SOA-C03 Resources - Official Links, Docs & High-Value References

Official AWS links and curated references for AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate (SOA-C03): exam guide, operations docs, observability, automation, reliability, security, and networking references.

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Official AWS certification pages

AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate (SOA-C03): https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloudops-engineer-associate/
SOA-C03 Exam Guide (PDF): https://d1.awsstatic.com/onedam/marketing-channels/website/aws/en_US/certification/approved/pdfs/docs-cloudops-associate/AWS-Certified-CloudOps-Engineer-Associate_Exam-Guide.pdf
AWS Skill Builder exam prep: https://skillbuilder.aws/exam-prep/cloudops-engineer-associate
Pearson VUE scheduling: https://www.pearsonvue.com/aws/

Operations core docs

Amazon CloudWatch: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
AWS CloudTrail: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-user-guide.html
AWS Systems Manager: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/
AWS CloudFormation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
AWS Config: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/
AWS Trusted Advisor: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/trusted-advisor.html

Reliability and business continuity

AWS Backup: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/
Elastic Load Balancing: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/
Amazon Route 53: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/route53/
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/what-is-amazon-ec2-auto-scaling.html

Networking and content delivery

Amazon VPC: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
VPC Flow Logs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/flow-logs.html
Amazon CloudFront: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
AWS Global Accelerator: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/
AWS Transit Gateway: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/tgw/

Security and compliance operations

AWS IAM: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iam/
AWS KMS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/
AWS Secrets Manager: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/
Amazon GuardDuty: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/
AWS Security Hub: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/
Amazon Inspector: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/
AWS Artifact: https://aws.amazon.com/artifact/

How to use these resources effectively

Use the Syllabus as your checklist, then use docs to close gaps on:

signal interpretation and incident triage
remediation automation and runbook execution
backup/restore and RPO/RTO trade-offs
VPC and DNS troubleshooting paths

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