AWS Cloud Engineer Course & Curriculum

NCPL's hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer training — full curriculum, real projects, certification prep, and job placement support. We train, mentor and place you.

Module 1: AWS Fundamentals & Core Services

Cloud concepts, AWS global infrastructure, IAM, and billing fundamentals.

  • Cloud Computing Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
  • AWS Global Infrastructure & Regions
  • AWS Management Console & CLI
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Cost Management & Billing
  • AWS Support Plans

Module 2: Compute Services

EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk for scalable compute.

  • Amazon EC2 (Instances, AMIs, Security Groups)
  • EC2 Instance Types & Pricing Models
  • Auto Scaling Groups
  • Elastic Load Balancing (ALB, NLB)
  • AWS Lambda & Serverless
  • Elastic Beanstalk

Module 3: Storage Services

S3, EBS, EFS, and Storage Gateway for data persistence.

  • Amazon S3 (Buckets, Storage Classes)
  • S3 Lifecycle Policies & Versioning
  • Elastic Block Store (EBS)
  • Elastic File System (EFS)
  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • Data Transfer & Migration

Module 4: Networking & Content Delivery

VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, and network security architecture.

  • Amazon VPC & Subnets
  • Security Groups & NACLs
  • Route Tables & Internet Gateway
  • VPN & Direct Connect
  • Route 53 DNS Service
  • CloudFront CDN

Module 5: Database Services

RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and database management strategies.

  • Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
  • Multi-AZ & Read Replicas
  • Amazon Aurora
  • DynamoDB (NoSQL)
  • ElastiCache (Redis, Memcached)
  • Database Migration Service

Module 6: Security & Compliance

IAM policies, encryption, WAF, and security best practices.

  • IAM Users, Groups, Roles & Policies
  • AWS Organizations & SCPs
  • AWS KMS (Key Management)
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • AWS WAF & Shield
  • CloudTrail & Config

Module 7: Monitoring & Management

CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Systems Manager, and automation.

  • Amazon CloudWatch Metrics & Logs
  • CloudWatch Alarms & Dashboards
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • AWS Trusted Advisor
  • AWS Personal Health Dashboard
  • Resource Tagging Strategies

Module 8: Application Integration

SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and messaging patterns.

  • Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service)
  • Amazon SNS (Notifications)
  • Amazon EventBridge
  • AWS Step Functions
  • Amazon MQ
  • API Gateway

Module 9: Containers & Orchestration

ECS, EKS, ECR, and containerized application deployment.

  • Docker Fundamentals
  • Amazon ECR (Container Registry)
  • Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)
  • AWS Fargate
  • Amazon EKS (Kubernetes)
  • Container Best Practices

Module 10: DevOps & CI/CD

CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and infrastructure as code.

  • AWS CodeCommit
  • AWS CodeBuild
  • AWS CodeDeploy
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit)

Module 11: Advanced Services & Architecture

Well-Architected Framework, disaster recovery, and optimization.

  • AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • High Availability Design
  • Disaster Recovery Strategies
  • Cost Optimization
  • Performance Optimization
  • Operational Excellence