Course Overview
This course prepares learners to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available applications on the AWS Cloud. It covers core AWS services, architectural best practices, and design principles aligned with the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification. Learners gain hands-on experience building real-world cloud architectures while understanding cost optimization, security, and performance trade-offs.
Course Content
Module 1: AWS Fundamentals & Global Infrastructure
AWS Cloud concepts and benefits
AWS Regions, Availability Zones, Edge locations
Shared Responsibility Model
AWS Management Console & CLI overview
Module 2: Identity, Access & Security
IAM users, groups, roles, and policies
MFA and best security practices
AWS Organizations
Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS Shield & WAF (overview)
Module 3: Compute Services
Amazon EC2 (instance types, AMIs, pricing models)
Auto Scaling Groups
Elastic Load Balancer (ALB, NLB)
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS & EKS (overview)
Module 4: Storage Services
Amazon S3 (storage classes, lifecycle, versioning)
Amazon EBS & EFS
AWS Backup
Storage use-case comparison
Module 5: Database Services
Amazon RDS (Multi-AZ, Read Replicas)
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
ElastiCache (overview)
Database selection strategies
Module 6: Networking & Content Delivery
Amazon VPC design
Subnets, route tables, IGW, NAT Gateway
Security Groups & Network ACLs
AWS Direct Connect & VPN
Amazon CloudFront
Module 7: High Availability & Scalability
Fault tolerance and disaster recovery strategies
Multi-AZ and Multi-Region architectures
Elasticity and scalability best practices
Backup and restore models
Module 8: Monitoring, Logging & Management
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Config
Resource tagging and governance
Module 9: Cost Optimization & Pricing
AWS pricing models
Cost Explorer and Budgets
Reserved Instances & Savings Plans
Cost-optimized architecture design
Module 10: Architecture Design & Best Practices
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Security, reliability, performance efficiency
Operational excellence
Sustainability overview
Module 11: Exam Readiness & Case Studies
Architecture-based exam scenarios
Sample questions and design trade-offs
Common pitfalls and best practices
Module 12: Hands-On Labs & Mini Projects
Design and deploy a highly available web application
Secure VPC architecture implementation
Cost-optimized architecture design
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
– Design secure, scalable, and highly available AWS architectures
– Select appropriate AWS services based on application requirements
– Implement IAM, networking, and security best practices
– Design fault-tolerant and disaster-resilient solutions
– Optimize AWS architectures for performance and cost
– Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot AWS environments
– Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles
– Confidently prepare for and attempt the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification exam
