Virtual Machines
• Databases
• Azure Database for MySQL
• Azure PostgreSQL
• Azure SQL Managed Instance
• NoSQL Databases
• CosmosDB
• Azure Table Storage
• Database Caching
• Data Lakes
• Data Share
• Database Optimizations
• Transparent Data Encryption
• Database Scalability
• Read Replica
• Database Queuing
• High Availability Database Design
• The OSI model
• IP address classes
• Supernetting
• VNets
• Firewall
• Azure VPN Gateway
• Azure traffic manager
• Health monitoring & Load balancer
• Route and routing table
• Private link
• Vnet Peering
• Azure Content Delivery Network
• Azure Network Watcher
• BGP
• Azure Network Optimization
• Proximity Placement Groups
• Security
• Azure Service Trust Portal
• Azure Defender
• Storage Service Encryption
• Network Security Group
• IAM
• Concept of a Role
• Entra ID
• Identity Federation
• Azure Security Tokens
• Azure Management Groups
• Azure Policies
• Entra ID Multifactor Authentication
• Azure Keyvault
• Applications & Services
• Queue Storage
• Azure LogicApps
• Azure HD Insight
• Azure Stream Analytics
• Azure EventHubs
• Azure Container Instances
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Application Insights
• Azure Activity Log
• Azure Pre-Trained Models
• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Bicep
• Azure Virtual Machine Extensions
• Types of Azure VM Extensions
• Developer Resources for Azure VM Extensions
• Azure VM Extensions Best Practices
• Azure Automation
• Cost Management
• Azure Budgets
• Azure Advisor

Azure Labs

• Virtual Machine Creation
• Blob Creation
• Managed Storage on a Virtual Machine
• File Storage
• Installing LAMPstack
• Network Security Group
• MySQL Serverless
• Create a Reddis Cache
• Storage Queue
• Create a VPC
• NAT Gateway
• Private DNS
• Public DNS
  Traffic Manager
• Load Balancer
• Proximity Placement Group
• Active Directory
• CDN for Static Website
• State Website Blob
• Setup Azure VNET
• Setup Azure VNET Peering
• Backing Up to a Virtual Machine
• Cress Region Replication
• Creating a Budget
• Setup Multi-Factor Authentication
• Create an Image from A Virtual Machine
• Setup a Firewall
• Setup DDOS Protection Plan
• Microsoft Defender
• Setup Monitoring

CISSP is a magnet for interviews, boosting a candidate’s attractiveness to employers. It provides fundamental cybersecurity knowledge essential for anyone designing solutions from which required high availability and mission critical security. Even for those who do not pursue the CISSP certification, the competency and knowledge gained from our CISSP training is beneficial to the long term career success of our students.

Security and Risk Management

• Professional ethics
• Security concepts
• Security governance principles
• Compliance and legal/regulatory issues
• Business continuity requirements
• Personnel security policies
• Risk management concepts
• Threat modeling
• Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)
• Security awareness and training programs

 Asset Security

• Information and asset classification
• Ownership and asset inventory
• Privacy protection
• Data retention, handling, and disposal
• Data security controls and compliance requirements

 Security Architecture and Engineering

• Engineering processes using secure design principles
• Security models (e.g., Biba, Star Model, Bell-LaPadula)
• Security evaluation models
• Security capabilities of information systems
• Vulnerabilities of security architectures
• Cryptography
• Site and facility design security
• Physical security

 Communication and Network Security

• Secure network architecture design
• Secure network components
• Secure communication channels
• Network attacks

 Identity and Access Management (IAM))

• Physical and logical access to assets
• Identification and authentication of people, devices, and services
• Identity as a Service (IDaaS)
• Third-party identity services
• Access control attacks
• Identity and access provisioning lifecycle

Security Assessment and Testing

• Assessment and test strategies
• Security control testing
• Collect security process data
• Test outputs and analyze results
• Security architectures vulnerabilities

 Security Operations

• Investigations support and requirements
• Logging and monitoring activities
• Provisioning of resources
• Foundational security operations concepts
• Resource protection techniques
• Incident management
• Preventative measures
• Patch and vulnerability management
• Change management processes
• Recovery strategies
• Disaster recovery processes
• Business continuity planning and exercises
• Physical security
• Personnel safety concerns

 Software Development Security

• Security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Development environment security controls
• Software security effectiveness
• Acquired software security impact

TOGAF teaches a structured architecture framework that begins with understanding business vision and needs, helping avoid common architecture failures tied to personal technology biases. It promotes architect thinking necessary for solution design and documentation.

