AWS Certified Solutions Architect –
Associate: Formation certifiante

Training Description

This training includes basic technical concepts and prepares participants to design secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures on AWS. It covers the fundamental principles of AWS services, cloud architecture best practices, as well as security, performance, and cost optimization requirements.

Training Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design scalable, resilient, and highly available architectures on AWS, using cloud architecture best practices.
• Understand and use AWS services to design solutions adapted to business needs (compute, storage, database, networking, etc.).
• Apply security principles on AWS, implementing security strategies to protect cloud resources and manage identities and access.
• Optimize costs and performance of cloud solutions on AWS, using cost management tools and applying resource optimization concepts.
• Implement network architectures on AWS, including VPCs, subnets, gateways, and associated services.
• Prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification exam by consolidating the practical and theoretical knowledge necessary to pass the exam.

Who is this training for?

This training is designed for a wide audience, particularly:

• Solutions architects and cloud engineers: Professionals designing and deploying cloud infrastructures on AWS or looking to become certified AWS architects.
• Developers and systems engineers: Developers or systems engineers looking to specialize in AWS architecture design.
• Technical managers and CTOs: Technical leaders seeking to deepen their knowledge to make informed decisions about cloud architecture.
• IT consultants and cloud advisors: Cloud consultants looking to validate their skills to advise companies on AWS adoption.
• Technicians and systems administrators: System administrators seeking to specialize in architecture and management of cloud solutions on AWS.
• Students and recent IT graduates: Students or recent IT graduates looking to acquire practical cloud architecture skills to improve their employability.

Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites are required. This training is accessible to anyone wishing to discover architecture design on AWS, but basic knowledge in IT or information systems can be an asset.

Training Program

Introduction to AWS and Architecture Design

• Introduction to AWS concepts and basic services
• Overview of AWS and its global infrastructure (regions, availability zones).
• Compute services: Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda.
• Storage: Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon Glacier.
• Database management: Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift.
• Hands-on workshop: Launch an EC2 instance, create an S3 bucket, configure RDS.
• Design scalable and resilient architectures
• Design scalable and high availability systems on AWS (using Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancer).
• Service selection based on availability and performance requirements.
• Concepts of resilience and fault tolerance.
• Hands-on workshop: Setting up an Auto Scaling group and Load Balancer for a web architecture.

AWS Security, Networking, and Resource Management

• Security and access management on AWS
• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM): Creating users, groups, roles, and policies.
• Data security with AWS KMS, CloudTrail, and AWS Shield.
• Security practices for data and application management.
• Hands-on workshop: Creating and managing IAM policies, implementing MFA and security best practices.
• Networking on AWS
• Amazon VPC: Creating and managing VPCs, public/private subnets, ACLs and Security Groups.
• Configuring VPN gateways, Direct Connect and Peering.
• Deploying network architectures in a multi-region environment.
• Hands-on workshop: Setting up a VPC, configuring private and public subnets, creating Security Groups.

Cost Optimization and Exam Preparation

• Cost and performance optimization
• Understanding AWS service pricing models: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Using AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Budgets to monitor and optimize costs.
• Hands-on workshop: Using AWS Cost Explorer to analyze expenses and optimize resources.
• Review and exam preparation
• Review of services and best practices covered during the training.
• Hands-on exam simulation workshops with sample questions.
• Strategies to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.
• Hands-on workshop: Taking a practice test to evaluate acquired knowledge.

Training Advantages

• Pedagogical approach: Alternating between theory and practice for better concept assimilation.
• Qualified instructors: Specialized trainers with hands-on experience in the Cloud domain.
• Educational tools and materials: Access to online resources, live demonstrations, and real case studies.
• Accessibility: Training open to all, without advanced technical prerequisites.

Pedagogical Methods and Tools Used

• Live demonstrations: Interaction with AWS Cloud services.
• Hands-on workshops and real case studies: Application of concepts in various sectors (industry, commerce, healthcare).
• Experience feedback: Sharing best practices and common enterprise mistakes.
• Simulations and tools: Use of simulators and Cloud platforms for interactive workshops.

Assessment

• Multiple choice questions at the end of training.
• Practical case studies.
• Continuous assessment with personalized feedback.

Regulatory References

• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• ISO/IEC 19086
• GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
• NIST Cloud Computing Standards (SP 500-292)
• ISO 27001 Information Security