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✅ Cloud Architect Level
Cloud Architecture
Complete Beginner → Advanced Syllabus (Pin-to-Pin)
🟢 LEVEL 1 — Cloud Fundamentals
1. Cloud Computing Basics
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS models
- Public, private, hybrid clouds
- Advantages of cloud computing
- Cloud provider comparison
2. AWS Core Services
- EC2 (compute)
- S3 (storage)
- RDS (databases)
- Lambda (serverless)
🟢 LEVEL 2 — Network Architecture
3. VPC & Subnets
- Virtual Private Cloud creation
- Public & private subnets
- Route tables
- Internet gateways
4. Network Security
- Security groups
- Network ACLs
- Firewalls
- IP management
🟡 LEVEL 3 — Content Delivery
5. CDN Configuration
- CloudFront basics
- Distribution setup
- Cache behavior
- Origin configuration
6. Caching Strategy
- Cache invalidation
- TTL optimization
- Compression settings
- Geographic routing
🟡 LEVEL 4 — Load Balancing
7. Load Balancer Setup
- Application Load Balancer
- Network Load Balancer
- Target groups
- Health check configuration
8. Auto-Scaling
- Auto-scaling groups
- Scaling policies
- Scaling metrics
- Lifecycle hooks
🟠 LEVEL 5 — Data Management
9. Database Services
- RDS for relational data
- DynamoDB for NoSQL
- ElastiCache for caching
- Backup & recovery
10. Storage Solutions
- S3 configuration
- S3 versioning & lifecycle
- EBS volumes
- Backup strategies
🟠 LEVEL 6 — Serverless Architecture
11. Lambda Functions
- Lambda basics
- Event triggers
- Cold start optimization
- Cost optimization
12. Serverless Workflows
- Step Functions
- API Gateway integration
- Event-driven architecture
- SQS/SNS
🔵 LEVEL 7 — Security & Compliance
13. Identity & Access
- IAM policies
- Service roles
- Cross-account access
- MFA requirements
14. Encryption & Secrets
- Encryption at rest
- Encryption in transit
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Key management
🔵 LEVEL 8 — Monitoring & Logging
15. CloudWatch Integration
- Metrics collection
- Log aggregation
- Alarms & notifications
- Dashboard creation
16. Distributed Tracing
- X-Ray integration
- Service map visualization
- Performance insights
- Issue diagnosis
🔴 LEVEL 9 — Cost & Operations
17. Cost Optimization
- Cost monitoring
- Reserved instances
- Spot instances
- Cost allocation tags
18. Well-Architected Framework
- Operational excellence
- Security pillar
- Reliability pillar
- Performance & cost efficiency
⭐ Senior Frontend Focus (Must Master)
- CloudFront CDN for frontend distribution
- S3 static hosting for SPAs
- Lambda@Edge for frontend optimization
- API Gateway for frontend APIs
- CloudWatch monitoring for frontend metrics
- IAM roles for frontend service access
- Cost optimization for frontend infrastructure