AWS Academy Cloud Operations

Ready to launch your cloud operations career? Learn to deploy, manage, and automate AWS infrastructure with essential cloud operations skills.

Course Description

This online, self-guided course is for students seeking to develop practical skills in cloud operations, DevOps, and systems administration with AWS. Content is delivered through pre-recorded videos, student guides, interactive labs and knowledge checks.

This course helps prepare you for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam. Preparation centers on substantive AWS knowledge, not test-taking techniques.

Want a bigger picture of your potential AWS Academy Certification journey? Check out other AWS Academy courses and certification pathways. Stay tuned for these course launches!

The University of Denver is proud to be a member institution of the AWS Academy, giving students access to official Amazon Web Services (AWS) curriculum and learning resources that prepare them for industry-recognized certifications.

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Who should take this course?

  • Students pursuing entry-level roles in cloud operations, technical support, or DevOps engineering who want to build foundational AWS skills
  • IT professionals transitioning into cloud-based operations roles such as support engineer, platform engineer, or site reliability engineer
  • Aspiring cloud engineers seeking to develop practical expertise in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting AWS infrastructure

Course Details

Requirements

This is an intermediate-level course that requires a strong foundation in IT concepts and skills. To help ensure your success in this online, self-guided course, students should have: 

  • A working knowledge of at least one scripting language
  • Familiarity with Linux, the command line and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
  • Familiarity with virtualization and distributed computing 
  • An understanding of version control (e.g., Git)
  • An understanding of data storage mechanisms such as SQL

Working knowledge implies that you are able to work with a subject successfully, though you might not have an in-depth understanding of how it works. Familiarity implies that you have been exposed to and have a basic understanding of concepts.

Format

Designed with your busy schedule in mind, this course is:  

  • 100% online: Learn from anywhere 

  • Self-guided: Built for self-starters who want to drive their own learning experience and work at their own pace 

  • 40 hours of content: Advance your skills and accelerate your career 

  • Skills-Based: Earn a digital badge by scoring 70%+ on graded activities 

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Ready to Enroll?

Sessions start monthly! Enroll and begin your course anytime within that month. You’ll have 5 months of access to course materials.

AWS Academy Cloud Operations - January

Professional and Workforce Development (PWD)
$400.00 Starts 01/01/2026

AWS Academy Cloud Operations - February

Professional and Workforce Development (PWD)
$400.00 Starts 02/02/2026

AWS Academy Cloud Operations - March

Professional and Workforce Development (PWD)
$400.00 Starts 03/02/2026

What You'll Learn

  • Outcomes

    When you’ve completed this course, you should be able to: 

    • Understand AWS infrastructure as it relates to system operations, such as global infrastructure, core services, and account security
    • Use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and understand additional administration and development tools
    • Manage, secure, and scale compute instances on AWS
    • Manage, secure, and scale configurations
    • Identify container services and AWS services that are available for serverless computing
    • Manage, secure, and scale databases on AWS
    • Build virtual private networks with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
    • Configure and manage storage options using the storage services offered with AWS
    • Monitor the health of your infrastructure with services such as Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config
    • Manage resource consumption in an AWS account by using tags, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Trusted Advisor
    • Create and configure automated and repeatable deployments with tools such as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and AWS CloudFormation
  • Course Outline

    • Course Welcome and Overview

    • Module 1: Understanding Systems Operations on AWS 

    • Module 2: Tooling and Automation

    • Module 3: Computing (Servers)

    • Module 4: Computing (Scaling and Name Resolution) 

    • Module 5: Computing (Containers and Serverless)

    • Module 6: Computing (Database Services) 

    • Module 7: Networking

    • Module 8: Storage and Archiving

    • Module 9: Monitoring and Security

    • Module 10: Managing Resource Consumption

    • Module 11: Cloud Architecting

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AWS Skill Builder Access

Enroll today and receive a complimentary 12-month subscription to AWS Skill Builder. This platform of over 600 self-paced courses, labs, and certification prep resources is designed to reinforce what you've learned and help you prepare for your AWS certification exam.