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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate SOA-C03 2026

Master day-to-day AWS cloud operations — monitoring, automation, patching, and incident response — and earn the SysOps Administrator certification.

★ 4.8 (300 learners) 60 hrs total 20 modules 3 capstones
AWS EC2 S3 IAM VPC Lambda +4 more
Only 5 seats left · Next batch starts 29 Aug 2026
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60 hrs
of content
20 modules
in curriculum
19 projects
hands-on builds
Intermediate
difficulty

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Frameworks you'll master

10 tools & frameworks
AWS EC2 S3 IAM VPC Lambda RDS CloudFormation EKS ECS

Course Curriculum

20 modules · 60 hours · 24 live sessions

EC2 for CloudOps 1 sessions
  • EC2 for CloudOps
  • About the EC2 Console Changes
  • 1min
  • [Important] AWS Console UI Update
  • Launching an EC2 Instance
  • Changing EC2 Instance Type
  • 4min
  • [SAA] EC2 Placement Groups
  • Troubleshooting EC2 SSH Issues
  • EC2 Instance Connect (EIC) Endpoint
  • CloudWatch Metrics for EC2
CloudWatch Unified CloudWatch Agent Overview 6 sessions
  • CloudWatch Unified CloudWatch Agent Overview
  • EC2 Instance Status Checks
  • [SAA] EC2 Hibernate
  • Instance Scheduler on AWS
  • EC2 Cleanup
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] AMI Overview
  • AMI No Reboot Option
  • EC2 Instance Migration using AMIs
  • [CCP] EC2 Image Builder
  • EC2 Image Builder Hands On
  • AMI In Production
  • AMI Section Cleanup
  • Systems Manager Overview
  • Start EC2 Instances with SSM Agent
  • AWS Tags & SSM Resource Groups
  • SSM Documents & SSM Run Command
  • SSM Automations
  • SSM Automations Patch AMI & Update ASG
  • [SAA/DVA] SSM Parameter Store Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)
  • SSM Fleet Manager
  • SSM Default Host Management Configuration (DHMC)
  • SSM Inventory & State Manager
  • SSM Patch Manager and Maintenance Windows
  • SSM Session Manager Overview
  • SSM Distributor
  • SSM OpsCenter
  • SSM Cleanup
  • [SAA/DVA] What is High Availability and Scalability?
  • [SAA/DVA] Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
  • Note: About the Classic Load Balancer (CLB)
  • [SAA/DVA] Application Load Balancer (ALB)
  • [SAA/DVA] Application Load Balancer (ALB) Hands On Part 1
  • [SAA/DVA] Application Load Balancer (ALB) Hands On Part 2
  • [SAA/DVA] Network Load Balancer (NLB)
  • Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)
  • [SAA/DVA] Elastic Load Balancer Sticky Sessions
  • [SAA/DVA] Elastic Load Balancer Cross Zone Load Balancing
  • [SAA/DVA] Elastic Load Balancer SSL Certificates
  • [SAA/DVA] Elastic Load Balancer Connection Draining
  • Elastic Load Balancer Health Checks
  • Elastic Load Balancer Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Logging and Tracing
  • Target Group Attributes
  • ALB Rules Deep Dive
  • [SAA/DVA] Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] Auto Scaling Groups Scaling Policies
  • Auto Scaling Groups Instance Refresh
  • Auto Scaling Groups Warm Pools
  • ASG for CloudOps
  • CloudWatch for ASG
  • Auto Scaling Overview
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Overview
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Update & Delete Stack Hands On
  • [DVA] YAML Crash Course
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Resources
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Parameters
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Mappings
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Outputs & Exports
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Conditions
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Intrinsic Functions
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Rollbacks
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Service Role
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Capabilities
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Deletion Policy
  • CloudFormation UpdateReplace Policy
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Stack Policy
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Termination Protection
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Custom Resources
  • [DVA] CloudFormation Dynamic References
  • ==== CloudOpsspecific lectures below ====
  • CloudFormation User Data
  • CloudFormation cfninit
  • CloudFormation cfnsignal & Wait Condition
  • CloudFormation cfnsignal Failures
  • CloudFormation Nested Stacks
  • CloudFormation Depends On
  • Stack Sets Warning
  • CloudFormation Stack Sets
  • Create Stack Sets Hands On
  • CloudFormation Update Stack Sets Hands On
  • CloudFormation Delete Stack Sets Hands On
  • CloudFormation Drift
  • CloudFormation Troubleshooting
  • CloudFormation Stack Failures
  • CloudFormation Stacklevel Tags
  • CloudFormation ASG Update Policy
  • Lambda for CloudOps
  • Lambda – Overview
Lambda & CloudWatch Events / EventBridge 1 sessions
  • Lambda & CloudWatch Events / EventBridge
  • Lambda & S3 Event Notifications
  • Auto Scaling Groups Scaling Policies
  • EC2 Storage and Data Management – EBS & EFS