 Introduction to TOGAF 10

• Overview of Enterprise Architecture
• TOGAF framework basics

 Core Concepts

• Definition of Enterprise
• The Four Architecture Domains (BDAT)
• Architecture Development Method (ADM)
• Architecture Work Products (Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building Blocks)
• Enterprise Continuum
• Architecture Repository
• Architecture Capability

Architecture Development Method (ADM) Phases

• Preliminary Phase
• Phase A: Architecture Vision
• Phase B: Business Architecture
• Phase C: Information Systems Architecture (Data and Application)
• Phase D: Technology Architecture
• Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions
• Phase F: Migration Planning
• Phase G: Implementation Governance
• Phase H: Architecture Change Management
• ADM Requirements Management

ADM Guidelines and Techniques

• Applying the ADM
• Architecture Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Architecture Patterns
• Business Scenarios
• Gap Analysis
• Migration Planning Techniques
• Interoperability Requirements

TOGAF Content Framework

• Content Metamodel
• Architectural Artifacts
• Architecture Deliverables

Enterprise Continuum and Tools

• Architecture Partitioning
• Architecture Repository
• Tools for Architecture Development

Architecture Capability Framework

• Establishing an Architecture Capability
• Architecture Maturity Models
• Architecture Skills Framework

 Adapting TOGAF

• Applying TOGAF in different scenarios
• Integrating TOGAF with other frameworks

• Mastering You – The Key to Finding Your Competitive Advantage
• Learning Yourself – The Key to Building Your Future
• Building Your Customized Career Plan
• Setting SMART Goals
• Conducting a SWOT Analysis
• Learning What Employers Desire
• Setting the Foundation
• Positing You for Maximum Success
• Conducting Peer Assessments and Self Assessments

The architect role involves at least 50% and up to 80% business skills. Many candidates learn only the technical aspect but fail at jobs requiring business acumen. Teaching skills like leadership, executive presence, CXO relevancy, emotional intelligence, negotiation, and many others ensures students are well-rounded and employable.

• Executive Communication Skills Training
• Executive Writing
• Communication Skills Training
• Discussing Technology Like an Architect
• Leadership Skills – Translating Engineering to Executive Language
• Describing Technologies
• Explaining Technology
• Describing Tech To Business Decision Makers
• Empathy and Emotional Intelligence Training
• Managing Difficult Conversations
• Exercising Influence – Robert Cialdini’s Six Principles of influence
• Leadership Skills – How to build an architecture team
• Project Management
• Teamworking – Building teams of architects and engineers
• Architects And Project Managers Teamwork
• Business acumen – Making Budgets, Pay-back period, ROI modeling
• Macroeconomics
• Executive presence training
• Being CxO Relevant
• Communication with the C-Level Executive
• Identification of the correct problem
• Problem Identification
• Situational Awareness
• Finding quality information
• Goal setting
• Time management
• Professional Branding
• Sales and how to sell technology solutions
• Responding to RFIs, RFPs, RFQs

Many students have not previously worked in tech roles. The ability to secure jobs hinges on interview performance and presentation. Preparing students to present themselves effectively increases the likelihood of getting hired and can influence higher salary offers.

• How to build your perfect resume and LinkedIn profile
• Creating the type of content that makes employers come to you
• The type of brand employers desire and how to best position yourself
• How to interview like a champion
• Conveying you are what employers desire on the interview
• Controlling the interview – make the interview on your terms not theirs
• Interview preparation
• How to answer technical questions
• How to answer behavioral questions
• Interview when stresses
• Reading the interviewer and controlling your responses
• Negotiating a higher salary

We include cognitive behavior therapy, yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises to help manage stress and maintain calmness during high-pressure situations like presentations or interviews. This also helps to enhance your performance when it matters most.

• Emotional Intelligence and Controlling Your Emotions with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• More Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Emotional Intelligence Assignment
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Meditation and Yoga