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      SkillUp EdTech

      IT Systems Design and Analysis 

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      Intermediate · Course

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      Simplilearn

      CCBA Certification Business Analysis Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Business Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Business Requirements, Requirements Management, Business Process, Business Consulting, Business Strategies, Performance Analysis, Business Strategy, Governance, Performance Measurement, Risk Analysis, Business Solutions, Verification And Validation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Whizlabs

      AWS: Management and Governance

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Management, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments, System Monitoring, Configuration Management, Performance Tuning, Security Controls

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Beginning Security

      Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Secure Coding, Application Security, Data Security, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Threat Modeling, Web Applications, Threat Detection, Security Awareness, Vulnerability Management, Encryption, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), PHP (Scripting Language)

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Whizlabs

      AWS: Databases and Migration

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Database Management, Operational Databases, Transaction Processing, Data Migration, NoSQL, Redis, Relational Databases, Data Warehousing, Scalability

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Public Health Principles: Systems and Strategies

      Skills you'll gain: Health Policy, Public Health, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Systems Thinking, Program Evaluation, Health Systems, Health Care Administration, Health Equity, Epidemiology, Policy Analysis, Community Health, Media and Communications, Emergency Response

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Mastering AWS SAM and Lambda - A Complete Hands-on Journey

      Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Amazon Web Services, AWS CloudFormation, YAML, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Debugging, Development Environment, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Amazon S3, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Application Deployment, Node.JS

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      Accelerate Terraform Development with GitHub Copilot and AI

      Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Development Environment, DevOps, Software Development Tools, GitHub, Program Development, Integrated Development Environments, Microsoft Visual Studio, Generative AI, Software Documentation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Salesforce CLM & CPQ: Streamlining Contract Operations

      Skills you'll gain: Salesforce, Contract Management, Business Reporting, Systems Integration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Sales Management, Workflow Management, Process Optimization, Business Process Automation, Configuration Management, Automation, Compliance Management, Scalability

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      System Analyst Capstone Project 

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      Advanced · Course

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      Packt

      Blender Lighting & Compositing for Beginners

      Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Environment

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

      IDB New Environmental and Social Policy: In a Nutshell

      Skills you'll gain: Pollution Prevention, Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Natural Resource Management, Environmental Policy, Sustainability Reporting, Stakeholder Engagement, Environmental Regulations, Land Management, Labor Law, Community Development, Occupational Safety And Health, Risk Management, Mitigation, Diversity and Inclusion, Cultural Diversity

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular back end courses

    • IT Systems Design and Analysis : SkillUp EdTech
    • CCBA Certification Business Analysis Essentials: Simplilearn
    • AWS: Management and Governance: Whizlabs
    • Beginning Security: Packt
    • AWS: Databases and Migration: Whizlabs
    • Public Health Principles: Systems and Strategies : Coursera Instructor Network
    • Mastering AWS SAM and Lambda - A Complete Hands-on Journey: Packt
    • Accelerate Terraform Development with GitHub Copilot and AI: Packt
    • Salesforce CLM & CPQ: Streamlining Contract Operations: Coursera Instructor Network
    • System Analyst Capstone Project : IBM

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