AWS Solutions Architect Professional – 36-Week Learning Roadmap
A structured, milestone-driven journey that builds from core AWS foundations to advanced architecture patterns, cost governance, and exam-day mastery. It balances theory, hands-on practice, white-paper reading, and mock exams to prepare you thoroughly for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C03) certification.
Journey Overview
1. Foundations & Account Governance Refresher
- AWS Account Setup, Organizations & IAM Basics
- Well-Architected Framework & Shared Responsibility Model
4 weeks
2. Core AWS Services Deep Dive
- Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, ECS, EKS & Lambda
- Storage & Databases: S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, DynamoDB
- Networking Basics: VPC Architecture & Connectivity Options
6 weeks
3. Designing Resilient Architectures
- High Availability: Multi-AZ, Multi-Region Strategies
- Disaster Recovery & Backup Patterns
- Decoupling with Messaging & Event-Driven Architectures
6 weeks
4. Designing High-Performance Architectures
- Performance Optimization & Autoscaling Patterns
- Caching & Content Delivery (CloudFront, Global Accelerator)
- Advanced Networking & Hybrid Connectivity
6 weeks
5. Cost Optimization & Governance
- Cost Management Tools & Pricing Models
- Governance, Tagging & Resource Organization
- License Management & Savings Plans
5 weeks
6. Specialty Services & Advanced Topics
- Analytics & Machine Learning on AWS
- Security & Compliance Deep Dive (KMS, GuardDuty, Inspector)
- Migration, Hybrid & Edge Architectures
5 weeks
7. Exam Preparation & Mock Practice
- Review Whitepapers & FAQs
- Hands-On Labs & Scenario Workshops
- Full-Length Practice Exams & Exam Strategy
4 weeks