Solutions Architect – Professional Certification Preparation for AWS

Welcome to the Solutions Architect - Professional Certification for AWS learning path. This is an advanced course aimed at students who already have a working knowledge of AWS and who have passed the Solutions Architect - Associate Certification for AWS exam, which is a pre-requisite for sitting the Solutions Architect - Professional Certification for AWS exam. 

This learning path is structured around the 8 domains outlined in the AWS exam blueprint. We'll cover the core concepts for each domain and go through sample questions and scenarios to help you develop and build your problem solving skills. 

You'll gain the knowledge you need to help you achieve this certification. We also hope that by doing this learning path you can build and develop your skills as an AWS professional. 

Learning Path Primer:

• Terminology and definitions
• Fundamentals of High Availability and security
• AWS services at a glance

Domain 1: High Availability and Business Continuity

• Demonstrate ability to architect the appropriate level of availability based on stakeholder requirements
• Demonstrate ability to implement DR for systems based on RPO and RTO
• Determine appropriate use of multi-Availability Zones vs. multi-Region architectures
• Demonstrate ability to implement self-healing capabilities

Domain 2: Costing

• Demonstrate ability to make architectural decisions that minimize and optimize infrastructure cost
• Apply the appropriate AWS account and billing set-up options based on scenario
• Ability to compare and contrast the cost implications of different architectures

Domain 3: Deployment Management

• Ability to manage the lifecycle of an application on AWS
• Demonstrate ability to implement the right architecture for development, testing, and staging environments
• Position and select most appropriate AWS deployment mechanism based on scenario

Domain 4: Network Design

• Network Design for a complex large scale deployment
• Demonstrate ability to design and implement networking features of AWS
• Demonstrate ability to design and implement connectivity features of AWS

Domain 5: Data Storage

• Demonstrate ability to make architectural trade off decisions involving storage options
• Demonstrate ability to make architectural trade off decisions involving database options
• Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate data storage architecture
• Determine use of synchronous versus asynchronous replication

Domain 6: Security

• Design information security management systems and compliance controls
• Design security controls with the AWS shared responsibility model and global infrastructure
• Design identity and access management controls
• Design protection of Data at Rest controls
• Design protection of Data in Flight and Network Perimeter controls

Domain 7: Scalability and Elasticity

• Demonstrate the ability to design a loosely coupled system
• Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate front-end scaling architecture
• Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate middle-tier scaling architecture
• Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate data storage scaling architecture
• Determine trade-offs between vertical and horizontal scaling

Domain 8: Cloud Migration and Hybrid Architecture

• Plan and execute for applications migrations
• Demonstrate ability to design hybrid cloud architectures
  
  

Update

• April 4, 2017 - 4 new labs added
• May 16, 2018 - Added Solutions Architect - Professional Preparation Exam