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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Training — Associate Level Exam Preparation

Prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam. Monitoring, security, networking, cost optimization, and operational management. Exam-focused with hands-on labs.

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What Is AWS SysOps Administrator — Associate?

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) certification validates your ability to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS. It focuses on operational excellence: monitoring and logging, security and compliance, networking, cost optimization, and automation. This is the operations-focused AWS certification — ideal for system administrators and DevOps engineers who run production workloads on AWS rather than designing architectures from scratch.

Who Should Attend

  • System administrators managing AWS production environments
  • DevOps engineers seeking the SysOps certification
  • Cloud operations engineers wanting structured exam preparation
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner certified professionals pursuing associate-level

Learning Outcomes

  • Pass the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) exam
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config
  • Manage security and compliance — IAM policies, encryption, patch management, incident response
  • Optimize networking — VPC troubleshooting, Route 53, CloudFront, Direct Connect
  • Implement cost optimization and resource management
  • Automate operations with Systems Manager, Lambda, and CloudFormation

Course Modules

  1. Exam Overview & Study Strategy — SOA-C02 exam guide. Question types. Study plan. Key domains and weightings.
  2. Monitoring & Logging — CloudWatch metrics, logs, alarms, dashboards. CloudTrail. AWS Config rules.
  3. Reliability & Business Continuity — Auto Scaling. Multi-AZ. Backup and restore. Disaster recovery patterns.
  4. Deployment & Provisioning — CloudFormation. Service Catalog. Elastic Beanstalk. Provisioning automation.
  5. Security & Compliance — IAM deep dive. KMS, Secrets Manager. Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector.
  6. Networking & Content Delivery — VPC troubleshooting. Route 53. CloudFront. ELB. Network ACLs vs. Security Groups.
  7. Cost & Performance Optimization — Trusted Advisor. Compute Optimizer. Cost Explorer. Budgets. Savings Plans.
  8. Operational Automation — Systems Manager (Run Command, Patch Manager, State Manager). Lambda automation.
  9. Practice Exams & Review — Timed practice exams. Answer review. Weak area identification and targeted study.
  10. Capstone: Exam Simulation — Full-length practice exam under exam conditions with detailed answer review.

Hands-on Labs (20 total)

Configure CloudWatch composite alarms with automated remediation. Implement AWS Config rules for compliance monitoring. Set up Systems Manager Patch Manager with maintenance windows. Troubleshoot VPC connectivity issues. Configure cross-account IAM roles. Build CloudFormation templates with nested stacks.

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TOOLS_COVERED

AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch CloudTrail AWS Config Trusted Advisor Organizations Control Tower

PREREQUISITES

  • AWS fundamentals (equivalent to Cloud Practitioner)
  • 6+ months hands-on AWS experience recommended

CURRICULUM

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