QA LIMITED

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training Courses for Enterprise Architects

The courses in this listing teach learners how to design applications and systems on AWS. They learn how to build and optimise IT infrastructure on the AWS platform, explore AWS Cloud best practices, and design patterns for architecting optimal IT solutions on AWS.

Features

• Comprehensive training portfolio that supports the upskilling of Enterprise Architects
• Architect a multi-account structure
• Design and implement a cloud networking solution
• Design a N’Tier EC2(VM) solution on AWS
• Compare Server versus Serverless solutions
• Design a Serverless architecture
• Choose between and design SQL versus NoSQL database services
• Compare data migration options
• Design and apply AWS security tools
• Understand the microservice architecture

Benefits

• Easily scale AWS resources to match demand fluctuations efficiently.
• Ensure high availability and fault tolerance for mission-critical applications.
• Minimize expenses through efficient resource utilization and management
• Deliver fast and responsive applications with optimized architecture
• Design robust security measures to protect sensitive data effectively.
• Adapt your architecture to changing business requirements and technological advancements.
• Institute Streamlines operations through automation for increased efficiency and consistency.
• Effectively Monitor resources/applications for performance optimization and issue resolution.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and standards for data protection.
• Simplify your architecture for easier observability, management, and troubleshooting.

£453.15 to £2,455.85 a user

• Education pricing available

Service documents

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• Service definition document

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• Terms and conditions

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

425011880130902

Contact

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Planning

• Planning service: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: AWS training courses that QA can provide which are relevant for Enterprise Architects or those in a similar role include:; ; • AWS Technical Essentials (AMWSE); • AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (AMWSCPE); • Architecting on AWS (AMWSA); • Advanced Architecting on AWS (AMWSAA); • Migrating to AWS (AMWSM); • Security Engineering on AWS (AMWSSEC); • AWS Well-Architected Best Practices (AMWSWAF); • Amazon AWS exam prep workshop - Architecting Associate (QAAWSAA); • Architecting on AWS JAM (AMWSAJ); • Advanced Architecting on AWS JAM (AMWSAAJ).; ; By choosing QA as your learning partner, you will have access to the most comprehensive and extensive range of training courses in this area that can be delivered in the classroom or virtually.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Salesforce
  • Cisco
  • Citrix
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Oracle
  • Red Hat
  • VMware

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: QA’s courses that are listed on G-Cloud will help to build, maintain and apply skillsets that are required for cloud migration and working with cloud services.; For our Amazon Web Services (AWS) learning solutions, our unrivalled partnership with Amazon Web Services enables us to develop, deliver and rapidly update these solutions, enabling our customers to gain the very latest skills whenever they are required, taught by AWS-accredited specialists.; Whether your organisation is deploying AWS based cloud services for the first time or you are looking to enhance and improve a mature cloud architecture, QA’s AWS architecture training products will ensure that your Cloud and Enterprise Architects have the correct skills to ensure compliance of your cloud environment with the six pillars of AWS’ “Well Architected” framework of Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization and Sustainability.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: No

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: We respond to email queries within four working hours from Monday to Friday.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: QA is committed to providing an exceptional level of service to our users. We aim to respond to email and phone enquiries regarding course bookings and other such enquiries within four working hours on Mondays to Fridays. ; ; We also commit to making and confirming bookings from the QA course catalogue within one working day (three working days for third-party events).; ; These support levels are at no additional cost.; ; QA also provides each of our customers with a dedicated Account Manager who has significant experience of the relevant skills requirements for your sector and how like-minded business leaders are addressing these challenges. By working with our customers to understand the demand in their teams, we can ensure the learning is timely and relevant ensuring you reach your learning goals and create value from the investment.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: British Assessment Bureau
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Initial certification 22/05/2023, last issued 08/09/2023, expiry 31/10/2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: QA has not excluded any of the Annex A controls thus provides a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS) to manage the confidentiality, availability and integrity of the data trusted to it.
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: CHECK (IT Health Check)

