The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification – formerly known as the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate – validates the practical skills required to deploy, manage, secure, and optimize workloads on AWS. If you have at least a year of experience in AWS operations or system administration and are ready to take the next step in your cloud career, this exam is a strong milestone.
Number of questions: 65 (multiple choice & multiple response)
Duration: 130 minutes
Passing Score: 720
Cost: 150 USD
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
The SOA-C03 exam content is divided into five major domains:
1. Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, metrics, tuning systems
2. Reliability and Business Continuity: Backup, disaster recovery, autoscaling, Multi-AZ deployments
3. Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation: CloudFormation, Systems Manager, CI/CD tools
4. Security and Compliance: IAM, encryption, audits, secure network access
5. Networking and Content Delivery: VPC design, connectivity options, Route 53, CloudFront
This AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification is especially valuable if you are:
It enhances job opportunities in cloud operations and boosts credibility in managing production AWS environments.