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Cloud Architect
Designs and manages cloud computing infrastructure for organizations.
Did you know?
Netflix took 7 years (2008 to 2016) to move its systems to Amazon's cloud, though videos still stream from its own Open Connect servers.
How subjects help
- Computer Science: Plan how servers, storage and networks connect so a website stays online for everyone.
- Mathematics: Estimate how many servers are needed when visitors to an app suddenly surge.
- Engineering: Design backup systems so an app keeps running even if a whole data centre fails.
A famous name
Werner Vogels: Chief Technology Officer of Amazon since 2005, a key architect of Amazon Web Services cloud computing.
Try it yourself: Debug a sandwich robot
- Write step-by-step instructions for making a pretend sandwich, using two books as the bread.
- Your robot must do exactly what the words say, nothing more. "Put jam on bread" might mean the jar goes on the bread!
- Every time something goes wrong, that is a bug. Fix that line and run it again.
- How many fixes did it take until the robot got it right first time?
Computers follow instructions literally, so writing clear steps and fixing bugs is a big part of a programmer's work.
Also try: Design a base on Mars.
Known for it in
USA, Ireland, Singapore, Netherlands, Germany