According to Amazon, millions of active customers use AWS every month—and demand is growing for professionals who can support, automate, and manage those deployments. The Cloud Operations on AWS course is designed for system administrators, operations professionals, and those seeking to become AWS Certified SysOps Administrators. Through expert-led AWS training and hands-on labs, you’ll learn how to use AWS services to configure, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot systems in the AWS cloud. This course blends theory with practice, helping you understand how to automate repeatable deployments, maintain an AWS cloud environment, and manage access to AWS resources using IAM and AWS Systems Manager.
Course Objectives
This course prepares you to deploy and maintain systems on AWS with efficiency and confidence. You’ll gain the skills needed to automate cloud operations, configure and monitor systems using AWS Systems Manager, and maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources. Key topics include managing access to AWS resources using IAM, implementing repeatable deployments with AWS CloudFormation, and supporting the different phases of operational excellence through best practices and tools like Amazon VPC, Auto Scaling, and AWS Config. You’ll walk away with the knowledge required to maintain an AWS cloud environment and prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator exam.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for system administrators and operators working in the AWS Cloud, as well as information technology professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of system operations and cloud infrastructure management.
1 - Introduction to Cloud Operations on AWS
Understanding Cloud Operations in the AWS environment
Overview of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Using the AWS Well-Architected Tool
2 - Access Management
Managing access with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Working with AWS accounts, resources, and AWS Organizations
3 - System Discovery
Interacting with AWS services through various interfaces
Automating resource discovery with AWS tools
Using AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config for inventory
Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with Systems Manager and AWS Config
4 - Deploy and Update Resources
Deployment strategies in Cloud Operations
Tagging and resource organization strategies
Deploying with Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
Deploying using AWS Control Tower
5 - Automate Resource Deployment
Automating deployments with AWS CloudFormation
Using AWS Service Catalog for repeatable deployments
Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code
6 - Manage Resources
Managing operations with AWS
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
