Cloud Pro: Elevate Your Development Skills – Series 1

## 🧠 Agenda:

### 1. Coding Challenge: Automating Infrastructure with Terraform (35 mins)

• Objective: Write a Terraform script to provision a scalable web application infrastructure on AWS.
• Key Concepts: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), modularization, state management.
• Discussion Points:
• Managing environment-specific configurations.
• Implementing reusable modules for scalability.
• Handling state files securely and efficiently.

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### 2. Face-to-Face Interview Simulation: Debugging a CI/CD Pipeline Failure (25 mins)

• Scenario: You're presented with a failing CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps that halts during the deployment phase.
• Tasks:
• Identify and resolve the root cause of the failure.
• Discuss strategies to prevent similar issues in the future.
• Key Concepts: Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), pipeline as code, deployment strategies.

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### 3. System Design Session: Architecting a Multi-Region Web Application (25 mins)

• Objective: Design a highly available and fault-tolerant web application architecture across multiple AWS regions.
• Discussion Points:
• Implementing load balancing and auto-scaling.
• Ensuring data replication and consistency across regions.
• Handling failover and disaster recovery scenarios.

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### 4. Real-World Product Issue: Managing Cost Optimization in Cloud Environments (25 mins)

• Scenario: Your organization's cloud expenses have significantly increased over the past quarter.
• Tasks:
• Analyze cost reports to identify areas of overspending.
• Implement strategies to optimize resource usage and reduce costs.
• Key Concepts: Cost monitoring tools, rightsizing resources, implementing budgets and alerts.

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### 5. Q&A and Interactive Discussion (30 mins)

• Open floor for attendees to ask questions, share experiences, and discuss challenges faced during interviews or in real-world cloud projects.

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## 🎁 Takeaways:

• Access to session recordings and presentation materials.
• Sample code snippets and project templates.
• Curated list of interview questions and answers.
• Certificate of participation.

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