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] EBS Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] EBS Volume Types Deep Dive
  • EBS Operation: Snapshots
  • [SAA/DVA] Amazon EFS
  • [SAA/DVA] EFS vs EBS
  • Amazon S3 Introduction
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Overview
[CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Hands On 1 sessions
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Hands On
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Security: Bucket Policy
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Security: Bucket Policy Hands On
  • S3 Security: Bucket Policy Advanced
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Versioning
  • S3 Versioning Troubleshooting
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Replication
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Replication Notes
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] S3 Replication Hands On
  • S3 Replication CrossAccount Replication
  • S3 Replication Time Control (RTC)
Advanced Amazon S3 & Athena 1 sessions
  • Advanced Amazon S3 & Athena
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Lifecycle Rules (with S3 Analytics)
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Lifecycle Rules Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Event Notifications
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Event Notifications Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Performance
  • [SAA] S3 Batch Operations
  • S3 Batch Operations Hands On
  • S3 Inventory
  • S3 MultiPart Upload Deep Dive
  • [SAA/DVA] Athena
Amazon S3 Security 1 sessions
  • Amazon S3 Security
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 MFA Delete
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Access Logs
  • [SAA/DVA] S3 Access Logs Hands On
  • [SAA] Glacier Vault Lock & S3 Object Lock
  • S3 VPC Endpoints
  • IAM Access Analyzer for S3
  • Advanced Storage Section
  • [SAA/SAP] Amazon FSx
  • FSx for CloudOps
  • [SAA] Storage Gateway Overview
Storage Gateway for CloudOps 3 sessions
  • Storage Gateway for CloudOps
  • [SAA/DVA] CloudFront Overview
  • CloudFront – Caching
  • CloudFront Cache Invalidations
  • CloudFront Origin Shield
  • [SAA/DVA] CloudFront ALB/EC2 as an Origin
  • [SAA/DVA] CloudFront Geo Restriction
  • CloudFront Reports, Logs and Troubleshooting
  • CloudFront Caching Deep Dive
  • CloudFront with ALB Sticky Sessions
  • AWS Global Accelerator
  • AWS Global Accelerator Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] RDS Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] RDS Multi AZ vs Read Replicas
  • [SAA/DVA] RDS Hands On
  • RDS Multi AZ – Failover Conditions
  • RDS Backups and Snapshots
  • RDS Events and Logs
  • RDS & CloudWatch
  • RDS Performance Insights
  • [SAA/DVA] Amazon Aurora
  • [SAA/DVA] Amazon Aurora Hands On
  • Amazon Aurora – Backups
  • [SAA/DVA] RDS & Aurora Security
  • Amazon Aurora for CloudOps
  • Amazon RDS Proxy
  • [SAA/DVA] ElasticCache Overview
  • ElasticCache Redis for CloudOps
  • ElasticCache Memcached for CloudOps
  • CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator (Global Infrastructure)
  • CloudFront Overview
  • CloudFront with S3
  • CloudFront – ALB as an origin
  • CloudFront – Geo Restriction
  • CloudFront – Price Classes
  • CloudFront – Cache Invalidation
  • AWS Global Accelerator – Overview
Monitoring, Auditing and Performance 3 sessions
  • CloudWatch Metrics
  • CloudWatch Custom Metrics
  • CloudWatch Anomaly Detection
  • CloudWatch Dashboards
  • CloudWatch Logs
  • CloudWatch Logs Hands On
  • CloudWatch Logs Live Tail Hands On
  • CloudWatch Logs Data Protection
  • CloudWatch Alarms
  • CloudWatch Synthetics
  • CloudWatch Synthetics in a VPC
  • CloudWatch Container Insights
  • CloudWatch Internet Monitor
  • CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor
  • [SAA/DVA] Amazon EventBridge
  • EventBridge Content Filtering Hands On
  • EventBridge Input Transformation Hands On
  • EventBridge – Pipes
  • EventBridge Retries & DLQs
  • EventBridge Trigger SSM Automation
  • EventBridge Crossaccount Targets
  • Service Quotas Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] CloudTrail
  • [SAA/DVA] CloudTrail EventBridge Integration
  • CloudTrail for CloudOps
  • [SAA] Config Overview
  • Config – Aggregators
  • Config Remediation Examples
  • [SAA] CloudWatch vs CloudTrail vs Config
  • AWS Account Management
  • Section Intro
  • AWS Health Dashboard – Overview
  • AWS Health Dashboard Events & Notifications
  • [SAA] Organizations Overview
  • [CCP/SAA] Organizations HandsOn
  • AWS Organizations for CloudOps
  • Organizations SCP Examples
  • [CCP] AWS Control Tower Overview
  • AWS Service Catalog Overview
AWS Service Catalog HandsOn 1 sessions
  • AWS Service Catalog HandsOn
  • AWS Billing Alarms
  • [SAA] AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Budgets
  • AWS Cost Allocation Tags & Cost & Usage Reports
  • AWS Compute Optimizer
  • AWS Billing Conductor
  • [SAA] AWS DataSync
  • [SAA] AWS Backup
  • [SAA] AWS Backup Hands On
  • Security and Compliance for CloudOps
  • AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  • AWS Shield
AWS Firewall Manager 1 sessions
  • AWS Firewall Manager
