Program Overview

AWS Academy Cloud Architecting

The AWS Academy Cloud Architecting course is a comprehensive, hands-on program designed to teach students how to optimize their use of the AWS Cloud by understanding how AWS services fit into cloud-based solutions.

Course Description

This online, self-guided course explores best practices for the AWS Cloud and teaches various design patterns to architect optimal IT solutions on AWS. Through pre-recorded videos, student guides, instructional labs, and knowledge checks, students gain exposure to key questions and decisions an architect must consider. The concepts in this course align to the knowledge and skills described in the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam.

Who Should Take This Course

• Students seeking to build expertise in cloud architecture and IT infrastructure design
• IT professionals pursuing cloud architect, Systems Operations (SysOps), solutions architect, or Development Operations (DevOps) roles
• Learners with foundational IT experience ready to advance their skills in designing scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions

Course Details

Requirements

To ensure success in this intermediate-level course, students should have:

• Knowledge of AWS Cloud topics equivalent to completion of the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations or a similar course
• Working knowledge of distributed systems
• Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
• Familiarity with general networking concepts

Format

The course is:

• 100% online, allowing students to learn from anywhere
• Self-guided, built for self-starters who want to drive their own learning experience and work at their own pace
• Approximately 55-60 hours of content, designed to advance skills and accelerate careers
• Skills-based, with the opportunity to earn a digital badge by scoring 70%+ on graded activities

What You'll Learn

Outcomes

Upon completing this course, students will be prepared to:

• Apply AWS architectural principles and best practices to make architectural decisions
• Use appropriate AWS services and features to make infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available
• Choose AWS managed services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure
• Increase performance and reduce the cost of a cloud infrastructure built on AWS
• Use AWS services to secure user, application, and data access
• Apply best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures that use AWS solutions

Course Outline

The course includes the following modules:

• Module 1: Welcome to AWS Academy Cloud Architecting
• Module 2: Introducing Cloud Architecting
• Module 3: Securing Access
• Module 4: Adding a Storage Layer with Amazon S3
• Module 5: Adding a Compute Layer Using Amazon EC2
• Module 6: Adding a Database Layer
• Module 7: Creating a Networking Environment
• Module 8: Connecting Networks
• Module 9: Securing User, Application, and Data Access
• Module 10: Implementing Monitoring, Elasticity, and High Availability
• Module 11: Automating Your Architecture
• Module 12: Caching Content
• Module 13: Building Decoupled Architectures
• Module 14: Building Serverless Architectures and Microservices
• Module 15: Data Engineering Patterns
• Module 16: Planning for Disaster
• Module 17: Bridging to Certification
• Capstone Project

Additional Benefits

Enrollment in the course includes a complimentary 12-month subscription to AWS Skill Builder, a platform offering over 600 self-paced courses, labs, and certification prep resources designed to reinforce learned skills and help prepare for the AWS certification exam.