Data Sovereignty Engineer

SQL is the language databases speak. You use it to retrieve exactly what you need from large stores of structured data, shape that data into something useful, and define the tables that hold everything together. Almost every application that stores information uses SQL under the hood.

• Querying and filtering data in relational databases
• Building backend data layers for web and mobile apps
• Reporting pipelines and business intelligence dashboards

The most advanced open-source relational database in the world. Handles complex SQL queries, stores rich data types, enforces data integrity, and scales to serious production workloads without a licensing fee.

• Storing relational data for web and mobile applications
• Complex queries with joins, aggregations, and window functions
• Storing JSON and running hybrid relational queries on it

Microsoft's enterprise cloud platform. Offers compute, storage, databases, AI services, DevOps tooling, and deep integration with Microsoft's enterprise software ecosystem.

• Hosting web apps and APIs with Azure App Service
• Running containerised workloads with Azure Kubernetes Service
• Storing data with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Blob Storage

For security engineers responsible for protecting Azure environments. Covers identity and access management, platform protection, data and application security, and security operations. One of the most valuable Azure certifications for anyone working in cloud security.

• Securing identities with Azure AD, MFA, and Privileged Identity Management
• Implementing network security with firewalls, NSGs, and DDoS protection
• Protecting data with encryption, key vaults, and storage security

Deep expertise in securing AWS environments. Covers data protection, infrastructure security, identity and access management, logging and monitoring, and incident response. For security engineers who need to demonstrate specialist AWS knowledge.

• Designing and implementing identity-based and resource-based policies
• Encryption at rest and in transit across AWS services
• Threat detection with GuardDuty, Macie, and Security Hub