AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Master AWS architecture principles and pass the SAA-C03 exam with hands-on, instructor-led training.
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Course Overview
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) course is designed for professionals who want to demonstrate their ability to design secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimised solutions on Amazon Web Services. This instructor-led course follows the latest official AWS exam guide and provides a comprehensive foundation in core AWS services, architectural best practices, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
What This Course Covers
Participants will explore all four domains of the SAA-C03 exam outline: designing secure architectures, designing resilient architectures, designing high-performing architectures, and designing cost-optimised architectures. Through a blend of concept delivery, real-world scenarios, and hands-on labs, delegates gain practical experience configuring services such as Amazon EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, CloudFront, Route 53, and many more across the AWS ecosystem.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for cloud architects, solutions engineers, infrastructure engineers, and DevOps professionals who design or evaluate AWS-based workloads. It is equally suited to technology decision-makers in the GCC and Asia-Pacific regions who need a thorough understanding of AWS capabilities to guide cloud adoption strategies within their organisations.
Certification Outcome
Upon completing this course and passing the SAA-C03 examination, candidates earn the globally recognised AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate credential. This certification validates the ability to design solutions that meet business requirements and is one of the most sought-after cloud certifications worldwide, consistently ranked among the top-paying IT certifications across GCC and APAC markets.
What You'll Learn
Design secure, multi-tier AWS architectures aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Implement resilient and highly available architectures using services such as Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and Multi-AZ deployments
Select and configure high-performing storage, database, and compute services to meet workload requirements
Optimise AWS solutions for cost-efficiency using pricing models, reserved capacity, and resource right-sizing strategies
Apply IAM policies, encryption, and network security controls to protect data and infrastructure on AWS
Evaluate and recommend appropriate AWS services and architectural patterns for diverse business use cases
Who Should Attend
- Solutions Architect
- Cloud Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Consultant
- Technology Manager
Prerequisites
- A minimum of one year of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS is recommended. Familiarity with general networking concepts, Linux/Windows administration, and basic cloud computing principles is assumed. No prior AWS certification is required.
Course Curriculum
- Design secure access to AWS resources using IAM users, groups, roles, and policies
- Implement multi-account strategies and AWS Organizations for governance
- Design secure VPC architectures including public/private subnets, NACLs, and Security Groups
- Secure application tiers using bastion hosts, NAT Gateways, and VPC endpoints
- Implement data protection at rest and in transit using AWS KMS, ACM, and S3 encryption options
- Evaluate AWS security services: AWS Shield, WAF, GuardDuty, Macie, and Security Hub
- Apply the principle of least privilege and permission boundaries
What's Included
- Official courseware & materials
- Hands-on lab exercises
- Practice exam questions
- Exam voucher guidance
- Post-course support (30 days)
- Certificate of completion
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Your Instructor
Hasit Mankad
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) · 23+ Years Experience
Hasit Mankad is the Founder of TACMinds and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 23+ years of hands-on IT training and consulting experience. He has trained 4,500+ professionals across 14+ countries in GCC, Europe, India and Africa. Certifications: CEH, SC-100, AZ-305, SC-200, SC-300, AWS SAA, FinOps, PMP and 40+ others. Clients include ADNOC, RAK Bank, Ernst & Young, Ministry of IT Qatar and Dubai Islamic Bank. Known for 94%+ first-attempt certification pass rates.
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