Knowledge of:

  • AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)
  • AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)
  • Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer)
  • NAT gateways (for example, NAT instance costs compared with NAT gateway costs)
  • Network connectivity (for example, private lines, dedicated lines, VPNs)
  • Network routing, topology, and peering (for example, AWS Transit Gateway, VPC peering)
  • Network services with appropriate use cases (for example, DNS)

Skills in:

  • Configuring appropriate NAT gateway types for a network (for example, a single shared NAT gateway compared with NAT gateways for each Availability Zone)
  • Configuring appropriate network connections (for example, Direct Connect compared with VPN compared with internet)
  • Configuring appropriate network routes to minimize network transfer costs (for example, Region to Region, Availability Zone to Availability Zone, private to public, Global Accelerator, VPC endpoints)
  • Determining strategic needs for content delivery networks (CDNs) and edge caching
  • Reviewing existing workloads for network optimizations
  • Selecting an appropriate throttling strategy
  • Selecting the appropriate bandwidth allocation for a network device (for example, a single VPN compared with multiple VPNs, Direct Connect speed)
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