AWS Certified: SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02)
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120 – 150 hours
Intermediate
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Key Details
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) confirms technical expertise in deploying, operating, and managing scalable, fault-tolerant systems on AWS. Suitable for systems administrators and DevOps personnel, this qualification covers system monitoring, resource provisioning, network management, automated remediation, and business continuity. Candidates learn to optimise operational efficiency and maintain environment health using AWS management tools. Enrolling your IT operations staff in this certification ensures seamless day-to-day cloud management, minimises unexpected downtime, and maintains tight control over cloud resource allocation and operational expenditure.
- Module 1: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation – Focuses on configuring metrics, alarms, and custom logging using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config, alongside executing automated remediation workflows for operational events.
- Module 2: Reliability and Business Continuity – Covers managing scalable and highly available environments, implementing multi-AZ architectures, and orchestrating backup and restore procedures using AWS Backup and Route 53 failover routing.
- Module 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation – Examines provisioning infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation, automating routine operational tasks via AWS Systems Manager, and managing image generation with EC2 Image Builder.
- Module 4: Security and Compliance – Details implementing granular IAM policies, managing access control, enforcing security guardrails, and auditing infrastructure compliance across enterprise workloads.
- Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery – Addresses configuring VPC networking components, troubleshooting connectivity issues, and managing content delivery using Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudFront, and Elastic Load Balancing.
- Module 6: Cost and Performance Optimisation – Focuses on identifying underutilised AWS resources, leveraging AWS Compute Optimizer for rightsizing, and applying Savings Plans and Reserved Instances to manage overall spend.
Candidates undertake continuous formative evaluation, including practice questions, interactive lab exercises, and scenario-based knowledge checks to monitor technical progress. Summative competency is formally assessed through the invigilated 130-minute AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) examination, consisting of 65 multiple-choice or multiple-response questions. The examination rigorously tests real-world operational troubleshooting, deployment precision, and automated cloud remediation capabilities.
Achieving this credential opens immediate pathways to high-demand technical roles such as Cloud Operations Engineer, SysOps Engineer, DevOps Specialist, and Systems Administrator. Successful candidates possess the foundational operational knowledge necessary to progress towards advanced certifications, including AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional. Furthermore, it provides a strong springboard into specialised domains such as cloud security, platform engineering, and site reliability engineering (SRE).
Candidates should ideally possess at least one year of hands-on experience administering AWS workloads or cloud infrastructure. Holding an associate-level credential, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, is recommended but not required.
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6 months access
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£1,495
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