AWS SysOps Administrator SOA-C02
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) is the operations-focused associate exam: monitoring and remediation, reliability and business continuity, deployment and automation, security and compliance, networking, and cost and performance. These pages break the exam down objective by objective, with explained practice questions and memory hooks so you can see exactly where you stand before you book.
- Exam code: SOA-C02
- 65 questions
- Passing score: 720
- 130 minutes
Exam domains
Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation 20%
- 1.1 - CloudWatch metrics and alarms
- 1.2 - Logging and log analysis (CloudWatch Logs, CloudTrail, Config)
- 1.3 - Automated remediation (EventBridge and SSM Automation)
Reliability and Business Continuity 16%
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation 18%
- 3.1 - Provisioning with CloudFormation and StackSets
- 3.2 - Automation with Systems Manager (Run Command, Patch Manager)
- 3.3 - Deployment strategies, AMIs and launch templates
Security and Compliance 16%
- 4.1 - Identity and data protection (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager)
- 4.2 - Compliance and governance (Config, Organizations, SCPs)
- 4.3 - Threat detection and protection (GuardDuty, WAF, Shield)