Network Engineers and AWS (Amazon Web Services) FEAT. Anthony Sequeira | CCNA | CCENT

About this video

At Cisco Live, Chuck interviews fellow CBT Nuggets trainer Anthony Sequeira, a CCIE who moved into AWS, about why network engineers need cloud literacy. Sequeira calls Amazon Web Services the market leader in public cloud and says companies are moving infrastructure there, often starting with hybrid data-center-plus-cloud deployments like CBT Nuggets itself did before shifting more to public cloud. The recommended path starts with vendor-neutral grounding (Cloud Essentials or the more intense Cloud+) if you barely know cloud, then AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, the new foundational cert that replaced the cert-less AWS Technical Essentials as the entry point. For network engineers he suggests Cloud Practitioner, then Solutions Architect Associate, then considering the Advanced Networking specialization, which he calls a stretch to jump to directly. He says skills transfer easily between the big three clouds (AWS, Azure and Google) once you learn one, and that ICND1/CCENT-level networking knowledge is enough to leap into cloud — unless your goal is the CCIE, in which case he urges not getting distracted by AWS until that is finished. On pay, he claims AWS Solutions Architect roles are appearing at the top of salary surveys, but argues passion for a track, in Cisco or AWS, is the real key to earning well.

Key takeaways

• Network engineers need at least basic cloud literacy because companies are moving infrastructure to AWS, often starting with hybrid deployments.
• Suggested AWS path: Cloud Practitioner first, then Solutions Architect Associate, then consider the Advanced Networking specialization.
• If cloud concepts are new, start vendor-neutral with Cloud Essentials or Cloud+ before specializing in AWS, Azure or Google.
• ICND1/CCENT networking knowledge is presented as sufficient to start cloud study; CCIE candidates are advised to finish the CCIE first and not get distracted.
• Sequeira claims AWS Solutions Architect roles top salary surveys, but says passion for the track matters more than the track choice for earning.

Episode details: published September 26, 2018 · 13:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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