AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Exam Preparation Complete Tutorial Part-1
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate Exam Complete Tutorial
Who should take this exam Tutorial ?
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate is intended for system administrators in cloud operations roles to validate technical skills. Before you take this exam, we recommend you have:
A minimum of one year of hands-on experience with AWS technology
Experience deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS as well as implementing security controls and compliance requirements
Familiarity with using both the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework as well as AWS networking and security services
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
(SOA-C02) Exam Guide
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Introduction
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) exam is intended for system
administrators in a cloud operations role. The exam validates a candidate’s ability to deploy, manage, and
operate workloads on AWS.
The exam also validates a candidate’s ability to complete the following tasks:
Support and maintain AWS workloads according to the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Perform operations by using the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI
Implement security controls to meet compliance requirements
Monitor, log, and troubleshoot systems
Apply networking concepts (for example, DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls)
Implement architectural requirements (for example, high availability, performance, capacity)
Perform business continuity and disaster recovery procedures
Identify, classify, and remediate incidents
Target candidate description
The target candidate should have 1 year of experience with deployment, management, networking, and
security on AWS.
Recommended general IT knowledge
The target candidate should have the following knowledge:
1–2 years of experience as a systems administrator in an operations role
Experience in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting
Knowledge of networking concepts (for example, DNS, TCP/IP, firewalls)
Ability to implement architectural requirements (for example, high availability, performance,
capacity)
Recommended AWS knowledge
The target candidate should have the following knowledge:
Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience with AWS technology
Experience in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS
Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Hands-on experience with the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI
Understanding of AWS networking and security services
Hands-on experience in implementing security controls and compliance requirements
What is considered out of scope for the target candidate?
The following is a non-exhaustive list of related job tasks that the target candidate is not expected to be
able to perform. These items are considered out of scope for the exam:
Design distributed architectures
Design continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
Design hybrid and multi-VPC networking
Develop software
Define security, compliance, and governance requirements
For a detailed list of specific tools and technologies that might be covered on the exam, as well as lists of
in-scope and out-of-scope AWS services, refer to the Appendix.
Exam content
Response types
There are three types of questions on the exam:
Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses
Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response options
Exam lab: Has a scenario that is composed of a set of tasks to perform in the AWS Management
Console or AWS CLI
Multiple choice and multiple response: Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or
answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with
incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the
content area.
All multiple-choice and multiple-response questions will appear at the start of the exam in one section. The
end of this section will include a review screen, where you can return to any of the multiple-choice and
multiple-response questions. This will be the last opportunity to answer the questions or change any
answer selections. If your exam contains exam labs, that section will appear after the multiple-choice and
multiple-response section. You will NOT be able to go back to the first section after you start the second
section.