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AWS for Cloud & DevOps Engineers

Duration: 12–16 weeks · Difficulty: Beginner → Advanced · Labs: create → prove → break/fix → destroy

Learn AWS the way operators use it: start from a clear problem, build a simple mental model, then practise with a real sandbox lab (create → prove → break/fix where useful → destroy). Suitable if you are new to AWS or revising for Cloud and DevOps interviews.

How to use this course

Work modules in order. Finish each lab with evidence files, practise Interview Questions aloud, and use standalone triage labs after Modules 3–4.

Cost hygiene

Prefer Free Tier. Never leave NAT Gateways, ALBs, or RDS running overnight. Create a budget alarm in Module 1 before you launch compute.

Learning roadmap

  1. Foundations (Modules 1–2) — global infrastructure, cost guardrails, Identity and Access Management (IAM) / Security Token Service (STS)
  2. Network & compute (Modules 3–4) — Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) paths, EC2 / Auto Scaling / load balancing
  3. Data & apps (Modules 5–8) — storage, databases, containers, serverless
  4. Operate & secure (Modules 9–10) — observability and security services
  5. Deliver & govern (Modules 11–15) — Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, FinOps, disaster recovery, landing zones
  6. Triage mastery (Module 16) — decision tree under pressure

Checkpoint after Module 4

Complete IAM and VPC Reachability Triage before continuing — it locks Modules 1–4 together.

Prerequisites

Modules

Module Focus Lab proof Start here
1 Fundamentals STS identity + Budgets alarm Global infrastructure
2 IAM AssumeRole deny/allow Identity & access
3 Networking Public VPC + S3 endpoint + route break/fix VPC networking
4 Compute EC2 nginx + SG break/fix + curl EC2 · ASG · LB
5 Storage S3 versioning/encryption/policy deny S3 · EBS · EFS
6 Databases DynamoDB put/query/PITR RDS · DynamoDB
7 Containers ECR push + task definition artefact ECS · EKS · ECR
8 Serverless Lambda Function URL break/fix Lambda & events
9 Monitoring Custom metric alarm ALARM→OK Observability
10 Security KMS + encrypted S3 proof Security services
11 IaC CloudFormation stack create/delete Terraform · CFN · CDK
12 CI/CD CodeBuild SUCCEEDED Pipelines on AWS
13 Cost USD 5 Budget Cost optimisation
14 Reliability EBS snapshot DR drill HA & DR
15 Production Landing-zone artefacts + org/boundary Landing zones
16 Troubleshooting Full STS + SG triage loop Troubleshoot AWS