Master AWS operations with comprehensive preparation for the SOA-C02 exam. Practice monitoring, reliability, automation, security, and cost management.
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) validates technical expertise in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS. This certification demonstrates your ability to implement and manage AWS infrastructure, monitor systems, and maintain operational excellence.
Exam Details: 65 questions | 130 minutes | Passing score: 720/1000 | Cost: $150 USD
The exam covers six key domains: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation (20%), Reliability and Business Continuity (16%), Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (18%), Security and Compliance (16%), Networking and Content Delivery (18%), and Cost and Performance Optimization (12%). You'll need hands-on experience with AWS operations, monitoring services, and infrastructure automation.
130 minutes
~65 questions
720 (scaled)
SOA-C02
AWS
CloudWatch metrics, dashboards, and alarms, CloudWatch Logs and Logs Insights queries, EventBridge rules and automated responses
Auto Scaling groups: launch templates and policies, EC2 health checks and instance recovery, RDS Multi-AZ and automated backups
CloudFormation templates, stacks, and StackSets, CloudFormation change sets and rollback triggers, Systems Manager (SSM) Automation runbooks
IAM users, roles, groups, and permission boundaries, IAM policy evaluation and access analysis, CloudTrail log file validation and monitoring
VPC design: subnets, route tables, and gateways, Security groups and NACLs troubleshooting, VPC Flow Logs analysis and network diagnostics
Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Reports, AWS Budgets and budget alerts, Trusted Advisor recommendations and categories
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