  • WAF, Shield, Firewall Manager Hands On
  • [CCP/SAA/SAP] Amazon Inspector
  • Logging in AWS
  • [CCP/SAA/SAP] Amazon GuardDuty
  • [CCP/SAA] Amazon Macie
  • Trusted Advisor
  • Security Hub
  • Security Hub Managing Multiple Accounts
  • AWS Audit Manager
  • [SAA/DVA] KMS Overview
[SAA/DVA] KMS Hands On w/ CLI 1 sessions
  • [SAA/DVA] KMS Hands On w/ CLI
  • KMS Key Rotation
  • KMS For CloudOps
  • KMS MultiRegion Keys
  • [SAA] AWS Certificate Manager Overview (ACM)
  • [DVA] AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] Secrets Manager Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] Secrets Manager Hands On
  • Secrets Manager Monitoring & Troubleshooting
  • [DVA] SSM Parameter Store vs Secrets Manager
  • Identity
IAM Permission Boundaries 1 sessions
  • IAM Permission Boundaries
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] IAM Security Tools
  • [CCP/SAA/DVA] IAM Security Tools Hands On
  • IAM Access Analyzer
  • Identity Federation with SAML & Cognito
  • STS & Cross Account Access
  • IAM Policy Simulator
  • Networking – Route 53
  • [SAA/DVA] What is a DNS?
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 Overview
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 Registering a Domain
[SAA/DVA] Route 53 Creating our first records 1 sessions
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 Creating our first records
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 EC2 Setup
  • Roure 53 Email Record Types
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 TTL
  • [SAA/DVA] CNAME vs Alias
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Simple
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Weighted
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Latency
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 Health Checks
  • [SAA/DVA] Route 53 Health Checks Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Failover
[SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Geolocation 1 sessions
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Geolocation
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Geoproximity
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Traffic Flow & Geoproximity Hands On
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy IPbased
  • [SAA/DVA] Routing Policy Multi Value
  • [SAA/DVA] 3rd Party Domains & Route 53
  • S3 Website with Route 53
  • Route 53 Resolvers & Hybrid DNS
  • Route 53 DNS Query Logging
  • Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
  • Route 53 Application Recovery Controller
Route 53 Profiles 1 sessions
  • Route 53 Profiles
  • Route 53 CrossAccount Private Hosted Zone
  • Networking – VPC
  • Section Introduction
  • [SAA] CIDR, Private vs Public IP
  • [SAA] Default VPC Overview
  • [SAA] VPC Overview
  • [SAA] VPC Hands On
  • [SAA] Subnet Overview
  • [SAA] Subnet Hands On
  • VPC Troubleshooting
VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) 1 sessions
  • VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM)
  • [SAA] Internet Gateways & Route Tables
  • [SAA] Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On
  • [SAA] Bastion Hosts
  • [SAA] Bastion Hosts Hands On
  • [SAA] NAT Instances
  • [SAA] NAT Gateways
  • [SAA] DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones
  • [SAA] DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones Hands On
  • [SAA] NACL & Security Groups
  • [SAA] NACL & Security Groups Hands On
VPC Managed Prefix List 1 sessions
  • VPC Managed Prefix List
  • [SAA] VPC Reachability Analyzer
  • [SAA] VPC Reachability Analyzer Hands On
  • VPC Block Public Access (BPA)
  • [SAA] VPC Peering
  • [SAA] VPC Peering Hands On
  • [SAA] VPC Endpoints
  • [SAA] VPC Endpoints Hands On
  • [SAA] VPC Flow Logs
  • [SAA] VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena
  • [SAA] Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
[SAA] Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On 1 sessions
  • [SAA] Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On
  • AWS Client VPN
  • [SAA] Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
  • [SAA] Site to Site VPN as a backup to Direct Connect
  • [SAA] AWS Private Link VPC Endpoint Services
  • [SAA] AWS Private Link VPC Endpoint Services Hands On
  • [SAA] AWS Classic Link
  • [SAA] Transit Gateway
  • Transit Gateway for CloudOps
  • [SAA] VPC Traffic Mirroring
  • [SAA] IPv6 for VPC
[SAA] IPv6 for VPC Hands On 1 sessions
  • [SAA] IPv6 for VPC Hands On
  • [SAA] Egress Only Internet Gateway
  • [SAA] Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On
  • [SAA] VPC Section Cleanup
  • [SAA] Network Firewall
  • Other Services
  • Other Services Overview
  • Amazon SQS
  • Amazon SQS Hands On
  • Amazon SQS for CloudOps
  • Amazon SNS
Amazon SNS Hands On 1 sessions
  • Amazon SNS Hands On
  • Amazon SNS for CloudOps
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon ECS Create Cluster Hands On
  • Amazon ECS Create Service Hands On
  • Amazon ECS Service Auto Scaling
  • Amazon ECS Rolling Updates
  • Amazon ECS for CloudOps
  • Amazon EKS
  • Amazon EKS Hands On
  • Amazon EKS Logging
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After this course, you will

