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IntermediateSOA-C03: AWS CloudOps Engineer – Associate
Run AWS in production: monitoring, automation, resilience and security — prepared for the new SOA-C03 CloudOps Engineer exam.
- 24 hours of live, operations-focused training
- Labs on monitoring, automation, backup and networking
- Covers the renamed CloudOps Engineer – Associate exam
- Incident-style troubleshooting exercises
- Weekday and weekend batches in IST and Gulf Time
Aligned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) exam SOA-C03
- Duration
- 3 Days | 24 Hrs
- Next batch
- Batches on request
- Delivery
- Live Online · Onsite · Corporate
- Level
- Intermediate
- Exam
- SOA-C03
- Language
- English
Why learn SOA-C03 with Ace Skills
Built for the operations role
Focus on the tasks CloudOps teams do every week: monitoring, patching, scaling and recovery.
Automate the routine
Replace manual fixes with alarms, runbooks and infrastructure as code.
Troubleshoot under pressure
Incident-style exercises build a calm, methodical approach to production problems.
Current exam version
Content reflects the renamed CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification rather than the retired SysOps exam.
Course overview
Once workloads are live on AWS, someone has to keep them healthy, secure, recoverable and within budget. That is the CloudOps engineer. AWS renamed its SysOps Administrator certification to CloudOps Engineer – Associate, with the SOA-C03 exam first offered on 30 September 2025, reflecting how much of the role is now automation and observability rather than manual administration.
This three-day course is built around day-to-day operational work. Day one covers monitoring, logging and remediation with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EventBridge and Systems Manager, and introduces performance tuning across compute, storage and databases. Day two focuses on reliability and automation: Auto Scaling, load balancing, backups, multi-Region recovery, CloudFormation and fleet management. Day three covers security, compliance and networking, from IAM and AWS Config to VPC troubleshooting, DNS and content delivery.
The labs are written as operational tasks rather than tutorials. You will build alarms that trigger automated fixes, patch a fleet with Systems Manager, restore a database to a point in time, deploy a stack with drift detection and track down why an instance cannot reach the internet. Each lab ends with a short discussion of how the same task would appear in an exam scenario.
The final session reviews the SOA-C03 exam domains and practises exam-style questions. This course is aligned to the SOA-C03 exam and prepares you for it; as this is a recently updated exam, confirm the current exam guide on the AWS Certification site before booking.
Key features
- Operations scenarios based on real production tasks
- Automated remediation with EventBridge and Systems Manager
- Backup, restore and disaster recovery practice
- Infrastructure as code with CloudFormation
- Networking troubleshooting exercises
- Practice questions with explained answers
- Course completion certificate from Ace Skills Consulting
Who should attend
- System administrators running workloads on AWS
- Cloud operations and site reliability engineers
- Support engineers in managed service providers
- DevOps engineers who want stronger operations depth
- Professionals who were preparing for the SysOps Administrator exam
Prerequisites
- Hands-on experience with AWS or Cloud Practitioner-level knowledge
- Linux or Windows administration basics
- Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS and routing
Curriculum
3 Days · 24 Hours · 9 Modules · 7 Labs
CloudWatch in depth
- Metrics, dimensions and custom metrics
- CloudWatch agent for logs and OS metrics
- Alarms, composite alarms and dashboards
- Logs Insights queries
- Lab: Install the CloudWatch agent and build an operations dashboard · 45 min
Auditing and events
- CloudTrail trails and Lake
- EventBridge rules for operational events
- AWS Health events
- Notification routing with SNS
- Lab: Auto-remediate a stopped instance with EventBridge and SSM Automation · 50 min
Performance optimisation
- EC2 instance right-sizing with Compute Optimizer
- EBS volume types and performance
- RDS Performance Insights
- S3 performance and transfer acceleration
Scaling and high availability
- Auto Scaling groups and policies
- Load balancer health checks
- Multi-AZ databases and caches
- Route 53 failover routing
- Lab: Configure target-tracking Auto Scaling behind an ALB · 45 min
Backup and recovery
- AWS Backup plans and vaults
- Snapshots and point-in-time recovery
- S3 versioning and replication
- Recovery objectives and DR strategies
- Lab: Restore an RDS database to a point in time · 40 min
Provisioning and fleet management
- CloudFormation stacks, change sets and drift
- StackSets across accounts
- Systems Manager Patch Manager and Run Command
- AMI pipelines with EC2 Image Builder
- Lab: Patch a fleet with Systems Manager and detect stack drift · 55 min
Security and compliance
- IAM policy troubleshooting
- AWS Config rules and conformance packs
- Security Hub and GuardDuty findings
- Encryption with KMS and certificate management
- Lab: Detect and fix non-compliant resources with AWS Config · 40 min
Networking and content delivery
- VPC routing, NAT and endpoints
- VPC Flow Logs and Reachability Analyzer
- Route 53 hosted zones and resolver
- CloudFront distributions and caching
- Lab: Troubleshoot a private subnet with Flow Logs and Reachability Analyzer · 45 min
Exam readiness
- SOA-C03 domain recap
- Interpreting operational scenarios
- Timed practice set with review
Skills you will gain
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon EventBridge
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS CloudFormation
- EC2 Auto Scaling
- AWS Backup
- AWS Config
- Amazon VPC
- Route 53
- CloudFront
- Incident troubleshooting
Tools & technologies
- AWS Management Console
- AWS CLI
- AWS CloudShell
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS CloudFormation
- CloudWatch Logs Insights
Certification exam
| Exam name | AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate |
|---|---|
| Exam code | SOA-C03 |
| Number of questions | 65 |
| Duration | 130 minutes |
| Voucher included | No — book directly with the vendor |
| Delivery | Online proctored or Test centre |
| Validity & renewal | 3 years |
Skill areas measured
- Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization
- Reliability and Business Continuity
- Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
- Security and Compliance
- Networking and Content Delivery
Exam details are pending verification. Vendors change exams; confirm on the official vendor page before booking.
Schedule & Pricing
Onsite
At your office or our centre
Pricing depends on location, group size and dates.
- Delivered at your premises or an Ace centre
- Same curriculum and labs as live online
- Dates planned around your team
Corporate / Team
Private batch for your organisation
A private batch with content adapted to your environment and goals.
- Customised curriculum
- Private batch, online or onsite
- Progress and assessment reports
- GST invoice and PO-based billing
No public batches scheduled — Talk to an Advisor for a private batch.
Projects & labs you will build
- Day 1 · 50 min
Auto-remediate a stopped instance with EventBridge and SSM Automation
- Day 2 · 55 min
Patch a fleet with Systems Manager and detect stack drift
Your certificate
Certificate of Completion — Ace Skills Consulting
Awarded on completing the course. It records the course title and training hours, and you can share it on your LinkedIn profile.
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) certification itself is awarded by Amazon Web Services (AWS) when you pass exam SOA-C03.
Frequently asked questions
What happened to the SysOps Administrator certification?
AWS renamed it AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate, with the SOA-C03 exam first available on 30 September 2025. This course is built for the current exam.
Does the exam include hands-on labs?
Exam formats can change, so check the current SOA-C03 exam guide on the AWS Certification site. Our labs build the practical skills either way.
Is this course useful if I am not taking the exam?
Yes. The labs mirror everyday CloudOps work, and many teams use the course to standardise operations practices.
Should I take Solutions Architect – Associate first?
It is helpful but not required. If you already operate AWS workloads, you can start directly with this course.
Can you tailor the course for our operations team?
Yes. Corporate batches can use your monitoring stack and runbooks as examples.
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