Microsoft Certified:  Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Candidates for the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification should have subject matter expertise in designing and implementing solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including aspects like compute, network, storage, and security.

Responsibilities for this role include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions.

An Azure Solution Architect partners with cloud administrators, cloud DBAs, and clients to implement solutions.

A candidate for this certification should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance–this role should manage how decisions in each area affect an overall solution. In addition, this role should have expert-level skills in Azure administration and have experience with Azure development and DevOps processes.

Job role: Solutions Architect

Course AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

Course AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design

Required exams: AZ-303  AZ-304

 

Microsoft Certified:  Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Candidates for the DevOps Engineer Expert certification should have subject matter expertise working with people, processes, and technologies to continuously deliver business value.

Responsibilities for this role include designing and implementing strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.

A candidate for this certification must be familiar with both Azure administration and development and must be expert in at least one of these areas.

Job role: DevOps Engineer

Prerequisites: To become a Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, you must earn at least one of the following: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification.

Course AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps solutions

Exam: AZ-400