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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate (SOA-C03)

This AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate training course prepares you to manage and scale cloud environments like a modern operations professional. This course focuses on high-level automation and observability. You’ll learn the deployment of infrastructure via CDK templates, secure hybrid environments with IAM Roles Anywhere, and maintain visibility through advanced CloudWatch and EKS/ECS metric collection. By the end of this course, you’ll have the technical skills to manage complex cloud initiatives, and the knowledge required to pass the COA-C03 exam and earn your CloudOps certification (formerly known as the SysOps Associate Certification). Start training now with unlimited practice exams and expert guidance.

Updated December 2025

20Skills
150Videos
19h 42mTotal
150 videos19h 42m

Who This Course Is For

This AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate (COA-C03) training is considered associate-level AWS training, meaning it's designed for cloud admins who have 1-3 years of experience with the AWS cloud platform.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Deploying, managing, and operating scalable workloads on AWS
  • Securing workloads through IAM Roles Anywhere and compliance controls
  • Automating deployments using AWS CDK and CloudFormation templates
  • Implementing advanced monitoring for EKS, ECS, and network traffic
  • Performing business continuity procedures including backup and disaster recovery
  • Applying the AWS Well-Architected Framework to cloud operations

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.AWS Account Creation46m
  • Building Networks on AWSFree1h 22m
  • Premium skill.Domain Name Services on AWS51m
  • Premium skill.Content Delivery1h 14m
  • Premium skill.Storage Options on AWS45m
  • Premium skill.Data Migration and Transfer46m
  • Premium skill.Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)60m
  • Premium skill.AWS Systems Manager60m
  • Premium skill.AWS CloudFormation and the CDK1h 6m
  • Premium skill.AWS Network Connectivity47m
  • Premium skill.AWS Database Options59m
  • Premium skill.Deploying Nextcloud on AWS56m
  • Premium skill.AWS IAM Basics1h 22m
  • Premium skill.Resiliency with AWS50m
  • Premium skill.Scalability on AWS1h 4m
  • Premium skill.Deployment Options on AWS52m
  • Premium skill.Monitoring and Observability on AWS1h 12m
  • Premium skill.Multi-Account Management54m
  • Premium skill.Cost Management on AWS48m
  • Premium skill.Data Protection on AWS1h 9m

Certification

AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification validates your ability to deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and secure systems on AWS. This certification is ideal for IT professionals who have hands-on experience w...

Exam SOA-C03Level AssociateDifficulty Intermediate
AWS Management ConsoleAWS CLIMonitoring and ReportingHigh AvailabilityData ManagementSecurity and Compliance
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Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

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