Course objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• • Implement and manage continuous delivery systems
  • Automate operational tasks and processes
  • Implement and automate security controls
  • Design and manage highly available and scalable systems
  • Monitor and log system performance and health
  • Respond to incidents and troubleshoot issues
  • Implement best practices for cost optimization and efficiency

Course outlines

• Domain 1: Continuous Delivery and Process Automation
• • Application lifecycle management
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Source control management
  • Build tools and testing frameworks
  • Deployment strategies
• Domain 2: Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
• • Infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)
  • Configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
  • State management and desired state configuration
  • Policy-as-code and compliance
• Domain 3: Monitoring and Logging
• • Monitoring tools and dashboards (e.g., CloudWatch, Amazon CloudWatch Logs)
  • Log aggregation and analysis
  • Alerting and notification systems
  • Performance optimization techniques
• Domain 4: Policies and Standards Automation
• • Security best practices and controls
  • Identity and access management (IAM)
  • Network security
  • Data protection and encryption
  • Compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA, PCI DSS)
• Domain 5: Incident and Event Response
• • Incident response processes
  • Automated remediation
  • Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
  • Root cause analysis and problem management
• Domain 6: High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
• • Designing highly available and fault-tolerant systems
  • Implementing load balancing and auto-scaling
  • Implementing disaster recovery strategies
  • Backup and recovery procedures