CloudOps Engineer
Operate AWS workloads with observability, recovery, secure configuration and repeatable maintenance.
Who this path is for
Understand networking, operating systems and core AWS services. CloudOps is the current name for the former SysOps track.
Study each topic, complete the applied exercise, and keep evidence of what you learned. These are original study milestones, not a claim to reproduce the full exam blueprint. Use the linked AWS exam guide to check all in-scope domains before booking.
Your learning roadmap
01Observe the workload
3 focus areas · applied exercise
Observe the workload
3 focus areas · applied exercise- CloudWatch metrics
- Logs and alarms
- Operational dashboards
Define signals for an asynchronous worker: age, errors and failed messages.
State which signal indicates customer impact.
02Keep it available
3 focus areas · applied exercise
Keep it available
3 focus areas · applied exercise- Scaling
- Backups
- Restore validation
Complete the S3 recovery exercise and write a restore runbook.
Record the recovery steps and their limitations.
03Operate safely
3 focus areas · applied exercise
Operate safely
3 focus areas · applied exercise- Systems Manager
- Configuration changes
- Deployment controls
Write a maintenance checklist with a precheck and rollback plan.
Identify who can authorize and execute each change.
04Network and cost diagnosis
3 focus areas · applied exercise
Network and cost diagnosis
3 focus areas · applied exercise- Routing and DNS
- Access controls
- Resource utilization
Trace a connectivity failure and list billable resources in the design.
Separate reachability, permissions and application failure causes.
Put the learning into practice
30 min · Beginner · guided lab
45 min · Intermediate · guided lab
Related labs cover selected skills. Completing them does not establish exam readiness.