AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

via Udacity Nanodegree

Overview

Prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam by developing the skills needed to design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud architectures. Throughout this program, you will explore core AWS services, best practices, and real-world design patterns used by cloud architects. You will learn how to build resilient systems, optimize performance and costs, apply security principles, and create solutions that meet diverse business and technical requirements.

Syllabus

Design Secure Architectures On AWS

Learn to design secure AWS architectures through identity, network, data, and application protection strategies. This course prepares you to meet AWS security best practices and exam objectives while building real-world skills in encryption, access control, threat detection, and incident response.

Design Resilient Architectures on AWS

Learn to design scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant architectures on AWS. This course covers stateless design, decoupling with messaging services, failover strategies, and disaster recovery. Learners will also apply resilience techniques to serverless and containerized workloads using Lambda and ECS with hands-on labs and real-world simulations.

Design High-Performing Architectures on AWS

This course helps learners design scalable and high-performing architectures using AWS compute, storage, network, and database services. Through real-world examples and hands-on exercises, students explore optimal storage types, compute patterns, high-performance databases, and efficient data ingestion pipelines, while building resilient, scalable systems that align with business goals.

Design Cost-Optimized Architectures on AWS

Master strategies for designing cost-optimized AWS solutions through practical lessons on storage management, compute efficiency, database tuning, and networking architectures, students balance cost, scalability, and performance. Hands-on exercises enable you to apply AWS cost management tools, optimize purchasing options, and implement real-world best practices to manage cloud costs effectively.