AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02)

What you will master

• Multi-account architecture: Organizations, SCPs, shared services patterns
• Networking at scale: VPC design, Transit Gateway, hybrid connectivity concepts
• Resilience & DR: RTO/RPO thinking, multi-region failover design patterns
• Data platform choices: RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, caching, migration decisions
• Security governance: IAM strategy, least privilege, boundaries, monitoring mindset
• Cost optimization: trade-offs, right-sizing, lifecycle and cost-aware design

Curriculum outline

Labs & practice

• Scenario labs: pick architecture under constraints (cost, latency, compliance, ops)
• Whiteboard-to-implementation drills: translate requirements into AWS components
• Mock exams with explanation: architecture decision reasoning and traps
• Troubleshooting patterns: connectivity, scaling, IAM boundaries, DR validation

Who this course is for

• Senior cloud engineers targeting SAP-C02
• Architects designing enterprise AWS platforms
• Candidates moving from associate to professional level exams

Prerequisites

• Strong AWS associate-level knowledge (SAA-C03 or equivalent)
• Hands-on familiarity with VPC, IAM, EC2, storage, basic databases
• Ready for long scenario questions and architecture trade-offs

Outcomes

• Reusable decision framework for SAP-C02 scenario questions
• Better speed at mapping requirements to AWS services
• More confidence designing multi-account & multi-region platforms
• Practical checklists for DR, governance and cost controls