About This Course
The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03) course prepares learners for operational roles focused on deploying, managing, and optimising workloads on AWS. It validates the ability to monitor systems, implement security controls, manage networks, and ensure reliability and business continuity in cloud environments.
This course is designed for learners with some prior IT experience who are ready to deepen their operational cloud skills. It builds directly on foundational certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner and is a recognised credential for advancing towards more specialised AWS roles.
Duration: 13 weeksParticipants: Up to 25 participants
Certification: AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Configure and manage monitoring, logging, and event-driven remediation in AWS.
- Optimise performance across compute, storage, and database services.
- Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
- Deploy, provision, and automate AWS workloads using tools such as CloudFormation, CLI, and SDKs.
- Apply security best practices, compliance controls, and data protection strategies.
- Configure networking, DNS, and content delivery features to ensure reliable connectivity.
- Troubleshoot incidents, classify issues, and perform corrective actions using AWS tools.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for learners with at least one year of IT operations or system administration experience, and some hands-on exposure to AWS services. It is suited for those pursuing a career in cloud operations, site reliability engineering, or DevOps.
Course Syllabus
Aligned with SOA-C03 Exam Guide.
Domain 1: Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization
- Configure monitoring and logging with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and related tools
- Automate remediation using EventBridge, Lambda, and Systems Manager runbooks
- Optimise performance for compute, storage, and database workloads
Domain 2: Reliability and Business Continuity
- Implement elasticity and scalability
- Design highly available and resilient architectures
- Perform backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures
Domain 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Provision and maintain AWS resources
- Use CloudFormation, IaC, CLI, and SDKs for automation
- Implement repeatable deployment processes
Domain 4: Security and Compliance
- Implement security controls and compliance policies
- Manage identity, access, and data protection
- Apply governance and auditing best practices
Domain 5: Networking and Content Delivery
- Configure VPCs, subnets, gateways, and routing
- Implement DNS and Route 53 configurations
- Optimise content delivery and connectivity (CloudFront, VPN, Direct Connect)
- Troubleshoot network performance and security issues