Description

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect course is designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge required to design, deploy, and manage scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective applications and services on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. This course is ideal for IT professionals, solution architects, cloud engineers, and anyone looking to enhance their cloud computing expertise.

Key Objectives

1. Understand the AWS ecosystem and its core services.
2. Learn to design and implement distributed systems that are scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant.
3. Master strategies for cost optimization and performance tuning.
4. Gain hands-on experience with AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and more.
5. Prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional certification exam.

Course Content

1. Introduction to AWS

• Overview of Cloud Computing
• Introduction to AWS and its global infrastructure
• Core AWS services and use cases

2. Designing Resilient Architectures

• High availability and fault tolerance
• Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Auto Scaling
• Amazon CloudFront and global content delivery

3. Designing High-Performing Architectures

• Optimizing compute, storage, and database services
• Using Amazon EC2, EBS, and RDS effectively
• Introduction to caching with Amazon ElastiCache

4. Securing Applications and Data

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Encryption and key management with KMS
• AWS best practices for security and compliance

5. Cost Optimization

• Managing costs with AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets
• Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
• Right-sizing and cost-optimization techniques

6. Advanced Networking and Hybrid Architectures

• VPC, Subnets, and Route Tables
• VPN and Direct Connect for hybrid solutions
• Using AWS Transit Gateway

7. Monitoring and Automation

• Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring
• Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation
• Automating deployments with AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Hands-On Labs and Projects

The course includes practical exercises and projects where participants build real-world AWS architectures. This helps to solidify theoretical knowledge through hands-on practice.

Target Audience

• IT professionals and developers looking to transition to cloud computing.
• Existing cloud professionals seeking AWS certification.
• Solution architects and engineers wanting to master AWS services.

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts.
• Familiarity with general IT knowledge (e.g., networking, databases).
• No prior AWS experience required, but it’s beneficial.

Certification Preparation

The course concludes with exam tips and practice questions to prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional certification exams.