AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification validates your ability to manage, operate, and optimize workloads on AWS. It focuses on the operational side of cloud computing ensuring professionals can monitor, maintain, and secure AWS environments effectively. This certification demonstrates your skills in implementing security controls, managing networking configurations, executing business continuity and disaster recovery procedures, and applying performance and cost optimization techniques. As AWS infrastructures expand and evolve, this certification proves your capability to keep systems resilient, efficient, and compliant.

Who should take the Exam?

This certification is ideal for IT professionals with around one year of hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and operating AWS workloads. It’s especially suited for those aiming to showcase their ability to run secure and reliable cloud operations.

Recommended Knowledge 

• To perform well in this exam, candidates should have:
• Experience in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting AWS workloads
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls)
• Experience designing for high availability, performance, and capacity
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Working knowledge of Linux or Windows environments
• Understanding of core cloud computing principles
• Awareness of containerization and orchestration tools
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD processes and Git

Course Outline

The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate Exam covers the following topics - 

• Module 1: Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization
• Module 2: Reliability and Business Continuity
• Module 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
• Module 4: Security and Compliance
• Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery