AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Masterclass

To build strong expertise in designing and deploying scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions on AWS. This course prepares students for AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification as well as real-world cloud solution design📚 Course Modules

Module 1: Introduction to AWS & Cloud Computing

• Cloud concepts (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless)

• AWS global infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge locations)

• AWS Free Tier setup

• Hands-on: Create AWS Account, explore AWS Console

Module 2: Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• IAM Users, Groups, Roles & Policies

• MFA, Access Keys, IAM Best Practices

• Hands-on: Create IAM users with policies

Module 3: AWS Networking (VPC)

• VPC, Subnets (Public/Private)

• Route Tables, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway

• Security Groups vs NACLs

• VPC Peering & Transit Gateway

• Hands-on: Build a custom VPC

Module 4: Compute Services

• EC2 Instances (Types, Pricing Models)

• EBS Volumes, Snapshots, AMIs

• Auto Scaling & Load Balancing (ALB, NLB)

• EC2 Placement Groups

• Hands-on: Launch EC2 with load balancer & auto scaling

Module 5: Storage Services

• S3 Buckets, Storage Classes, Versioning, Lifecycle Policies

• S3 Security & Encryption (SSE-S3, SSE-KMS)

• Glacier & Backup solutions

• Hands-on: Host a static website on S3

Module 6: Database Services

• RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora)

• DynamoDB Basics

• Redshift Overview

• Database Migration Service (DMS)

• Hands-on: Deploy RDS with Multi-AZ

Module 7: High Availability & Architecting for Resilience

• Multi-AZ vs Multi-Region

• Disaster Recovery Strategies (Backup & Restore, Pilot Light, Warm Standby, Multi-Site)

• Well-Architected Framework pillars

• Hands-on: Build a Multi-AZ architecture

Module 8: Security & Monitoring

• CloudWatch Metrics, Alarms, Dashboards

• CloudTrail Logs & Events

• AWS Config & Trusted Advisor

• KMS & Encryption in AWS

• Hands-on: Setup CloudWatch alarms & notifications

Module 9: Application Services & Integration

• SQS, SNS, EventBridge

• API Gateway basics

• Lambda (Serverless Compute)

• Hands-on: Build a serverless app with API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB

Module 10: Migration & Cost Management

• AWS Migration Hub & Tools (Snowball, DataSync)

• AWS Backup

• Pricing Calculator, Cost Explorer, Budgets

• Hands-on: Estimate project costs with AWS Calculator

Module 11: Final Project (Real-World Scenarios)

✅ Project 1: Deploy a 3-tier web application (VPC + EC2 + RDS + ALB + Auto Scaling)
✅ Project 2: Host a serverless application using API Gateway, Lambda & DynamoDB
✅ Project 3: Setup a secure, cost-optimized architecture using IAM, CloudWatch, and Trusted Advisor