Amazon AWS SysOps Certification – Associate

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate validates skills and knowledge in monitoring and maintaining AWS workloads, implementing security controls and networking concepts, performing business continuity procedures, and implementing cost and performance optimizations.

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Skill level

Intermediate

Hours to complete

Projects

Prerequisites

None

Your Guided Learning Pathway

In this 5 hour course your instructor will take you from beginner to intermediate level practitioner.

Step 1

Step 2

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Amazon SysOps Principles

Studying for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam teaches you how to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot AWS environments using tools like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Systems Manager.

You’ll also learn to optimize costs, ensure security and compliance, and implement automation for reliable and scalable cloud operations.

Manage an AWS Network

After passing the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam, you can deploy, manage, and monitor AWS resources, ensuring high availability and performance using tools like CloudWatch and Systems Manager.

You can also automate operational tasks, enforce security and compliance policies, and optimize costs to support efficient cloud infrastructure.

Get Exam Ready

This course not only prepares you to become an AWS SysOps engineer but also gets you ready for the exam.

AWS will test your hands-on skills as well as your knowledge of their systems, including CloudWatch, EC2, billing, EBS, security, and more.

What it covers

This course prepares you for a AWS operations role in any organization.

Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation
Reliability and Business Continuity
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
Security and Compliance
Networking and Content Delivery
Cost and Performance Optimization

Benefits of the certification

Getting certified in your chosen career path is essential, but passing the SecurityX exam gets you:

Validates AWS Operations Expertise
Enhances Career Opportunities in Cloud Administration
Demonstrates Proficiency in System Monitoring and Automation
Increases Credibility with Employers
Improves Skills in Cost and Performance Optimization
Strengthens Knowledge of AWS Security and Compliance
Provides Foundation for Advanced AWS Certifications

Target audience

This certification is ideal for:

System Administrators
Cloud Operations Engineers
DevOps Professionals
IT Professionals with AWS Experience
Career Changers in Cloud Computing
Professionals Seeking Advanced AWS Certifications

Prerequisites

While there are no mandatory prerequisites, Amazon recommends having:

At Least One Year of AWS Experience
Understanding of AWS Services and Architecture
Familiarity with System Operations Concepts
Basic Knowledge of Networking and Security
Experience with Monitoring and Automation Tools

Amazon AWS Exam Pass

Brian Caddell

Brian took up our AWS challenge and passed his exam on the first attempt.

Passing an AWS certification exam validates your cloud expertise, enhancing your career prospects and credibility in roles such as cloud architect, developer, or DevOps engineer. It also equips you with practical skills to design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure AWS solutions, increasing your value to employers.

Amazon offers a free 30-day trial of its cloud platform, allowing you to configure all the services and tools tested in the exam, providing an in-depth understanding of the software. Your instructor is an Amazon Cloud expert and shares his expert knowledge with you to ensure you can not only pass the exam but also do the job in the real world.

Your Instructor

Kaylan Pallekonda

Kaylan is a senior Red Hat Systems Engineer and Linux consultant. He is the Linux team lead in a Fortune 500 company.

He works in production support on different flavors of Unix, such as RedHat Linux, Solaris, and IBM AIX.His role involves supporting and training on different flavors of Unix and installing, configuring, and fixing issues on all types of servers. He also holds an MBA.

Curriculum

Module 1	Introduction
Unit 1	Introduction
Module 2	Monitoring and Metrics
Unit 1	AWS CloudWatch
Unit 2	AWS CloudWatch Metrics
Unit 3	Custom Scripts
Unit 4	Command Line Utility
Unit 5	Amazon SNS
Unit 6	EC2 Alerts
Module 3	High Availability
Unit 1	Load Balancer Alerts
Unit 2	Auto Scaling Alerts
Unit 3	RDS - 1
Unit 4	RDS - 2
Unit 5	ElasticCache
Unit 6	EFS
Module 4	Analysis
Unit 1	Billing Alerts
Unit 2	Support
Module 5	Deployment and Provisioning
Unit 1	AWS OpsWorks
Module 6	Data Management
Unit 1	EBS Pre Warming
Unit 2	Increase Root Volume
Unit 3	EBS Alerts
Module 7	Networking & Security
Unit 1	Networking & Security
Module 8	Case Study
Unit 1	Case Study

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Amazon AWS SysOps Certification – Associate

Your Guided Learning Pathway

Amazon SysOps Principles

Manage an AWS Network