Course Catalog
Architecting on AWS
Code: Arch AWS
Duration: 3 Day
$2095 USD

OVERVIEW

Architecting on AWS is for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, and developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting. In this course, you will learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architectural solutions differ depending on industry, types of applications, and business size. AWS Authorized Instructors emphasize best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and guide you through the process of designing optimal IT solutions, based on real-life scenarios. The modules focus on account security, networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, automation, containers, serverless architecture, edge services, and backup and recovery. At the end of the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned with confidence.

Course level: Intermediate
Duration: 3 days

Activities

This course includes presentations based on use cases, group discussions, demonstrations, assessments, and hands-on labs.

 

DELIVERY FORMAT

This course is available in the following formats:

Virtual Classroom

Duration: 3 Day
Classroom

Duration: 3 Day

CLASS SCHEDULE

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Sep 28 2026 - Sep 30 2026 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Oct 19 2026 - Oct 21 2026 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Nov 02 2026 - Nov 04 2026 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Dec 07 2026 - Dec 09 2026 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jan 12 2027 - Jan 14 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jan 26 2027 - Jan 28 2027 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Feb 23 2027 - Feb 25 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Mar 09 2027 - Mar 11 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Mar 23 2027 - Mar 25 2027 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Apr 06 2027 - Apr 08 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Apr 20 2027 - Apr 22 2027 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: May 04 2027 - May 06 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: May 18 2027 - May 20 2027 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jun 01 2027 - Jun 03 2027 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jun 08 2027 - Jun 10 2027 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Oct 05 2026 - Oct 07 2026 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2095

GOALS
  • Identify AWS architecting basic practices.
  • Explore using the AWS management tools: The AWS Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and CloudFormation in a lab environment.
  • Examine the enforcement of accounts security using policies.
  • Identify the elements that build an elastic, secure, virtual network that includes private and public subnets.
  • Practice building an AWS core networking infrastructure.
  • Determine strategies for a layered security approach to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets.
  • Identify strategies to select the appropriate compute resources based on business use-cases.
  • Practice building a VPC and adding an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance in a lab environment.
  • Practice installing an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in the VPC you created.
  • Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services, based on business scenarios.
  • Compare and contrast the different types of AWS database services based on business needs.
  • Practice building a highly available, auto-scaling database layer in a lab.
  • Explore the business value of AWS monitoring solutions.
  • Identify and discuss AWS automation tools that will help you build, maintain and evolve your infrastructure.
  • Discuss network peering, VPC endpoints, gateway and routing solutions based on use-cases.
  • Discuss hybrid networking configurations to extend and secure your infrastructure.
  • Discuss the benefits of microservices as an effective decoupling strategy to power highly available applications at scale.
  • Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment.
  • Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples.
  • Practice building a serverless infrastructure in a lab environment.
  • Discuss the ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security.
  • Practice building a CloudFront deployment with an S3 backend in a lab environment.
  • Explore AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business continuity.
  • Build a highly available and secure cloud architecture based on a business problem, in a project-based facilitator-guided lab.
OUTLINE

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

  • Welcome and course outcomes

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

  • AWS Services and Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure Models
  • AWS API Tools
  • Securing your infrastructure
  • The Well-Architected Framework

Module 2: Account Security

  • Security Principals
  • Identity and Resource-Based Policies
  • Account Federation
  • Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Module 3: Networking, Part 1

  • IP Addressing
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas
  • Routing
  • Internet Access
  • Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
  • Security Groups

Module 4: Compute

  • Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
  • EC2 Instances and Instance Selection
  • High Performance Computing on AWS
  • Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which
  • Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

 

Day 2

Module 5: Storage

  • Shared File Systems
  • Shared EBS Volumes
  • Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes
  • Data Migration Tools

Module 6: Database Services

  • AWS Database Solutions
  • Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)
  • DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases
  • Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS
  • Scaling
  • Caching and Migrating Data
  • Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling

  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
  • Invoking Events
  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost
  • Hands-on Lab: Configure High Availability in Your Amazon VPC

Module 8: Automation

  • CloudFormation
  • AWS Systems Manager

Module 9: Containers

  • Microservices
  • Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
  • Containers

 

Day 3

Module 10: Networking Part 2

  • VPC Peering & Endpoints
  • Transit Gateway
  • Hybrid Networking
  • Route 53

Module 11: Serverless Architecture

  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose
  • Step Functions
  • Compare Amazon SQS to Amazon MQ
  • Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture

Module 12: Edge Services

  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager
  • Compare AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Outposts
  • Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin

Module 13: Backup and Recovery

  • Planning for Disaster Recovery
  • AWS Backup
  • Recovery Strategies

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

  • Welcome and course outcomes

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

  • AWS Services and Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure Models
  • AWS API Tools
  • Securing your infrastructure
  • The Well-Architected Framework

Module 2: Account Security

  • Security Principals
  • Identity and Resource-Based Policies
  • Account Federation
  • Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Module 3: Networking, Part 1

  • IP Addressing
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas
  • Routing
  • Internet Access
  • Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
  • Security Groups

Module 4: Compute

  • Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
  • EC2 Instances and Instance Selection
  • High Performance Computing on AWS
  • Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which
  • Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

 

Day 2

Module 5: Storage

  • Shared File Systems
  • Shared EBS Volumes
  • Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes
  • Data Migration Tools

Module 6: Database Services

  • AWS Database Solutions
  • Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)
  • DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases
  • Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS
  • Scaling
  • Caching and Migrating Data
  • Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling

  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
  • Invoking Events
  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost
  • Hands-on Lab: Configure High Availability in Your Amazon VPC

Module 8: Automation

  • CloudFormation
  • AWS Systems Manager

Module 9: Containers

  • Microservices
  • Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
  • Containers

 

Day 3

Module 10: Networking Part 2

  • VPC Peering & Endpoints
  • Transit Gateway
  • Hybrid Networking
  • Route 53

Module 11: Serverless Architecture

  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose
  • Step Functions
  • Compare Amazon SQS to Amazon MQ
  • Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture

Module 12: Edge Services

  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager
  • Compare AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Outposts
  • Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin

Module 13: Backup and Recovery

  • Planning for Disaster Recovery
  • AWS Backup
  • Recovery Strategies
LABS

Capstone Lab: Build an AWS Multi-Tier Architecture

Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection. Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation.

Capstone Lab: Build an AWS Multi-Tier Architecture

Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection. Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is intended for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting and individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification.

PREREQUISITES

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
  • Working knowledge of distributed systems
  • Familiarity with general networking concepts
  • Familiarity with IP addressing
  • Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
  • Familiarity with cloud computing concepts