NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect

This exam verifies that

The exam tests a candidate’s ability to generally analyze, position, and design NetApp Hybrid Cloud solutions and concepts to satisfy customer requirements on one of the three public cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure.)

Candidates should have:

• NetApp Hybrid Cloud Professional Administration exam (highly recommended)
• Fundamental knowledge of NetApp concepts and technologies (recommended)
• NetApp relevant courses (recommended)

Hyperscaler certification: (at least one required):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer ACE (GSE)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions)

You should be able to do these tasks: 

• Determine business requirements
• Business analysis
• Architect solution
• Understand technologies involved in the solution
• Position solution(s)
• Documentation
• Facilitate proof of concept (PoC)
• Conceptual design
• Supporting customer success
• Future proofing designs
• Understand security and network concepts

What you will be tested on

Domain 1. Customer Requirements

• Cloud solutions
• Cloud cost management considerations
• NetApp Cloud solutions

Domain 2. NetApp Hybrid Cloud Solutions

• NetApp Cloud Storage portfolio
• NetApp Cloud Services portfolio
• NetApp Cloud Controls portfolio

Domain 3. Hybrid Cloud Architecture

• Architectural components

Domain 4. Business Continuity and Data Protection

• Designing for availability
• Designing for durability

Domain 5. Networking

• Networking requirements for NetApp Hybrid Cloud solutions
• Hybrid cloud network topologies

Domain 6. Sizing and Scale

• Workload characteristics for different business requirements
• NetApp Hybrid Cloud storage solutions

Domain 7. Security

• NetApp Hybrid Cloud control planes
• Security considerations for a NetApp Hybrid Cloud environment

Domain 8. Monitoring

• NetApp Hybrid Cloud solutions

Prerequisite Certifications

Proof of successful completion of at least one of these exams:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer ACE (GSE)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Consider completing the following NetApp Associate Accreditation exams:

NetApp Cloud Native Associate

NetApp Hybrid Cloud Associate