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Navigating the Cloud as a Cloud Architect

Thu, 24 April

Cloud Architects play a critical role in bridging innovation with infrastructure, enabling businesses to scale efficiently, enhance security, and optimize costs. This session provides a comprehensive exploration of what it means to be a Cloud Architect, covering cloud computing models, architecture design strategies, and best practices for navigating the evolving cloud landscape.

Attendees will gain practical insights into cloud scalability, security, and cost optimization, as well as an understanding of the strategic decisions and technical expertise required to succeed in this role. Through real-world examples and architectural patterns, this session illustrates how cloud technologies are reshaping industries and driving innovation.

Key Topics Covered

  • Understanding Cloud Architectures – Public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud models.
  • Cloud Design Best Practices – High availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
  • Security in the Cloud – Identity management, compliance, and encryption strategies.
  • Cost Optimization – Managing cloud spending and optimizing resource allocation.
  • Emerging Cloud Technologies – Serverless, Kubernetes, AI-driven cloud automation, and FinOps.

Who Should Attend?

  • Aspiring Cloud Architects seeking a roadmap to enter the field.
  • Solution Architects & Technical Leads transitioning to cloud-focused roles.
  • DevOps Engineers & Software Developers looking to enhance cloud expertise.
  • Enterprise IT Leaders evaluating cloud strategies for business transformation.

Join us to decode the nuances of cloud architecture and understand how Cloud Architects are shaping the modern digital landscape.

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About the speaker

Ken Sipe

Cloud Solution Architect

Ken is a distributed application engineer. Ken has worked with Fortune 500 companies to small startups in the roles of developer, designer, application architect and enterprise architect. Ken's current focus is on containers, container orchestration, high scale micro-service design and continuous delivery systems.

Ken is an international speaker on the subject of software engineering speaking at conferences such as JavaOne, JavaZone, Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS), and The Strange Loop. He is a regular speaker with NFJS where he is best known for his architecture and security hacking talks. In 2009, Ken was honored by being awarded the JavaOne Rockstar Award at JavaOne in SF, California and the JavaZone Rockstar Award at JavaZone in Oslo, Norway as the top ranked speaker.