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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate

Official AWS course for systems operations. Includes the hands-on labs required by the exam: deployment, monitoring, automation, and security.

Duration
32h
Modality
Online live
Exam code
SOA-C02
Certification
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate
Class confirmed
Next class
Aug 10, 2026

Audience

System administrators and SREs operating AWS workloads in production.

Learning objectives

  • Monitor, log, and remediate incidents with CloudWatch and Systems Manager
  • Operate VPC networks and hybrid connectivity
  • Automate provisioning with CloudFormation

Prerequisites

To get the most from this course, we recommend prior mastery of the fundamentals covered in CLF-C02 (AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials) or equivalent knowledge acquired through professional experience or self-study. Holding the previous certification is not required — what matters is mastering the topics below:

  • Understand the global infrastructure and the shared responsibility model
  • Identify the main compute, storage, network, and database services
  • Recognize pricing models and cost management

Syllabus

01

Monitoring & Reporting

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen monitoring & reporting within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate CloudWatch, EventBridge, X-Ray.

Topics covered

  • CloudWatch
  • EventBridge
  • X-Ray
02

Reliability & BCP

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen reliability & bcp within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Backup, Restore, DR.

Topics covered

  • Backup
  • Restore
  • DR
03

Deployment & Automation

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen deployment & automation within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate CloudFormation, Systems Manager, OpsWorks.

Topics covered

  • CloudFormation
  • Systems Manager
  • OpsWorks
04

Security & Compliance

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen security & compliance within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, Config.

Topics covered

  • GuardDuty
  • Security Hub
  • Inspector
  • Config
05

Networking & Content Delivery

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen networking & content delivery within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate VPC, Transit Gateway, CloudFront.

Topics covered

  • VPC
  • Transit Gateway
  • CloudFront
06

Cost & Performance

In this module of SOA-C02 — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate, you deepen cost & performance within the AWS ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official SOA-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Compute Optimizer, Cost Explorer.

Topics covered

  • Compute Optimizer
  • Cost Explorer

Upcoming classes

StatusDateModalityHoursContact
ConfirmedAug 10, 2026 Online live32h
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