Curriculum and Job Skills Information

AWS re/Start is a full-time, skills development program that prepares learners for careers in the cloud. Through scenario-based learning and hands-on labs, learners gain the technical skills they need for entry-level cloud roles. AWS re/Start also focuses on building professional skills such as adaptive communication, time management, and collaboration. The program’s mission is to build a diverse pipeline of entry-level cloud talent.

Learning Objectives

Individuals enrolled in the program will develop skills in several areas, including:

  • Working knowledge of the Linux operating system, scripting, automation, and programming languages focused on Python

  • Understanding of networking concepts, protocols, security best practices particularly as related to their cloud deployment

  • Knowledge of security fundamentals such as authentication, authorization, shared responsibility model and firewalls Fundamental understanding of databases technologies

  • Application of AWS Core Services in the area of compute, storage and networking, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Cloud Formation, RDS, and Route 53

  • Understanding of professional skills for a technology working environment, including communication skills, collaboration tools, project management, presentation skills, and project reporting

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to Cloud (basic computing and introduction to AWS

  • Linux Fundamentals

  • Networking Fundamentals

  • Security Fundamentals

  • Python Programming

  • Databases Fundamentals

  • Well-Architected Framework

  • Understanding-Systems-Operations-on-AWS

  • Tooling-and-Automation

  • Computing-Servers

  • Computing-Scaling-and-Name-Resolution

  • Computing-Containers-and-Serverless

  • Computing-Database-Services

  • Networking

  • Storage-and-Archiving

  • Monitoring-and-Security

  • Managing-Resource-Consumption

  • Creating-Automated-and-Repeatable-Deployments