Day Two Cloud 193: Should You Get A Cloud Networking Cert?

One appeal of public cloud is that some parts of the IT stack become someone else’s problem. Maybe you got into cloud with the hope that networking could be one of those parts. But what if, now that you’re in the public cloud, you’ve realized that maybe networking should be your problem? On today’s Day Two Cloud we explore cloud networking certifications. Who do these certs make sense for? Which clouds should you focus on? What do certifications typically cover? Where do third-party devices such as firewalls and load balancers fit into the certification picture? If you’re an old-school CLI jockey coming into cloud networking, how should you approach concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? We discuss these and other cloud networking certification topics with Michael Levan. Michael is an engineer and consultant who focuses on cloud and Kubernetes. He is a DevOps pro, HashiCorp Ambassador, and AWS Community Builder. He also co-hosts the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast on the Packet Pushers network, and has created multiple instructional videos for the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel. Cloud Vendor Networking Certs (as of May 2023) AWS AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty Build up to this advanced cert with… * AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner * AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate * AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional * “To earn this certification, you’ll need to take and pass the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam (ANS-C01).” Microsoft Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Google Cloud GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer Google Cloud Network Engineer Learning Path Show Links: @TheNJDevOpsGuy – Michael Levan on Twitter Michael’s Blog Kubernetes Unpacked Podcast – Packet Pushers Packet Pushers YouTube Transcript: [00:00:01.730] – Ethan Welcome to day two cloud, you lucky human. We’re going to talk in roundtable format about cloud networking certifications, aren’t we, Ned? That was the topic for today. [00:00:11.920] – Ned We certainly are. And we got a lot more mileage out of it than I thought we would. Three podcasters on a mic. Who would have guessed it? But we really dig into not just what the cloud certifications are, but also what’s the utility behind getting any of them. [00:00:26.760] – Ethan Our guest today is Michael Levan. He is a known Kubernetes expert in the space. He’s a teacher, instructor, and consultant, and he joins Ned and I as the three of us go back and forth about cloud networking certs. Please enjoy our conversation. Michael Levon is joining us today for this discussion abou...