AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate
Learn to deploy, monitor, secure, automate, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS while preparing for the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification.
About this course
Build the skills to manage, monitor, and operate reliable cloud environments with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in this comprehensive course designed to prepare you for the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03) exam. Explore the fundamentals of cloud operations, including deploying and managing AWS resources, monitoring application performance, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments. Learn how to monitor and optimize cloud workloads using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager. Discover how to provision infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation, automate operational tasks, and manage compute, storage, databases, and containerized workloads. You'll also explore essential networking concepts, including Amazon VPC, DNS, load balancing, and content delivery. Understand how to implement identity and access management, protect sensitive data, enforce security policies, and maintain compliance across AWS environments. Develop an understanding of business continuity, backup and recovery, disaster recovery strategies, auto scaling, and fault-tolerant architectures. Learn to identify performance bottlenecks, respond to operational incidents, and optimize AWS resources for reliability, efficiency, and cost. Through short, focused lessons, visual explanations, realistic scenarios, and interactive challenges, you'll reinforce essential cloud operations concepts and develop the confidence to make informed decisions in real-world AWS environments. Whether you're a systems administrator, cloud support engineer, DevOps practitioner, or IT professional looking to expand your AWS expertise, this course will help you strengthen your cloud operations skills and prepare for the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification.
What you will learn
EC2 Compute Operations and Image Management
- Amazon EC2 Fundamentals, Purchasing Options, and Placement GroupsFree
- Automated Machine Image Pipelines with EC2 Image BuilderFree
- Diagnosing and Recovering EC2 Instances with EC2RescueFree
High Availability, Auto Scaling, and Load Balancing
- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Compute OptimizationFree
- Kubernetes Pod Autoscaling in Amazon EKSFree
- Elastic Load Balancing Architecture and Traffic DistributionFree
- Evaluating Target Health Checks Across AWS ServicesFree
VPC Networking and Hybrid Connectivity
- VPC Routing and Subnet Traffic Filtering with NACLs and Security GroupsFree
- Network Monitoring with VPC Flow Logs and Traffic MirroringFree
- Hybrid Connectivity: AWS Site-to-Site VPN, Direct Connect, and Global AcceleratorFree
DNS, Content Delivery, and Caching
- Amazon Route 53 DNS Records and Routing PoliciesFree
- Hybrid DNS Resolution with Route 53 ResolverFree
- Content Delivery and Edge Security with Amazon CloudFrontFree
Cloud Storage and Data Protection
- Amazon S3 Storage Tiers, Presigned URLs, and Event NotificationsFree
- Amazon EBS Performance Tiers, Multi-Attach, and Snapshot ManagementFree
- Scalable Shared File Systems with Amazon EFSFree
- Enterprise Storage Systems with Amazon FSx
- Data Migration and Centralized Backups with DataSync, Storage Gateway, and AWS Backup
Databases and In-Memory Caching
- Amazon RDS and Aurora Architecture, High Availability, and Scaling
- Database Comparison: Relational RDS vs. Serverless DynamoDB
- In-Memory Caching with Amazon ElastiCache: Redis vs. Memcached
Infrastructure Automation and Systems Management
- Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation
- Fleet and Change Management with AWS Systems Manager
Monitoring, Logging, and Observability
- Metrics, Alarms, and Log Groups with Amazon CloudWatch
- Event-Driven Routing with Amazon EventBridge and User Notifications
- API Auditing and Governance with AWS CloudTrail
- Container Metrics and Operational Health Observability
Security, Identity, and Governance
- Key Management and Rotation with AWS KMS
- Secrets and Certificate Management: Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, and ACM
- Continuous Compliance and Security Auditing Tools
- Multi-Account Governance with AWS Organizations and Directory Service
Financial Management and Operational Tooling
- Cost Analysis, Allocation Tags, and License Tracking
- Interacting Programmatically with AWS SDKs and Developer Tools
- Container and Serverless Compute Models: Amazon ECS vs. AWS Lambda