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90 hours · 6 months · SAA-C03

AWS Architecture Masterclass

Go from “I know services” to designing scalable, fault-tolerant, production-grade systems — through live building and real-world debugging.

AWS services தெரிஞ்சா மட்டும் போதாது — scalable, fault-tolerant system-ஐ எப்படி design பண்றதுன்னு live-ஆ கட்டிப் பார்த்து கத்துக்கலாம். SAA-C03 exam-க்கும் தயாராகலாம்.

About this program

Go from knowing services to designing scalable, fault-tolerant, production-grade systems through live building and real-world debugging. Prepares you for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) exam.

Who it is for

  • No prior AWS experience needed: everything is covered from the basics to advanced levels
  • Cloud and backend engineers aiming for architect roles
  • Anyone preparing for SAA-C03

What you will be able to do

  • Scalable and fault-tolerant design
  • Real-world debugging skills
  • Cost and performance optimization
  • Live build and architectural thinking

Syllabus

Cloud Foundations & IAM7 topics
  • Global Infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge)
  • Shared Responsibility Model
  • IAM Users, Groups, Roles & Policies
  • Cross-account access & MFA
  • Organizational Units (OU)
  • AWS CLI & SDK Basics
  • Billing & Cost Management
Storage Services (S3 & Advanced)11 topics

Amazon S3

  • Versioning, Replication (CRR/SRR)
  • Lifecycle policies & Event Notifications
  • S3 + EventBridge Integration
  • Performance (Baseline + Optimization)
  • Security (Encryption, CORS)
  • Glacier Vault Lock & Object Lock

Advanced Storage

  • EBS vs EFS vs Instance Store
  • FSx (Windows, Lustre, OpenZFS)
  • Storage Gateway & DataSync
  • AWS Snowball
  • Use cases: static hosting, data archival, image storage
Compute, Scaling & Containers7 topics
  • EC2 Instance Types & Lifecycle
  • Spot Instances & ASG
  • Load Balancers (ALB, NLB)
  • Stateful vs Stateless Apps
  • Docker, ECS & Fargate
  • ECR & EKS
  • AWS App Runner & App2Container
Networking & DNS7 topics

VPC deep dive

  • Subnets, Route Tables, IGW, NAT
  • Security Groups vs NACL
  • VPC Peering, PrivateLink & Endpoints
  • AWS Network Firewall

DNS & connectivity

  • VPN & Direct Connect Resiliency
  • Route 53 Record Types & Routing Policies
  • Health Checks & Resolvers
Databases & Caching5 topics

Relational & NoSQL

  • RDS Multi-AZ & Read Replicas
  • Aurora Cluster, Serverless, Global
  • DynamoDB Streams, Global Tables & DAX

Specialized

  • ElastiCache (Redis vs Memcached)
  • DocumentDB, Neptune, Timestream
Analytics & Big Data6 topics
  • Athena & Federated Query
  • Redshift Cluster, Spectrum & DR
  • OpenSearch & EMR
  • AWS Glue & Lake Formation
  • Kinesis (Streams, Firehose, Analytics)
  • MSK (Managed Kafka)
Serverless & Integration5 topics
  • Lambda Concurrency & SnapStart
  • API Gateway Service Integration
  • SQS, SNS & Amazon MQ
  • EventBridge & Step Functions
  • CloudFront Functions & Lambda@Edge
Edge, AI/ML, Monitoring & DR5 topics
  • CloudFront Geo Restriction & Pricing
  • Global Accelerator vs CloudFront
  • Rekognition & Textract
  • Comprehend, Lex & Polly
  • SageMaker, Forecast, Kendra
Monitoring & Security5 topics
  • CloudWatch Metrics, Logs & Insights
  • CloudTrail & AWS Config
  • AWS KMS (Multi-region keys)
  • SSM Parameter Store
  • GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie
Migration & DevOps6 topics
  • DMS & Schema Conversion Tool
  • Application Migration Service (MGN)
  • Backup & Vault Lock
  • CloudFormation & Systems Manager
  • AWS Batch, AppFlow, Amplify
  • HPC & EFA Networking
Best Practices & Exam5 topics
  • Elastic Transcoder & Media Services
  • Well-Architected Tool & 6 Pillars
  • Caching & HA Design Patterns
  • Disaster Recovery (RPO/RTO)
  • 6 Full-Length Mock Exams

Projects

  • Live building in every module
  • Six full-length mock exams
  • Module-wise tests, assignments and scenario discussions
  • Flashcards and 1:1 architecture flow support