As a pre-requisite to this course, we recommend students complete the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.

Additionally, it is good to have an AWS

Solutions Architect Associate Certification.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (recommended) Course link Exam Prep link
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (optional) Course link Exam Prep link

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Outcomes
engineer core duration Courses to do Pre-requisites Description
expected
concepts (in hours)
In this course, you will learn the three pillars of
We recommend that attendees of observability: Tracing, monitoring and logging. You
The learner will be
this course have familiarity with will also discover a wide range of services that can
Observability on able to implement
monitoring and logging and help elevate your cloud operations practices,
AWS logging, monitoring
working knowledge of day-to-day transforming them from a tactical day-to-day routine
and alerting
cloud operations into a strategy that delivers business outcomes for
solutions using AWS
your organization.
Monitoring in CloudWatch or
1 6 We recommend that attendees of In this course, you will learn to recognize and resolve
the cloud similar tools to
this course have basic knowledge issues with CloudWatch. You will learn to employ
ensure the health
of the AWS Management best-practice troubleshooting methodologies when
Amazon and availability of
Console, basic knowledge of investigating CloudWatch issues, locate and apply
CloudWatch - the cloud
CloudWatch, and basic available AWS Support documentation for
Troubleshooting infrastructure and
knowledge of logs, events, CloudWatch issues, and recognize and record relevant
applications.
troubleshooting, and command information to escalate CloudWatch issues to the AWS
line tool usage Support team.
In this course, you will learn how to evaluate current
Amazon EC2 instances to determine if they are The learner will be
We recommend that attendees of
rightsized, and understand and state how instance able to configure and
this course have a knowledge of
type selection affects rightsizing and cost optimization optimize AWS
Configuration the workings of basic cloud
Right Size your of your Amazon EC2 workload. You will also be able to services to ensure
2 and 2.5 services, an overview of compute
EC2 instance what is needed to be considered while moving to a high performance,
optimization services, specifically EC2, and an
new instance type to cost optimize and rightsize your scalability, and cost
overall knowledge of how to build
Amazon EC2 instance, and describe the process for efficiency of the
using EC2
changing an Amazon EC2 instance type based on cloud infrastructure.
compatibility and architectural considerations.

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 In this series, you will learn to leverage the different
pricing models and tiers, use upfront payment options
AWS Cost and savings plans, and to conduct well-architected
Optimization None reviews to optimize costs. You will learn to use the
Series following services/ features: AWS pricing calculator,
AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Cost Categories, AWS Cost
Explorer, AWS Cloud Watch, and AWS Budgets.
In this course, you will learn how to identify the
security benefits and responsibilities when using the
AWS Cloud, describe the access control and
AWS Security management features of AWS, understand the
None
Fundamentals different data encryption methods to secure sensitive
data, describe how to secure network access to your
AWS resources, and determine which AWS services
can be used for security logging and monitoring
Before attending this course,
In this course, you will learn to differentiate security
participants should have basic
responsibilities according to the AWS shared
knowledge of fundamentals and The learner will be
responsibility model, describe the security pillar of the
essentials of AWS security able to implement
AWS Well-Architected Framework understand
services and features. They and enforce security
Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) alignment and use as
AWS Security should also have working best practices,
a standards-based approach to security controls,
best practices knowledge about information manage user access
Security in the identify organizational challenges and threats, and
3 7.5 security concepts, techniques, and permissions, and
Cloud describe a standards-based approach to best
and paradigms in the areas of ensure compliance
practices. These courses also introduce students to
networking, operating systems, with relevant
topics that are important for security and cloud
data encryption, and operational regulations and
professionals to know.
controls policies within the
Before attending this course, AWS environment.
participants should have basic
The governance course explains the importance of
knowledge of fundamentals and
governance at scale, describe a solution for using
essentials of AWS security
governance at scale, specify a solution for using
Security services and features. Optionally,
developer speed with preventive controls, define a
Governance at learners can also familiarize
solution for implementing operational capabilities,
Scale themselves with the following
apply governance best practices, and to identify
AWS services/ features:
additional resources with Amazon Web Services
AWS Cloud Management
(AWS)
Assessment
AWS Control Tower

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 Automated Landing Zone
AWS Service Catalog

