AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03)

Intermediate Level

Validate technical ability to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS.

Develop the skills to deploy, monitor, secure, and maintain workloads on AWS. AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate validates operational knowledge across workload management, troubleshooting, business continuity, and optimization.

For systems administrators, cloud support engineers, and IT operations professionals, this certification connects infrastructure experience with the demands of operating AWS environments.

Prepare through Trainocate Malaysia’s three-day Cloud Operations on AWS course, combining instructor-led learning with practical labs, HRD Corp Claimable.

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What will you learn in Cloud Operations on AWS?

Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments.

Build the operational capability to respond when workloads fail, demand spikes, or recovery becomes urgent. The Cloud Operations on AWS course develops your understanding of how to monitor, secure, automate, and maintain the environments businesses depend on.

Through instructor-led scenarios and hands-on labs, work with resource deployment, monitoring, access management, scaling, and backup and recovery. Connect these activities with repeatable operating practices while developing knowledge relevant to AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate certification.

Bring your infrastructure experience into the cloud and prepare for greater operational responsibility with Trainocate.

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HRDC Claimable and Malaysian Bumiputera eligible for Yayasan Peneraju Financing Scheme. T&C applies.

Fees:

RM6,075 RM4,538/pax incl exam

Intakes:

9-11 Dec 2026 | 10-12 Feb 2027 | 14-16 Apr 2027

This certification validates a candidate’s ability to:

  • Deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS. 

  • Support and maintain AWS workloads according to the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

  • Perform operations by using the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI.

  • Implement security controls to meet compliance requirements.

  • Monitor, log, and troubleshoot systems.

  • Apply networking concepts (for example, DNS, TCP, IP, firewalls).

  • Implement architectural requirements (for example, high availability, performance, capacity).

  • Perform business continuity and disaster recovery procedures.

  • Identify, classify, and remediate incidents.

Who is this for?

  • System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud.

  • IT professionals who want to increase their cloud operations knowledge

An economic impact study by Forrester found that a composite organization experiences an ROI of 234% over three years purely on the value of AWS Training and Certification services, including:

Improve innovation velocity by 88%

Organizations reduced the time to develop an application proof of concept from 10 weeks to 1 week. ​

Accelerate application migration 30-50%

Learners migrated applications more efficiently after course completion. From their training they identified automation possibilities, avoided manual rework, and more easily and quickly overcame challenges.​

Increased retention by 10-35%

Employees that participated in learning with AWS felt increased loyalty towards their organization, along with higher morale, engagement, and sense of ownership, resulting in reduced turnover rates and longer tenure.​

Source: “The Total Economic Impact of AWS Training and Certification” – A Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study, commissioned by AWS, May 2022​

Put AWS credibility behind your operations experience

Earn a recognized credential that validates your understanding of deploying, managing, and operating AWS workloads. Use it alongside practical examples to make your cloud operations capabilities more visible to employers, customers, and project teams.

Take your systems administration skills into the cloud

Connect familiar responsibilities such as access management, monitoring, and recovery with AWS services and operating practices. Build on your existing infrastructure experience through guided exercises that help you understand how those responsibilities change in a cloud environment. 

Turn cloud alerts into informed action

Develop a clearer approach to interpreting monitoring information and investigating workload problems. Use that understanding to ask better diagnostic questions and contribute more confidently when your team needs to identify an issue and restore normal operation.

Differentiate your skills set

Showcase your AWS operations experience. With a credential that represents an ability to deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS, you can highlight experience and skill in cloud operations. 

Why choose Trainocate?

Trainocate has been recognized as the AWS Training Partner of the Year from 2022-2025, highlighting its excellence in cloud skills development and commitment to digital transformation in Malaysia. This award reinforces Trainocate’s reputation as a top-tier AWS training provider, ensuring learners receive industry-recognized education with the latest cloud technologies.

By choosing Trainocate, participants benefit from an award-winning institution dedicated to equipping professionals with in-demand AWS skills to drive career growth and business innovation.

