ENT210-How to Get from Zero to Hundreds of AWS-Certified Engineers

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How to Get from Zero to Hundreds of
AWS-Certified Engineers
N o v e m b e r 2 7 , 2 0 1 7
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ENT210

Proven enterprise success in the cloud

System
Integrator
Energy
Sector
1996 1998 2000 2017
Personal career timeline

Migrating is a solved technical challenge
AWS Server
Migration Service
AWS Database
Migration Service
Amazon S3
Transfer Acceleration
VMware Cloud
on AWS
AWS
Snowball
AWS
Snowmobile
AWS
Direct Connect
Amazon
Kinesis Firehose

The humans affected by migration
F e a r a n d a m b i g u i t y f o r
m a n a g e m e n t a n d s t a f f
R e s i s t a n c e i s n a t u r a l
M i g r a t i o n d e c i s i o n s
i m p a c t c a r e e r s

The choice
Hire New Train Existing
O R
L e s s e x p e n s i v e
S c a l a b l e
F a s t e r

But training is the tip of the iceberg
W e n e e d a h o l i s t i c a p p r o a c h
TRAINING
M O T I V A T I O N
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose
M O T I V A T I O N

My personal story
A n d o u r 1 2 - s t e p , h o l i s t i c a p p r o a c h

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Step 1 Acceptance

Step 1 AcceptanceMorale/Performance
Remember the change curve
D e n i a l
F r u s t r a t i o n
D e p r e s s i o n
E x p e r i m e n t
( w i t h t h e
n e w w a y )
A c c e p t a n c e
S t r a t e g i e s
C r e a t e A l i g n m e n t
O v e r C o m m u n i c a t e
S p a r k M o t i v a t i o n
D e v e l o p C a p a c i t y
Time
S h a r e K n o w l e d g e

AWS technical essentials course
Step 2 Training
A b r o a d p e r s p e c t i v e o n o u r f o u n d a t i o n s

“There is no compression algorithm
for experience”
Step 3 Safe hands-on time
Andy Jassy
AWS CEO

Step 4 Two-pizza team

Wait, what’s a 2 pizza team?
“If you can’t feed a team with two
pizzas, the team is too large.”
– Jeff Bezos

Pr oduct Manag er
“ S w i s s A r m y K n i f e ” i n i t i a l l y t a k i n g o n
a l l f u n c t i o n s o f t h e C l o u d B u s i n e s s
O f f i c e ( C B O ) . W o r k s d i r e c t l y w i t h t h e
b u s i n e s s a n d / o r d e v e l o p m e n t t e a m s t o
g e n e r a t e a n d p r i o r i t i z e b a c k l o g o f
w h a t c l o u d s e r v i c e s n e e d t o b e
d e l i v e r e d t o s u p p o r t f i r s t - m o v e r
a p p l i c a t i o n s

Lead Architect
A c c o u n t a b l e f o r o v e r a l l c l o u d
t e c h n i c a l a r c h i t e c t u r e ; p a r t n e r s w i t h
P r o d u c t M a n a g e r t o t r a n s l a t e c u s t o m e r
r e q u i r e m e n t s i n t o t e c h n i c a l
d e l i v e r a b l e s ; e s t a b l i s h e s t e c h n i c a l
d i r e c t i o n ; d o e s t e c h n i c a l d e l i v e r y a s
w e l l .

Leadership
Infr astr uctur e E ng ineer s
P r o v i d e i n t e g r a t i o n s w i t h c o r p o r a t e
d a t a c e n t r e s , s h a r e d c l o u d
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s e r v i c e s , W o r k s o n
e n g i n e e r i n g a n d c o n t i n u o u s
i m p r o v e m e n t o f i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s t a c k s ,
t e m p l a t e s , i m a g e s , a n d o t h e r
a r t i f a c t s .

LeadershipInfrastructure
S ecur ity E ng ineer s
P r o v i d e s t a n d a r d i z e d o f f e r i n g s t o
f a c i l i t a t e o n g o i n g s e c u r i t y a n d
c o m p l i a n c e w i t h i n a p p l i c a t i o n s t a c k s
a n d t h e c l o u d e n v i r o n m e n t o v e r a l l ;
i n t e g r a t e s s e c u r i t y s t a n d a r d s a n d
c o n t r o l s p r o d u c t s a n d o f f e r i n g s .

LeadershipInfrastructure Security
Oper ations E ng ineer s
P r o v i d e o u t c o m e s t o f a c i l i t a t e t h e
s u c c e s s f u l d e p l o y m e n t o f a p p l i c a t i o n s
o n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s t a c k s ; a r t i f a c t / c o d e
r e p o s i t o r i e s , u p g r a d e s , p a t c h i n g . A l s o
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o p e r a t i o n a l h e a l t h :
m e t r i c s , l o g g i n g , a l e r t i n g , i n v e n t o r y ,
c a p a c i t y , a n d b i l l i n g / t a g m a n a g e m e n t .

LeadershipInfrastructure Security
Operations
Application E ng ineers
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e f i r s t - m o v e r
a p p l i c a t i o n t e a m s . W o r k c l o s e l y w i t h
t h e T i g e r T e a m t o p r o v i d e t h e v o i c e o f
t h e c u s t o m e r a s c l o u d s e r v i c e s a r e
b e i n g d e v e l o p e d .

A c h i e v e s p e e d a n d a g i l i t y
w i t h t w o - p i z z a t e a m s , w h i l e r e t a i n i n g
r e p o r t i n g s t r u c t u r e s
T e a m s o f 8 t o 1 0
Applications
Infrastructure
Leadership
Security
Operations

Step 5 Bring in experts
P a i r p r o g r a m w i t h p a r t n e r
A i m f o r s e l f - s u f f i c i e n c y

Step 6 Make it real
Amazon Machine image
C r e a t e
t w o - p i z z a
t e a m
B u i l d y o u r p r o d u c t
S u p p o r t
y o u r
p r o d u c t
Ship something important, but not critical

T e a m s o f 8 t o 1 0
Applications
Infrastructure
Leadership
Security
Operations
New teams combi ne
experts and novi ces
Step 7 Scale the learning by splitting teams

Step 8 Certification
A s s o c i a t e
Start down the path to certification
S p e c i a l t y
P r o f e s s i o n a l
T r a i n t o s u i t y o u r l e a r n i n g s t y l e :
Classroom Online

10%
Critical mass: reach 10% certified
A c h i e v e t h e
h a l o e f f e c t
Step 9 Scaling certification and associated leadership

Step 10 Recognize and reward expertise—loudly!
Recognize mastery

Step 11 Take the challenge yourself

Step 12 Create a unifying job family portfolio
Transformation
O l d w o r l d t o n e w w o r l d t i t l e s
Technical Program Manager (TPM)
AWS Infrastructure Engineer (IE)
Software Quality Engineer (SQE)
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Security Engineer
Engineering Manager
E x a m p l e j o b t i t l e s

Title Only
Training
Hands-on time
Make it real
Certification
Scaling certification
Acceptance
Bring in experts
Recognize and reward
Take the challenge yourself
Two-pizza team
Scale the learning by
splitting teams
Create a unifying job family
portfolio
Start the
process
Organize and plan
KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURESUPPORT

Thank you!
R e m e m b e r —
“ A l l o f y o u r a s s u m e d
c o n s t r a i n t s a r e d e b a t a b l e . ”

Thank you!
jonathanallen02
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