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  QA continues in our intention to continue to reduce our carbon emissions: ; ; We commit to being net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions (on a market basis) by 2035. ; ; We commit to being net zero in Scope 3 emissions by 2050. ; ; To further achieve net zero, we will: ; ; Determine current baseline energy consumption and carbon emissions within our business and supply chain, setting targets to reduce emissions. ; ; Reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to zero where possible, while offsetting unavoidable emissions through sustainable projects by 2050 ; ; Review how our staff work and methods for delivering training to further eliminate avoidable carbon emissions from travel ; ; Locations with poor transport links closed: retaining central city locations easily accessible by public transport to ensure efficient use of our buildings. ; ; Implement improvements to buildings to minimise energy use and direct use of fossil fuels ; ; Work with our travel partners to encourage use of zero and low-carbon vehicles. ; ; Work with our other supply-chain partners to encourage their adoption of net zero carbon strategies ; ; Implement waste management and recycling policy ; ; Switching to digital course material from print: reduced waste, together with the amount of paper and ink purchased ; ; Increase in virtual training, reducing client and staff travel: Where possible, on-site training has been replaced with Webex or MS Teams ; ; Classroom courses allow face-to-face and virtual learning to be simultaneous. ; ; Encouraging hybrid or home working and virtual meetings, reducing work travel: all first interviews are conducted virtually ; ; Reduce and recycle ; ; switch off equipment, air conditioning and heating when rooms are not in use: 90% of lighting is now LED, reducing electricity consumption ; ; Switching to 100% renew recycling bins in all venues, reducing waste sent to landfills. ; ; Re-store service for confidential waste ; ; Collecting toner cartridges and batteries.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Learning delivery post COVID ; ; The global health crisis and resulting Lockdowns necessitated different Learner Behaviour. As soon as Learning Centres closed in 2020, QA adopted remote and digital learning methods. These have continued since and have become our Learners’ preferred method of attending courses. ; ; QA rapidly moved Learners from classroom training to ‘virtual delivery’. Our programme of on-site’ private events’, (Trainers delivering at a customer’s premises) also moved to closed events facilitated using MS TEAMs, WebEx and Zoom. In 2023, our Training Consultants successfully taught more than 250,000 Learners ‘virtually’. ; ; Public sector budget restraints, coupled with more Agile Working practices being adopted have made integrating digital tools and media to facilitate learning more straightforward. QA’s Cloud Academy portal – a continuous learning tool with hours of ‘bite sized’ supplements our course programme with key training content. ; ; We’ve rationalised our network of Learning Centres: These are now city- and town-centre based, within easy reach of public transport. ; ; A corollary benefit of moving to ‘virtual delivery’ and reducing our Learning Centres is a significant reduction in QA’s and our customers’ carbon output. ; ; Employability post COVID ; ; QA creates employment, re-trains and supports return to work opportunities for those left unemployed following the Pandemic. Our programmes provide skills and enhance employability. QA: ; ; train learners whose employers are restructuring their workforce post-Covid ; ; embeds industry-recognised qualifications in our courses ; ; prepares learners for local-job opportunities. ; ; offers networking with local employers. ; ; QA ‘post COVID’ initiatives ; ; Our current initiatives include: ; ; Apprenticeships – QA find, recruit and re-skill 1,500-2,000 tech apprentices every year, a significant number of whom have changed ‘career direction’ and re-skill post-pandemic ; ; Teach the Nation to Code – every month, QA runs free Saturday coding workshops, open to anyone. Learners include those adversely impacted by Covid.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Creating new businesses and enhancing SMEs ; ; QA focusses extensively on the SME marketplace and generating partnerships for training. ; ; We deliver skills training, often leading to recognised qualifications, which help our Learners enhance their employability and to find meaningful roles in the Sector. ; ; Re-training and up-skilling: QA’s training programmes support employers in training their staff to acquire in-demand tech skills, addressing skills gaps and creating better qualified, more effective employees, who feel ‘invested in’. ; ; Finding employment: Our marketing campaigns help newly skilled learners gain employment and promote funded learning to the wider market to create new tech-talent. We advertise events to our whole customer base. ; ; Enhanced supply chain ; ; QA’s Suppliers: QA has a diverse supplier base, often SMEs/innovative start-ups who we support by facilitating presentations with our customers. ; ; ‘value for money Learning’: We innovate so that our learners’ digital experience is equal to a face-to-face course. Our Virtual classrooms have seen record levels of fill rates, which means we are able to hold our low prices for QA courses. ; ; Continuous improvement: QA continuously develops new digital tools allowing learners to learn anywhere/any time/any way. We offer our learning in modalities to suit all learning types. Our Cloud Academy platform also offers value-for-money subscriptions to ‘bite sized’ learning. ; ; Data and information security: QA schedules regular penetration testing. QA is audited by an external ISO27001 auditor bi-annually. These mandatory checks also apply to our supply chain. ; ; Partner Solutions: Our Partner Solutions Team manages suppliers and develops new contractual arrangements with subcontractors. We embed our sustainability principles in all procurement activities, selecting practicable and value-for-money products/services.

