AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Architect secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimized solutions on AWS.

Program: Cloud & DevOps

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Exam

SAA-C03

Level

Associate

Modules

About this class

Solutions Architect Associate teaches you to design secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures on AWS.

Across six modules you study fundamentals, security and identity, compute, storage and databases, networking and hybrid connectivity, and cost optimisation, then consolidate with exam preparation.

Who it's for: Aspiring cloud architects, administrators, developers and engineers who design or review AWS solutions.

Prerequisites: Some hands-on AWS and general networking/IT experience. Cloud Practitioner is a helpful first step.

Career roles

Cloud / solutions architect
Cloud engineer
Pre-sales solutions engineer
Technical consultant

What you will learn

Design secure access and multi-account governance with IAM
Select compute patterns: EC2, containers and serverless
Choose storage and database services for durability, performance and cost
Design VPC networking and hybrid connectivity
Build resilient, highly available and cost-optimised architectures

Curriculum

Architecting on AWS Fundamentals
Security Identity Architecture
Compute Architecture Patterns
Storage Database Architectures
Networking Hybrid Connectivity
Cost Optimization Exam Preparation

Industry trends: why this matters now

Well-Architected reviews

Structured architecture reviews are standard practice for production workloads.

Multi-account landing zones

Larger organisations isolate workloads across accounts with central governance.

Resilience and disaster recovery

Designing for failure is a baseline expectation for critical systems.

Serverless and managed services

Teams favour managed services to reduce operational burden.

Your certification pathway

AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
Optional foundation
Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) This class
Design AWS solutions
Next steps
Solutions Architect - Professional, or specialty certifications such as Advanced Networking or Security

This class is built around the SAA-C03 domains and finishes with exam preparation. Passing earns one of the most recognised AWS Associate certifications and opens the path to Professional and Specialty exams.

Class schedule

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Training materials

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