AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional Boot Camp

Our boot camp is designed to give you hands-on experience and prepare you for the AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional certification

AWS Certification Course Overview

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification is a top cloud credential that shows you have advanced skills with AWS. It tests your ability to design complex solutions, fix performance issues, and choose the best AWS products. The exam features tough, scenario-based questions. This course will help you prepare for the exam and build the skills needed to become a senior AWS solutions architect.

Syllabus  

• Domain 1: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity (26% of scored content)

• Domain 2: Design for New Solutions (29% of scored content)
• Domain 3: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions (25% of scored content)

• Domain 4: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization (20% of scored content)

Domain 1: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity

Task Statement 1.1: Architect network connectivity strategies.

• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Understand AWS networking fundamentals, including Amazon VPC, AWS Direct Connect, AWS VPN, transitive routing, and container services.
• Hybrid DNS concepts, such as Amazon Route 53 Resolver and on-premises DNS integration.
• Network segmentation (for example, subnetting, IP addressing, and communication between VPCs).
• Monitor network traffic.

Task Statement 1.2: Prescribe security controls.

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS SSO)
• Routing tables, security groups, and network access control lists
• Manage encryption keys and certificates using tools like AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM).
• AWS security, identity, and compliance technologies include AWS CloudTrail, AWS Identity and Access Management Access Analyzer, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon Inspector.

Task Statement 1.3: Design reliable and resilient architectures.

• Recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs)
• Disaster recovery strategies, including AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, pilot light, warm standby, and multi-site.
• Data Backup and Restoration.

Task Statement 1.4: Design a multi-account AWS environment. 

• AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower
• Multi-account event notifications
• AWS resource sharing across environments

Task Statement 1.5: Determine cost optimization and visibility strategies.

• AWS cost and use monitoring tools, including AWS Trusted Advisor, Pricing Calculator, Cost Explorer, and Budgets.
• AWS purchase choices include Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances.
• AWS rightsizing visibility tools, such as AWS Compute Optimizer and Amazon S3 Storage Lens.

Domain 2: Design for New Solutions

Task Statement 2.1: Design a deployment strategy to meet business requirements.

• Infrastructure as code (IaC) (such as AWS CloudFormation).
• Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
• Change management procedures
• Configuration management tools (such as AWS Systems Manager)

Task Statement 2.2: Design a solution to ensure business continuity.

• AWS Global Infrastructure 
• AWS networking concepts (e.g. Route 53 and routing algorithms).
• Determine RTOs and RPOs.
• Plan disaster recovery scenarios, such as backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, and multi-site.
• Disaster recovery solutions for AWS.

Task Statement 2.3: Determine security controls based on requirements.

• IAM
• Route tables, security groups, and network ACLs
• Encryption options for data at rest and data in transit
• AWS service endpoints
• Credential management services
• AWS managed security services (for example, AWS Shield, AWS WAF, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub)

Task Statement 2.4: Design a strategy to meet reliability requirements.

• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Storage services and replication schemes (e.g. Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache) • Multi-AZ and multi-Region architectures
• Auto-scaling policies and events.
• Application integration (e.g., Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, AWS Step Functions)
• Service quotas and limitations.

Task Statement 2.5: Design a solution to meet performance objectives.

• Performance monitoring tools 
• AWS storage options
• Instance families and use cases
• Purpose-built databases.

Task Statement 2.6: Determine a cost optimization strategy to meet solution goals and objectives.

• AWS cost and use monitoring tools (e.g. Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, AWS Pricing Calculator)
• Pricing models (e.g. Reserved Instances, Savings Plans).
• Storage tiering • Data transmission costs • AWS managed service options

Domain 3: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions

Task Statement 3.1: Determine a strategy to improve overall operational excellence.

• Automated alerting and repair strategies 
• Disaster recovery plans 
• Monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch)
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment methodologies, including blue/green, all-at-once, and rolling.
• Configuration management tools (such as Systems Manager)

Task Statement 3.2: Determine a strategy to improve security.

• Data retention, data sensitivity, and data regulatory requirements
• Automated monitoring and remediation strategies (for example, AWS Config rules)

• Secrets management (for example, Systems Manager, AWS Secrets Manager)

• Principle of least privilege access
• Security-specific AWS solutions
• Patching practices
• Backup practices and methods

Task Statement 3.3: Determine a strategy to improve performance.

•  High-performance system architectures, including auto scaling, instance fleets, and placement groups.
• Global service options, including AWS Global Accelerator, Amazon CloudFront, and edge computing services.
•  Monitoring tools and services (such as CloudWatch)
• Service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)

Task Statement 3.4: Determine a strategy to improve reliability.

• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Data replication methods
• Scaling methodologies (for example, load balancing, auto scaling)
• High availability and resiliency
• Disaster recovery methods and tools
• Service quotas and limits

Task Statement 3.5: Identify opportunities for cost optimizations.

• Cost-effective design options, such as employing Spot Instances, scaling strategies, and rightsizing resources.
• Price model adoptions (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans).
• Networking and data transfer fees
• Cost monitoring, alerting, and reporting

Domain 4: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization

Task Statement 4.1: Select existing workloads and processes for potential migration.

• Migration assessment and tracking tools (e.g., AWS Migration Hub).
• Portfolio assessment
• Asset planning
• Prioritization and migration of workloads (for example, wave planning)

Task Statement 4.2: Determine the optimal migration approach for existing workloads.

• Data migration options and tools (for example, AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer Family, AWS Snow Family, S3 Transfer Acceleration)

• Application migration tools (for example, AWS Application Discovery Service, AWS Application Migration Service)

• AWS networking services and DNS (for example, Direct Connect, AWS Site-to-Site VPN, Route 53)

• Identity services (for example, IAM Identity Center, AWS Directory Service)
• Database migration tools (for example, AWS Database Migration Service,[AWS DMS], AWS Schema Conversion Tool [AWS SCT])

• Governance tools (for example, AWS Control Tower, Organizations)

Task Statement 4.3: Determine a new architecture for existing workloads.

• Compute services (such as Amazon EC2 and AWS Elastic Beanstalk)
• Containers (for example, Amazon Elastic Container Service [Amazon ECS],Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service [Amazon EKS], AWS Fargate, Amazon,Elastic Container Registry [Amazon ECR])

• AWS storage services (e.g. Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx, Amazon S3, and Volume Gateway).
• Databases, including Amazon DynamoDB, OpenSearch Service, Amazon RDS, and self-managed databases on Amazon EC2.

Task Statement 4.4: Determine opportunities for modernization and enhancements.

• Serverless compute offerings (such as AWS Lambda)
• Containers (such as Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate)
• AWS storage services (such as Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS)
• Purpose-built databases, such as DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora Serverless, and ElastiCache.
• Integration services (such as Amazon SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Step Functions).

Training Locations

•  Chennai: Classroom training at our state-of-the-art facility

• Online: Live virtual training sessions with expert instructors