Certification Details

Upon completing the course, participants will be prepared to pursue the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate. This certification validates the ability to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS. This is the only exam that includes lab exercises. The exam details are as follows:

Lenght:

130 minutes

Exam Format:

65 Questions; either multiple choice or multiple response

Language offered:

English

Passing Score:

720 / 1000

Cost:

150 USD

Ready to get AWS Certified in 2027?

Frequent Asked Questions (FAQs)

Yes, when your work involves maintaining AWS environments or you want to develop toward that responsibility. It gives your learning a defined operational focus and provides a recognized credential to support your experience.

This pathway is particularly relevant if you want to:

  • Move into cloud operations: Apply infrastructure knowledge to AWS workloads
  • Strengthen your current role: Develop broader understanding of monitoring, security, recovery, and automation
  • Demonstrate your progress: Support practical experience with an AWS-issued credential

We recommend choosing a learning goal connected to work you want to perform.

Pro Tip: Identify one operational responsibility you want to handle more confidently, then use it to guide your training questions and practice.

You can pursue roles like Cloud Operations Engineer, AWS SysOps Administrator, Infrastructure Analyst, and Cloud Support Engineer.

As of Aug 2025, JobStreet lists over 706 cloud operations jobs in Malaysia.

  • Cloud Operations Engineer: Manage AWS workloads and optimize resource usage.
  • SysOps Administrator: Oversee cloud deployments and ensure system stability.
  • Infrastructure Analyst: Monitor cloud performance and troubleshoot issues.
  • Cloud Support Engineer: Provide technical support for cloud-based solutions.

Pro Tip: Monitor AWS Malaysia’s job listings and tailor your resume with specific keywords such as “SysOps,” “cloud operations,” and “AWS CLI” to stand out to local recruiters.

Yes—demand is rapidly increasing alongside the regional expansion of cloud infrastructure.

According to Mordor Intelligence, including AWS-led hyperscaler investments, the ASEAN public cloud market is forecast to reach USD 21.78 billion by 2025, growing at a 14.60% CAGR from 2025–2030.

  • Rising public cloud use fuels need for SysOps roles focused on system health, alerts, and automation.
  • ASEAN cloud maturity is creating demand for operations experts across sectors and borders.
  • Companies deploying multi-cloud architectures (AWS + others) require certified administrators for orchestration.

Pro Tip: Network with AWS regional ops experts through AWS-hosted webinars; these connections often identify early hiring for rising cloud operations teams.

Yes—certified staff consistently deploy faster, troubleshoot quicker, and lead more efficient cloud projects. An ESG study found that 90% of organizations reported increased productivity and 89% reported faster project completion with AWS Certified staff (ESG Whitepaper).

  • Certified teams resolve issues faster.
  • Certified SysOps professionals drive automation and reduce manual workloads.
  • Organizations with certified staff deploy applications more quickly.

Pro Tip: When joining a new cloud project, lead the charge in setting up automation for routine tasks to immediately demonstrate your productivity advantage.

5. How will the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate help my career?

Certified individuals report increased confidence as a result of earning this industry-recognized certification and increased credibility with technical IT/cloud colleagues and customers. Professionals in operations or administration roles on on-premises systems can showcase that they can perform similar tasks on AWS cloud.

Preparing for and earning the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate can also get you off to a strong start to earn additional AWS Certifications in the Professional and Specialty categories.

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional and AWS Certified Security – Specialty are certifications that other cloud professionals have earned to advance further in roles like systems administrator and cloud engineer.

7. What happened to AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate?

AWS has renamed this certification as AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate to reflect the evolving nature of cloud operations and a shift in industry terminology. The name change to AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate will only apply to those who pass the latest exam version (SOA-C03). It won’t be retroactively changed for those who hold the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.

Individuals who already have the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate are not required to take the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate exam. The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification will remain valid for 3 years from the date it was earned.

Additionally, individuals who have an active AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification can continue to recertify both certifications by passing the latest version of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam.

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