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Evidence Guide: ICTCLD504 - Improve cloud-based infrastructure

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ICTCLD504 - Improve cloud-based infrastructure

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Analyse cloud architecture on a cloud platform

  1. Identify and review business’s cloud architecture design
  2. Evaluate cloud architecture and identify business impact of design decisions
  3. Identify design patterns and architectural options
  4. Determine and assess benefits and differences of cloud computing and architectural design against current business model and needs
  5. Confirm system design decisions according to business needs
  6. Set business goals as they relate to security, reliability, high-performance and cost efficiencies of cloud architecture according to business requirements and needs
Identify and review business’s cloud architecture design

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Evaluate cloud architecture and identify business impact of design decisions

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Identify design patterns and architectural options

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Determine and assess benefits and differences of cloud computing and architectural design against current business model and needs

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Confirm system design decisions according to business needs

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Set business goals as they relate to security, reliability, high-performance and cost efficiencies of cloud architecture according to business requirements and needs

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Design and improve architecture on a cloud platform

  1. Evaluate and confirm performance metrics for business applications according to business needs
  2. Select and improve compute, storage, database and network resources according to business needs
  3. Review and improve architecture required to enhance security, reliability, scalability and cost optimisation
  4. Document and present proposed architecture for review to required personnel
  5. Obtain sign off to proceed to deployment with required personnel
Evaluate and confirm performance metrics for business applications according to business needs

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Select and improve compute, storage, database and network resources according to business needs

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Review and improve architecture required to enhance security, reliability, scalability and cost optimisation

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Document and present proposed architecture for review to required personnel

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Obtain sign off to proceed to deployment with required personnel

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Deploy, monitor and test architecture on cloud platform

  1. Deploy approved architecture on cloud platform
  2. Monitor and measure architecture against performance metrics and business goals
  3. Test and demonstrate security, reliability, scalability and cost optimisation of deployed resources
  4. Apply short-term refinements to deployed resources according to test results
Deploy approved architecture on cloud platform

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Monitor and measure architecture against performance metrics and business goals

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Test and demonstrate security, reliability, scalability and cost optimisation of deployed resources

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Apply short-term refinements to deployed resources according to test results

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Finalise improvements on a cloud platform

  1. Document as-deployed architecture and test results, and highlight changes and improvements from approved design
  2. Describe long-term improvement strategies and their benefits as applied to deployed resources
  3. Obtain final sign off from required personnel
Document as-deployed architecture and test results, and highlight changes and improvements from approved design

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Describe long-term improvement strategies and their benefits as applied to deployed resources

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Obtain final sign off from required personnel

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

assess, identify and improve cloud architecture on a cloud platform, according to design decisions

deploy, test and measure at least one architecture design, against architecture principles, metrics and business goals.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

determine performance metrics and business goals

use cloud management consoles, software development kits or command line tools

create documentation of deployment and testing steps.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services

industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and application

methods and impacts of cloud adoption as they relate to IT system changes

design principles for cloud applications

migrating principles for cloud applications

use of object storage for static web sites

testing and debugging techniques, including techniques to avoid single point failures

tools and uses of security layers and security-focused content within cloud services

features of cloud services, including techniques to improve security, reliability, scalability and costs

techniques, methods and industry standard metrics and business goals used to monitor performance of cloud resources.