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Azure Software Developer

An Azure Developer is a software or web developer who uses Microsoft Azure; a public cloud computing service that provides resources like storage, networking, database, servers, and analytics. Azure is used to carry out complex levels of application development, which has made it a common tool in the tech industry.  

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Course type
Foundation Programme
Programme length
12-16 weeks
Next course
September 2024
Hours per week
8 hours
Learning style
Flexible
Price
£3,499

Programme overview

Azure is a cloud platform that lets developers build, deploy and maintain modern applications. As an administrator you are responsible for participating in all phases of development, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, security, maintenance, performance tuning and monitoring. You will implement solutions, as you partner with: Cloud solution Architects, DBAs, DevOps, Infrastructure Admins and other stakeholders. 

Timeline

Get industry employed in 12 weeks

This a guideline of what you can expect from this programme from start to finish.

  • Onboarding

    The first stage of the programme makes sure you’re ready to engage, setting you up for success. You will meet your learning mentor and we’ll get you started with some simple personal skill tasks in a self-study online environment.

  • Timeline

    Technical training typically starts in week 3 of the programme. These sessions include Python software fundamentals, AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals and reduced AI-102 AI Engineer course, and AZ-204 Developing solutions for Microsoft Azure.  

  • Certification

    You will obtain 3 certifications: Azure Fundamentals, Azure AI Fundamentals and Azure Developer.  

  • Employment

    After 12 weeks of technical training, we use the last 4 weeks to provide you with an employability toolbox, including a case study to showcase and implement all the skills that you have learned, soft skills for running design workshops and writing design documentation.   

What will I learn?

This program consists of the following Microsoft courses

  • AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals

    This exam measures your ability to describe the following: cloud concepts; Azure architecture and services; and Azure management and governance.  

  • Software Development Fundamentals with C# and .NET

    You'll learn the basic principles of coding and manipulating data using visual C#; object oriented programming; Console, GUI and web-application development; web development using HTML5 and ASP dot NET; using SDKs, APIs over HTTP to integrate with web services; databases with SQL.

  • AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

    This exam measures your ability to describe the following: Artificial Intelligence workloads and considerations; fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure; features of computer vision workloads on Azure; features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure; and features of generative AI workloads on Azure.  

  • AZ-204 Developing solutions for Microsoft Azure

    This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: develop Azure compute solutions; develop for Azure storage; implement Azure security; monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise Azure solutions; and connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services. 

  • AI-102 Implementing a Microsoft AI Solution

    You will learn how to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan and manage an Azure AI solution; implement decision support solutions; implement computer vision solutions; implement natural language processing solutions; implement knowledge mining solutions and document intelligence solutions; and implement generative AI solutions.

Obtain real-life skills

From the moment you onboard this programme, we will make sure you have everything you need to enhance your learning and employability.

  • Social survival kit

    How well do you know yourself? We’ll start and end the course with a resilience questionnaire and tips for the workplace, aligned with your personality.

  • Employability toolbox

    The industry needs technical people, and at this level, the industry needs technical people that can capture requirements and put those requirements into a design document. Usually, you will learn this on the job, but as part of our course, we include training sessions on how to run design workshops and how to write design documentation.  

  • Interview skills

    You’ll now be ready for (potentially your first) technical interviews. We will make sure that you have a resume that ticks all the boxes for your chosen career path, and coach you on your interview skills too. We will introduce you to great recruiters and employers who are looking for skills like yours.  

Where can it lead?

The possibilities are endless

Here are some roles and indicative salaries that you could apply for after completing this course.

  • Azure Software Developer Apprentice

    Ranging from
    £25,000 - £35,000
  • Azure Software Developer

    Ranging from
    £40,000-£70,000
  • Azure Software Architect

    Ranging from
    £75,000 - £100,000

Outcomes

Work towards an achievement
Work on your own case study

The details of the case study will be shared with you on the course. You can expect to implement, manage and monitor an organisation’s Microsoft Azure environment, including:  

  • SDK

  • Data storage options

  • Data connections

  • APIs

  • App authentication and authorisation  

  • Compute and container deployment  

This case study can be presented back to your learning mentor and you may choose to bring this into the conversation during your interview to showcase your practical experience.  

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This is something to be proud of

After completion of this IT course, you will be able to participate in all phases of development, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, security, maintenance, performance tuning and monitoring.  To progress in your role, you will strengthen your skills with professional development experience and experience with Azure. Over time, you will become confident to program in an Azure-supported language and be proficient in using Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and other tools,

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There are currently two options available to enrol on this course: employee-sponsored funding and individual pricing. Contact us to find out more! 

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