Your roadmap to real skills.

The Cloud Landscape

Compare AWS / GCP / Azure; set a billing alarm; create your first IAM user.

AWS Core Services

Recognise EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFront, Route 53.

IAM in Depth

Apply IAM users, roles, policies, and least privilege; understand instance profiles.

EC2

Launch EC2 with proper security, pick instance types, use ASGs + launch templates.

S3

Use S3 for storage with bucket policies, presigned URLs, lifecycle rules.

RDS

Use managed Postgres with Multi-AZ, read replicas, automated backups, and Proxy pooling.

Lambda

Build serverless functions; understand triggers, cold starts, execution roles.

VPC

Design a 3-tier VPC and understand security groups vs NACLs.

CloudFront

Configure CloudFront with S3 origins, caching headers, and invalidation strategy.

AWS Data Services: DynamoDB, Aurora, ElastiCache

Choose DynamoDB, Aurora, or ElastiCache beyond RDS and design DynamoDB around access patterns.

AWS Application and Integration Services

Decouple with SQS + SNS, expose Lambda via API Gateway, and route traffic with Route 53.

AWS Monitoring and Security Services

Observe with CloudWatch + X-Ray and protect workloads with Secrets Manager, KMS, WAF, and Shield.

AWS CLI and Infrastructure as Code

Use the AWS CLI and write Terraform for declarative infrastructure.

AWS-Native CI/CD: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy

Build an AWS-native pipeline with CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy and weigh it against GitHub Actions.

AWS Certification Path

Plan an AWS cert path (Cloud Practitioner, SAA, Pro) that matters.

Passion Project: 3-Tier App on AWS

Deploy a full app on AWS with Terraform; document the architecture.

AWS Job Readiness

Translate AWS skills into a resume, portfolio, and interview answers for Cloud Engineer / DevOps / SRE roles.