Analyze network connectivity by executing practical networking commands

Configure & troubleshoot network communication by IP addressing, subnet masks, DNS & DHCP

Design & implement network topologies using PCs, switches, routers & GNS3, assign IP addresses and verify connectivity between network devices

Configure & troubleshoot switches & routers, inspect MAC address tables & routing tables

Understand network security by identifying firewall placement and the role of security controls within a network

Build applications & automate cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK

Write reusable & maintainable code using functions, modules, packages & Object-Oriented Programming

Understand the CDK deployment lifecycle and how code is transformed into CloudFormation templates and deployed as AWS infrastructure

Manage files & directories using Linux commands for creating, copying, moving, deleting & organizing files

Search, analyze & manipulate text/data using practical text-processing and searching commands

Manage users & groups by creating accounts, assigning permissions & controlling access to system resources

Install & manage software packages using Linux package management commands

Monitor & manage processes and services to troubleshoot applications and maintain system availability

Configure & troubleshoot network connectivity using Linux networking commands

Archive, compress & manage files for efficient storage and transfer

Execute & automate tasks using Shell scripts and Python scripts

Transfer files between systems using FTP commands

Perform data backup & recovery to protect system files and application data

Access & manage remote Linux systems using SSH, and understand remote desktop access using RDP

Build, deploy & scale modern containerized applications,

Create and manage Docker containers & images, orchestrate multi-container applications using Docker Compose,

Deploy containerized workloads using AWS ECS & ECR, and

Use Kubernetes & Amazon EKS to deploy, expose, manage & scale applications in cloud environments.

AWS Global Infrastructure, Availability Zones, Edge Locations,  Cloud Deployment Models, Pay-as-you-go Pricing & Shared Responsibility Model

Secure cloud resources & manage identities using IAM Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, MFA, Access Keys, AWS CLI, SDK, CloudShell & AWS Security Tools

Deploy & manage applications on EC2 by creating and configuring instances,

Design & implement cloud storage solutions using S3, EBS, EFS

Design secure AWS networks using VPC, CIDR, Subnets, Route Tables, Security Groups, NACLs, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, VPC Endpoints, VPC Peering 

Build highly available & scalable applications using Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Auto Scaling Groups & Scaling Policies

Monitor, audit & automate cloud environments using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, Systems Manager & SNS

Build event-driven serverless applications using API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Triggers 

Plan for backup, disaster recovery & cloud migration

Troubleshoot Linux-based applications and infrastructure running on AWS