AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate: Fourth Edition – Volume 2

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

Operations exams validate technical knowledge for SysOps administrators, system administrators and those in a DevOps role who create automatable and repeatable deployments of applications, networks and systems on the AWS platform.

Overview of AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate Certification

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam validates technical expertise in deployment, management and operations on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:

• Deploying, managing and operating scalable, highly available and fault-tolerant systems on AWS
• Migrating an existing on-premises application to AWS
• Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS
• Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
• Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
• Estimating AWS usage costs and identifying operational cost-control mechanisms

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the areas and objective components given below:

AWS Knowledge

• Minimum one year of hands-on experience with the AWS platform
• Professional experience managing/operating production systems on AWS
• A firm grasp of the seven AWS tenets – architecting for the cloud
• Hands-on experience with the AWS CLI and SDKs/API tools
• Understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
• Good grasp of fundamental Security concepts with hands-on inexperience in implementing Security controls and compliance requirements

 

General IT Knowledge

• 1-2 years’ experience as a system’s administrator in a systems operations role
• Experience in understanding virtualization technology
• Monitoring and auditing system’s experience
• Knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP and Firewalls)
• Ability to collaborate with developers

 

Intended Audience

Eligible candidates for this exam must have:

• One or more years of hands-on experience in operating AWS-based applications
• Experience in provisioning, operating and maintaining systems running on AWS
• Ability to identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on AWS
• Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the life cycle of a project

 

Course Outline

The table below lists the main content domains and their weightings on the exam.

	Domain	% of Examination
Domain 1	Monitoring and Metrics	15%
Domain 2	High Availability	15%
Domain 3	Analysis	15%
Domain 4	Deployment & Provisioning	15%
Domain 5	Data Management	12%
Domain 6	Security	15%
Domain 7	Networking	13%
Total		100%