  Equal opportunity

  QA is committed to building an equal opportunities culture. Our organisation promotes equality, equity, diversity and inclusion, actively valuing differences whilst not tolerating any form of discrimination or harassment. ; ; ‘Our diversity makes us stronger’ is a key QA value. We recognise that different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable insights enhancing the way we work together. Our commitment is expressed in QA’s Equal Opportunities Statement and Equal Opportunities Policy, which is shared with all staff as part of Induction. ; ; QA’s Community networks enhance our culture. They create spaces where to bring our whole selves to work, support each other, gain insight and guidance and celebrate our differences. ; ; Tech Talent Charter: QA is focussed on recruiting new tech-talent from less privileged backgrounds. ; ; Race at Work Charter: QA has joined more than 600 employers in signing up to the Race at Work Charter. The initiative improves outcomes for our black, Asian and minority ethnic employees. ; ; Disability Confident Employer: QA’s is a fully inclusive and accessible employee experience to those with a disability. Disability Confident is a key support in enabling QA to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. ; ; Good Recruitment Charter: QA supports and upholds the standards set by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation ; ; Community networks are a key to QA’s culture, creating spaces to bring our whole selves to work, support each other, gain insight and guidance and celebrate our differences. ; ; Black in the workplace ; ; LGBTQ+ community ; ; Disability and Neurodiversity ; ; Menopause and Peri-Menopause ; ; Military Family ; ; Islamic community ; ; Women's network ; ; Fertility network ; ; Men's support group ; ; Regional office communities. ; ; In 2023, QA was ranked 18th in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List. The listing took into account evidence of inclusivity practices across all strands of diversity (age, disability, gender, LGBT, race and faith).

  Wellbeing

  QA is committed to building an equal opportunities culture. Our organisation promotes equality, equity, diversity and inclusion, actively valuing differences whilst not tolerating any form of discrimination or harassment. ; ; ‘Our diversity makes us stronger’ is a key QA value. We recognise that different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable insights enhancing the way we work together. Our commitment is expressed in QA’s Equal Opportunities Statement and Equal Opportunities Policy, which is shared with all staff as part of Induction. ; ; QA’s Community networks enhance our culture. They create spaces where to bring our whole selves to work, support each other, gain insight and guidance and celebrate our differences. ; ; Tech Talent Charter: QA is focussed on recruiting new tech-talent from less privileged backgrounds. ; ; Race at Work Charter: QA has joined more than 600 employers in signing up to the Race at Work Charter. The initiative improves outcomes for our black, Asian and minority ethnic employees. ; ; Disability Confident Employer: QA’s is a fully inclusive and accessible employee experience to those with a disability. Disability Confident is a key support in enabling QA to recruit, retain and develop disabled people. ; ; Good Recruitment Charter: QA supports and upholds the standards set by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation ; ; Community networks are a key to QA’s culture, creating spaces to bring our whole selves to work, support each other, gain insight and guidance and celebrate our differences. ; ; Black in the workplace ; ; LGBTQ+ community ; ; Disability and Neurodiversity ; ; Menopause and Peri-Menopause ; ; Military Family ; ; Islamic community ; ; Women's network ; ; Fertility network ; ; Men's support group ; ; Regional office communities. ; ; In 2023, QA was ranked 18th in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List. The listing took into account evidence of inclusivity practices across all strands of diversity (age, disability, gender, LGBT, race and faith).

Pricing

• Price: £453.15 to £2,455.85 a user
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at Tenders@qa.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.