AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

Course Summary

    The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate examination is intended for systems administrators in a systems operations role with at least one year of experience in deployment, management, and operations on AWS.

    The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C01) examination is intended for individuals who have technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on AWS

What you will learn

  • Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS.
  • Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS.
  • Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements.
  • Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices.
  • Estimate AWS usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms.
  • Migrate on-premises workloads to AWS

Course Information

Course Objective

At course completion, the participant will be able to:

  • Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS.
  • Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS.
  • Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements.
  • Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices.
  • Estimate AWS usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms.
  • Migrate on-premises workloads to AWS


  • This course will prepare participants for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C01) examination.

    Course Fees

    Course Fee : $2500
    Regn Fee : $50

    Course fee excludes CompTIA Exam.

    All fees subject to prevailing GST. (Contact Customer Service @ 6333 4843)

    Course Prerequisite

  • Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience with AWS
  • Experience managing/operating systems on AWS
  • Understanding of the AWS tenets – architecting for the cloud
  • Hands-on experience with the AWS CLI and SDKs/API tools
  • Understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
  • Understanding of security concepts with hands-on experience in implementing security controls and compliance requirements

  • Course Outline

    1.0 Monitoring and Reporting

  • Create and maintain metrics and alarms utilizing AWS monitoring services
  • Recognize and differentiate performance and availability metrics
  • Perform the steps necessary to remediate based on performance and availability metrics
  • 2.0 High Availability

  • Implement scalability and elasticity based on use case
  • Recognize and differentiate highly available and resilient environments on AWS
  • 3.0 Deployment and Provisioning

  • Identify and execute steps required to provision cloud resources
  • Identify and remediate deployment issues
  • 4.0 : Storage and Data Management

  • Create and manage data retention
  • Identify and implement data protection, encryption, and capacity planning needs
  • 5.0 Security and Compliance

  • Implement and manage security policies on AWS
  • Implement access controls when using AWS
  • Differentiate between the roles and responsibility within the shared responsibility mode
  • 6.0 Networking

  • Apply AWS networking features
  • Implement connectivity services of AWS
  • Gather and interpret relevant information for network troubleshooting
  • 7.0 Automation and Optimization

  • Use AWS services and features to manage and assess resource utilization
  • Employ cost-optimization strategies for efficient resource utilization
  • Automate manual or repeatable process to minimize management overhead