AWS Architect Associate Training

Description:

This 5-day course prepares learners to design and deploy secure, high-performing, resilient, and cost-optimized architectures on AWS. Designed around the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification, the program provides both foundational knowledge and advanced architectural skills

Participants will begin with a high-level overview of AWS services and IAM before diving into core services like EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC. Hands-on labs will allow learners to configure storage solutions, launch secure EC2 instances, and implement networking setups with routing policies, NATs, and bastion hosts.

The course also explores databases and application services such as DynamoDB, Aurora, Elasticache, Redshift, SQS, SNS, SWF, and API Gateway. Infrastructure automation is covered through CloudFormation and Elastic Beanstalk, while monitoring and governance are introduced with CloudWatch, Config, and CloudTrail.

By the end of the training, participants will have the confidence to design scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient architectures on AWS, while following best practices around security and performance. The program provides strong preparation for the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate exam, ensuring participants can apply their knowledge to both certification and real-world design challenges.

Duration: 5 Days

Course Code: BDT 517

Learning Objectives:

After this training, participants will be able to:

1. Design and deploy scalable AWS architectures
2. Implement networking, storage, and compute services securely
3. Leverage automation tools like CloudFormation and Beanstalk
4. Monitor and optimize AWS workloads

This course is ideal for:

1. Cloud Architects and Engineers
2. Developers designing cloud-native applications
3. IT Professionals preparing for AWS Architect Associate certification
4. DevOps Engineers focusing on AWS deployments

1. Basic AWS knowledge
2. Understanding of IT infrastructure and networking
3. Prior exposure to databases and scripting
4. AWS Free Tier account for labs

Course Outline:

Module 1: AWS Overview

1. AWS History
2. 10,000 Foot Overview
3. Free Tier Signup

Module 2: IAM

1. IAM Basics
2. Billing Alarm Lab

Module 3: Storage and CDN

1. S3 Basics
2. Version Control Lab
3. Cross Region Replication
4. Glacier
5. CloudFront
6. Storage Gateway
7. Snowball

Module 4: EC2

1. Launching EC2
2. Security Groups
3. AMI and EBS
4. Load Balancers
5. Autoscaling
6. EFS
7. Lambda
8. Serverless Webpage Lab

Module 5: Route53

1. DNS Basics
2. Routing Policies (Simple, Weighted, Latency, Failover, Geolocation)

Module 6: Databases

1. RDS
2. DynamoDB
3. Aurora
4. Redshift
5. Elasticache

Module 7: Application Services

1. SQS
2. SNS
3. SWF
4. API Gateway
5. Kinesis

Module 8: Infrastructure as Code

1. CloudFormation
2. Elastic Beanstalk

Module 9: VPC

1. Custom VPC Lab
2. NATs vs Bastion
3. NACLs vs Security Groups
4. VPC Flow Logs
5. Endpoints

Module 10: Monitoring

1. CloudWatch
2. Config
3. CloudTrail
4. Metrics and Dashboards

Training material provided: Yes (Digital format)