AWS DevOps Engineer

Moving to DevOps requires a cultural shift, implementing DevOps practices, and using the right tools to automate processes. “AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional” is the best way to learn and demonstrate necessary skills and practices.

Please check my “AWS Architect” articles to learn AWS services in depth.

Current Version: DOP-C02

AWS Services

Domain	Related AWS Services
1: SDLC Automation	CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeGuru, CodePipeline Elastic Beanstalk, Amplify CodeArtifact, S3, ECR, EC2 Image Builder Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store Lam bda
2: Configuration Management & IaC	CloudFormation, Stacks, Templates SAM, AWS CDK Systems Manager, Service Catelog, AWS Organizations, SCPs, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty AWS Control Tower, AWS Config Lambda, Step Functions OpsWorks
3: Resilient Cloud Solutions	Multi-Region DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, DMS S3 , EFS, EBS Route 53, CloudFront, ELB, ASG ECS, EKS, ECR API Gateway, Lambda, Fargate ElastiCache, DAX Systems Manager
4: Monitoring and Logging	Logs CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs S3, S3 lifecycles, Athena Kinesis, Kinesis Data Streams, Kinesis Data Firehose Lambda, API Gateway Amazon OpenSearch, Quicksight KMS, X-Ray, EventBridge, Amazon SNS DynamoDB, EC2 Auto Scaling groups, RDS storage auto scaling, ECS capacity provider AWS Config
5: Incident and Event Response	AWS Health, EventBridge, CloudTrail, CloudWatch SQS, Kinesis, SNS, Lambda, Step Functions Auto Scaling, ECS, EKS
6: Security and Compliance	IAM, AWS STS, Identity Center Organizations, Control Tower, AWS Config Systems Manager, Secrets Manager KMS, AWS CloudHSM, ACM Trusted Advisor, AWS Certificate Manager WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, Amazon Macie Security Groups, Network ACLs,

Domain 1: SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) Automation

Task 1.1: Implement CI/CD pipelines

Task 1.2: Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines

Task 1.3: Build and manage artifacts

Task 1.4: Implement deployment strategies for instance, container, and
serverless environments

Domain 2: Configuration Management and IaC

Task 2.1: Define cloud infrastructure and reusable components to
provision and manage systems throughout their lifecycle

Task 2.2: Deploy automation to create, onboard, and secure AWS accounts
in a multi-account or multi-Region environment

Task 2.3: Design and build automated solutions for complex tasks and
large-scale environments

Domain 3: Resilient Cloud Solutions

Task 3.1: Implement highly available solutions to meet resilience and
business requirements

Task 3.2: Implement solutions that are scalable to meet business
requirements

Task 3.3: Implement automated recovery processes to meet RTO and RPO
requirements

Domain 4: Monitoring and Logging

Task 4.1: Configure the collection, aggregation, and storage of logs and
metrics

Task 4.2: Audit, monitor, and analyze logs and metrics to detect issues

Task 4.3: Automate monitoring and event management of complex
environments

Domain 5: Incident and Event Response

Task 5.1: Manage event sources to process, notify, and take action in
response to events

Task 5.2: Implement configuration changes in response to events

Task 5.3: Troubleshoot system and application failures

Domain 6: Security and Compliance

Task 6.1: Implement techniques for identity and access management at
scale

Task 6.2: Apply automation for security controls and data protection.

Task 6.3: Implement security monitoring and auditing solutions.