In this course, you will learn to describe the DevOps

methodologies of culture, practices, and tools,
We recommend that attendees of describe the why adopting a DevOps cultural
this course have general philosophy is integral to success, summarize Amazon's
Getting started
knowledge of the software transformation to DevOps, categorize and describe The learner will be
with DevOps on
development cycle, general IT key AWS DevOps services that support the application able to understand
AWS?
knowledge, and general Cloud lifecycle, identify the AWS services used to automate DevOps
Computing Knowledge the continuous integration and continuous delivery
4 DevOps 4.5 terminology, CI/CD
(CI/CD) process, and describe how to create and
control a CI/CD pipeline. pipelines and
managing
You will learn about all of the components required to pipelines.
Best Practices align your DevOps practices to the pillars of the AWS
for DevOps on None Well-Architected Framework, review organization
AWS adoption, development lifecycle, quality assurance,
automated governance, and observability.
In these courses, you will learn to explain the purpose
The learner will be
and functionality of CloudFormation, listing the typical
able to utilize
use cases, and describe how CloudFormation fits into
Infrastructure as
the larger domain context. You will also be able to
Getting started Code tools such as
specify what it would take to implement
5 IAC 3.5 with AWS None AWS Lambda, AWS
CloudFormation in a real-world scenario, explain the
CloudFormation RDS, and AWS Cloud
cost structure of CloudFormation, and to show how to
Formation to
use CloudFormation from the AWS Management
automate the
Console and using the AWS Command Line Interface
provisioning and
(AWS CLI).

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 In this course, you will learn to define how Lambda management of AWS
works, examine Lambda function permissions and resources
security, demonstrate best practice for writing
AWS Lambda
Lambda functions, deploy and test your serverless
Foundations
applications, explore best practices for effective code
writing, and monitor and troubleshoot Lambda
functions.
In this course, you will learn how to recognize the
differences between databases that are self-managed
None and managed by AWS, differentiate the various AWS
databases, and describe the value of the Amazon
Relational Database Service. You will also learn to
AWS Database describe the Amazon Aurora architecture, define key
services features of Amazon Aurora, including read replica,
backup and restore, instant crash recovery, fast and
predictable failover, and survivable cache, describe
about how Amazon Aurora achieves high
performance, and understand Amazon Aurora MySQL
Sysbench performance results.
In this course, you will learn to identify the different
The learner will be
We recommend that attendees of families of EC2 instances and the target workload for
able to assist in the
Amazon EC2 this course have reviewed each family, balance cost and performance when
design,
basics concepts covered in AWS Cloud selecting an EC2 instance type, and to discuss the
implementation, and
Practitioner exam. advantages of keeping up to date with new instance
deployment of cloud
types.
infrastructure
Cloud Infra In this course you will learn about the different types
6 4.25 solutions on AWS,
Deployment of storage services available to customers who are in
including virtual
different stages of their cloud journeys, whether they
machines, cloud
are cloud native or are migrating or anywhere in
Storage on AWS None storage, databases,
between. Combining with this associated function
networking, and
such as data transfer and data protection, you will
security
learn to examine scenarios to design the best storage
components.
solutions for your customer.

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Recommended Labs (AWS Educate):

Lab course link Description- and learning outcomes Duration (in hours)

After completing this lab, you will be able to launch an EC2

instance with termination protection turned on, monitor your
EC2 instance, modify the security group that your web server is
Getting Started with Compute (Lab) using to allow HTTP access, connect to your EC2 instance by 2
using the AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager, manage the
state of an EC2 instance, change your EC2 instance type, test
termination protection, and explore Amazon EC2 limits.
1

After completing this lab, you will be able to create a bucket in

Amazon S3, configure a bucket to host a static website, upload
content to a bucket, allow enable public access to bucket
Getting Started with Storage 2
objects, securely share a bucket object by using a presigned
URL, secure a bucket by using a bucket policy, update the
website, and view object versions in the Amazon S3 console.
2

After completing this lab, you will be able to understand the

Getting Started with Networking basic components of a VPC, deploy a basic VPC with public 2
subnets, and deploy an EC2 instance into a VPC
3
After completing this lab, you will be able to launch AWS
Getting Started with Cloud Pricing Calculator, add and configure services in AWS Pricing
2
Operations Calculator, review and download the estimate, and save and
share the estimate.
4

After completing this lab, you will be able to explore pre-

created IAM users and groups, inspect IAM policies as applied
to the pre-created groups, following a real-world scenario, add
Getting Started with Security 2
users to groups with specific capabilities enabled, locate and
use the IAM sign-in URL, experiment with the effects of policies
on service access
5

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