AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

Course Description

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification is designed for IT professionals who manage, monitor, and operate systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This course provides a deep dive into deploying, managing, and troubleshooting production systems in the cloud, with a strong focus on automation, performance tuning, and cost control.

With extensive hands-on labs, real-world use cases, and exam-focused training, this course prepares you for the SOA-C02 certification exam, including its newly introduced exam labs (practical scenarios). You’ll gain the skills needed to maintain resilient AWS infrastructures and support scalable applications.

Certification

The AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) certification validates your ability to:

• Deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS

• Monitor and report on key metrics using CloudWatch and related services

• Implement security controls, networking, and storage solutions

• Automate infrastructure using scripts and templates

• Troubleshoot operational and performance issues

Prerequisites:

• 1+ year of hands-on experience with AWS operations

• Familiarity with Linux/Windows system administration, networking, and automation tools

Who This Course is For

• System administrators, operations engineers, and DevOps professionals

• IT professionals responsible for AWS monitoring and maintenance

• Cloud engineers preparing for the AWS SOA-C02 exam

• Anyone managing cloud-based production environments

What You’ll Learn

Monitoring and Reporting

• Use Amazon CloudWatch for metrics, logs, and alarms

• Configure AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config for auditing

• Set up dashboards and alerts for proactive operations

High Availability and Resilience

• Design and implement fault-tolerant architectures

• Use Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, and Route 53

• Monitor system health and perform failover management

Deployment and Provisioning

• Automate infrastructure with CloudFormation, CLI, and SDKs

• Manage application deployments with Elastic Beanstalk

• Understand AWS Systems Manager for fleet management

Storage and Data Management

• Manage S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier, and Storage Gateway

• Implement lifecycle policies and backup strategies

Security and Compliance

• Apply IAM policies, roles, and multi-factor authentication

• Use AWS Certificate Manager, KMS, and VPC security groups

• Monitor for compliance using AWS Config Rules

Networking and Connectivity

• Configure and troubleshoot VPCs, NAT gateways, VPNs, and Direct Connect

• Manage IP addressing, route tables, and network ACLs

Automation and Optimization

• Automate tasks with AWS CLI, CloudWatch Events, and Lambda

• Use Trusted Advisor and Cost Explorer for optimization

• Implement tagging strategies and resource governance

Tools & Services Covered

• EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, ELB, Auto Scaling

• VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, NAT Gateway

• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, Systems Manager

• IAM, KMS, ACM, AWS WAF

• CloudFormation, AWS CLI, Lambda

• Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Budgets

Course Outcomes

• Full preparation for the SOA-C02 certification exam, including exam labs

• Real-world skills in monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting AWS environments

• Confidence to support production workloads in a scalable, secure, and cost-effective manner

• Qualification for roles like SysOps Administrator, Cloud Operations Engineer, or AWS Support Engineer