Passed CloudOps Engineer Associate (SOA-CO3) & Solutions Architect - (SAA-C03)
Passed theCloudOps Engineer Associate (SOA-CO3) & Solutions Architect - (SAA-C03) exam about two weeks ago. So wanted to share my experience on those two exams. I mainly prepared for the CloudOps exam. And then after passing it, I attempted the Solution Architect without any prep. For preparation, I had only about 10 days for the CloudOps. I have 2+ years of experience as DevOps Engineer with AWS being used on a day to day basis.
Preparation:
So I went through the video materials of Stephane Maarek's CloudOps course. I used 2x speed to really speed up the videos. Obviously, I couldn't remember all the details of all the topics, so I made a note using Claude Code. Claude really made the notes a bit more descriptive but it really helped the day before exam as I skimmed through the notes for an overall revision.
Notes: https://github.com/FahimMunawar/AWS-CloudOps-Stephen-Maarek-Notes
Practice Exams:
I went for Tutorial Dojo CloudOps Practice exams. They provide a total of 6 Practice Exams. I must say they really humbled me. I attempted 4 exams and scored around 52%, 57%, 62% and 67%. Attempted all of the in the review mode. Review mode really helps understand the answer choices even if you scored right on the question. Highly suggested to go through review mode.
Solutions Architect - (SAA-C03):
I had a voucher so just went for the exam 2 days later and surprisingly I scored on it better then the CloudOps one lol.
CloudOps Exam really tested my knowledge as a DevOps or Cloud engineer. Some questions went deep in the topic. CloudOps felt like the more difficult exam for me atleast. Anyone on as DevOps or Cloud Engineer, CloudOps can really be a good platform if you are thinking of AWS professionals.
Lastly, Thank you to this sub, it really helped me a lot with the resources, experiences and even a small comment turning out to be useful knowledge. gratefull to you all.
Next stop Data Engineer Associate DEA-CO3!