Skills you carry to every job

  • Configure CloudWatch dashboards, alarms, and the Unified CloudWatch Agent for operational visibility
  • Automate EC2 patching, AMI creation, and fleet management using AWS Systems Manager
  • Deploy and troubleshoot multi-stack CloudFormation templates including nested stacks and StackSets
  • Design highly available architectures with Auto Scaling Groups, warm pools, and instance refresh
  • Implement secure S3 storage operations including lifecycle policies, replication, and access controls
  • Enforce compliance and governance using AWS Config rules and Trusted Advisor checks
  • Monitor and respond to operational events using EventBridge, SNS, and Lambda automation
  • Pass the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C03 exam

Hands-on learning

What you'll build

3 industry capstone projects · built from scratch · yours to keep

01

Automated Patch Management System

Build an end-to-end patching solution using SSM Patch Manager to define patch baselines, Maintenance Windows to schedule patching, and Systems Manager Automation to create golden AMIs after successful patches. Include CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications for patch compliance reporting.

EC2 SSM Patch Manager CloudFormation CloudWatch SNS IAM S3
02

Multi-Region Operational Monitoring Dashboard

Set up a cross-region CloudWatch dashboard aggregating metrics from EC2, RDS, ALB, and Lambda. Configure composite alarms, anomaly detection, and EventBridge rules that trigger Lambda functions to auto-remediate common operational issues.

CloudWatch EventBridge Lambda EC2 RDS ALB SNS
03

Infrastructure Compliance Automation

Deploy AWS Config rules to enforce tagging standards, S3 bucket encryption, and security group compliance. Use Systems Manager Automation documents to auto-remediate non-compliant resources, and set up Trusted Advisor checks with weekly email reports via Lambda and SES.

AWS Config SSM Automation Trusted Advisor Lambda SES CloudFormation IAM

Plus 16 guided mini-projects across the curriculum — Q&A bots, resume screeners, SQL helpers, and more.

Batch Schedule

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Available Batches
Batch Type Schedule Duration Next Start Date Availability
Weekend Sat & Sun, 10am–1pm 10 weeks 29 Aug 2026 Available
Weekday Mon–Fri, 7–9pm 8 weeks 31 Aug 2026 Available
Fast-track Mon–Sun, 6 hours/day 2 weeks 7 Sept 2026 Only 5 seats left

Frequently Asked Questions

What prior experience is needed for this course?

The AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Developer Associate certification (or equivalent experience) is recommended. You should be comfortable with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and basic CloudFormation.

What is the format of the SOA-C03 exam?

The exam includes multiple-choice and multiple-response questions plus an exam lab section where you perform real tasks in a live AWS environment. Total duration is up to 180 minutes.

How heavily is CloudFormation tested?

CloudFormation is a major topic — cfn-init, cfn-signal, nested stacks, StackSets, drift detection, and troubleshooting are all covered in depth because SysOps engineers rely on it daily for infrastructure automation.

Is Systems Manager (SSM) covered in full?

Yes. SSM gets an entire module covering Session Manager, Patch Manager, Run Command, Automations, Parameter Store, Inventory, State Manager, Fleet Manager, and OpsCenter.

Will I get hands-on experience with the exam lab format?

Yes. The course includes scenario-based lab exercises that mirror the exam lab format, so you are comfortable performing operational tasks in a live AWS Console under time pressure.

What job roles does the SysOps certification support?

Cloud Operations Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, and any role responsible for maintaining and optimising AWS infrastructure in production.

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