Gain valuable IT career knowledge and skills! Potential funding with eligibility.
This course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.
Students will then be taught how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. AWS System Operations is a course for system administrators and developer operations personnel and will cover the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, as well as common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.
This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exams. This course offers enrollment with vouchers. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.
What You'll Learn
- Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure
- Describe basic AWS Cloud architectural principles, key services, and common use cases and the AWS Cloud value proposition
- Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
- Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
- Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance
- Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
- Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
- Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
- Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
- Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
- Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
- Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
- Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
- Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
- Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
- Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition
Course FAQs
Yes, you will be prepared for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) and the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) exams.
This course is open enrollment, so you can register and start the course whenever you are ready. Access to your course can take 24-48 business hours.
If you are using WIOA funding to pay for this course, you will need to complete the ARIZONA@WORK funding process before starting the course.
The time allotted for course completion has been calculated based on the number of course hours. However, if you are unable to complete the course, contact the student advising team to see what options you may have available to work out a suitable completion date. Please note that an extension fee may be charged.
Our courses are designed to accommodate various learning preferences. Depending on the course structure, you may get different forms of support. Self-paced courses are designed to be user-friendly and independent, minimizing the need for external support. In courses with instructors, our direct platform support feature includes opportunities for questions, discussions, and remediation, with email and phone support available for select courses. Our student advising team is available to guide you on program requirements and administrative requests, but they do not provide assistance with course content. Our goal is to provide you with the necessary support for success, whether it's through self-paced exploration, direct communication, or guidance from our advising team.
Upon successfully passing the final exam, you will be awarded a certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through. In addition, you will receive an exam voucher for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) and the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) exams.
This course will provide you with the skills you need to obtain an entry-level position in most cases. Potential students should always do research on the job market in their area before registering.
This course is eligible for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding through ARIZONA@WORK. To be eligible for WIOA funding, participants must be 18 or older, eligible to work in the United States, and meet income eligibility requirements, or must be unemployed, dislocated, or furloughed from work. To determine if you are eligible, please contact ARIZONA@WORK:
Funding is subject to availability.