In the rapidly evolving world of cloud computing, staying ahead with the latest skills and knowledge is crucial. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) continues to innovate, and now, we’re excited to announce a new certification to help you stay at the forefront of cloud technology: the OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification. This certification is designed to validate your expertise in managing and operating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ensuring that you can handle the complexities and challenges of cloud operations with confidence.
Why Take This Certification?
The OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification is an essential credential for IT professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in cloud operations. Here’s why you should consider this certification:
- Validate Your Technical Skills: This certification demonstrates your proficiency in managing and operating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You’ll showcase your ability to handle tasks such as configuring IAM policies, managing security postures, optimizing billing, and setting up service limits and compartment quotas.
- Enhance Your Career Prospects: With the increasing demand for cloud professionals, this certification can open doors to new career opportunities and advancements. It sets you apart as an expert capable of managing complex cloud environments efficiently.
- Stay Current with OCI: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is continually evolving. This certification ensures you are up-to-date with the latest features, best practices, and tools, such as the OCI Command Line Interface (CLI), Software Development Kit (SDK), and various resource management solutions.
- Comprehensive Skill Development: The certification covers a broad range of cloud operations tasks, including deploying solutions, managing secrets and encryption, ensuring disaster recovery, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining observability and management of cloud resources.
- Practical, Hands-On Experience: The performance-based exam tests your ability to apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios, ensuring you are not only familiar with theoretical concepts but also capable of executing them effectively in a live environment.
By earning the OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification, you solidify your role as a crucial asset to any organization, capable of optimizing and managing their cloud infrastructure with expertise and confidence.
Course Structure
The OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification course is structured to provide a comprehensive understanding of OCI operations over a few days of intensive learning.
Day 0: Foundations
- IAM (Identity and Access Management): Understand how to manage user access and permissions within OCI.
- Security Posture: Learn best practices for maintaining a secure cloud environment.
- Billing and Licensing: Get insights into managing costs and licenses effectively.
- Service Limits and Compartment Quotas: Understand the limits and quotas to ensure optimal resource management.
Day 1: Tools and Deployment
- OCI Command Line Interface (CLI) and Software Development Kit (SDK): Learn to automate tasks and manage resources programmatically.
- Resource & Configuration Management: Master the tools and techniques for managing cloud resources and configurations.
- Deploying a Solution: Gain hands-on experience in deploying applications and services on OCI.
- Secrets and Encryption: Learn about managing secrets and implementing encryption to secure your data.
Day 2: Advanced Operations
- Disaster Recovery: Understand the strategies and tools for ensuring business continuity in case of disasters.
- Troubleshooting: Develop skills to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
- Observability & Management: Learn about monitoring, logging, and managing your OCI environment to maintain optimal performance and reliability.
Real-world architecture
The implemented architecture on Day 2 is a Mastodon deployment (an open source, decentralized, Twitter-like social network).
Each of the components of the Mastodon architecture can demonstrate various concepts.
Ruby on Rails
- Deploy to a compute instance and configure using Terraform templates
- Use File Storage/Object Storage for media storage
PostgreSQL
- Deploy to compute instances with block volumes and cloud-init scripts
- Load balance between read-only PostgreSQL replicas for scaling
- Use block volume backups and cross-region replicas for DR
Redis
- Run a Redis cluster with Sentinel on Container Instances
Course Introduction
Earning the Certification
OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification is different from the others OCI exams because it goes beyond the Multiple Choice Questions. Earning the OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification involves passing a rigorous hands-on, performance-based exam. This exam is designed to test your practical skills and understanding of OCI operations in real-world scenarios. You will be required to demonstrate your ability to manage, troubleshoot, and optimize various aspects of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in a controlled cloud environment.
To prepare for the exam, make use of Oracle’s extensive resources, including documentation, tutorials, and practice environments. Focus on gaining hands-on experience with OCI tools and services, as the exam will assess your capability to apply your knowledge in practical situations.
By successfully passing the exam, you will validate your expertise and earn the prestigious OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification, showcasing your ability to handle complex cloud operations with confidence.
Getting Started
Ready to take your cloud operations skills to the next level? Here’s how to get started:
- Check the certification Page: Find detailed information about the certification, including prerequisites, exam details, and study materials.
- Enroll in the Course: Oracle University offers a comprehensive Learning Path. Make use of lectures, demos, labs, and practice exams to prepare for the certification exam.
- Take the Exam: Schedule your exam and demonstrate your expertise to earn the certification.
The OCI Cloud Operations Professional Certification is your gateway to mastering the operational aspects of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Start your journey today and become a certified professional, ready to tackle the challenges of cloud operations with confidence.