AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional
The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) is an advanced certification validating technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on AWS. It is designed for professionals who implement continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS, covering automation of the release pipeline, monitoring, incident response, and policy-as-code practices at enterprise scale.
What is the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional (DOP-C02)?
The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) is an advanced certification validating technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on AWS. It is designed for professionals who implement continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS, covering automation of the release pipeline, monitoring, incident response, and policy-as-code practices at enterprise scale.
Who Should Take This Course?
- Senior DevOps engineers building CI/CD pipelines on AWS
- Platform engineers managing AWS infrastructure at scale
- Site reliability engineers (SREs) operating AWS workloads
- Cloud architects designing DevOps toolchains
- Engineering managers overseeing AWS deployment automation
- Professionals who hold the AWS Developer or SysOps associate certifications
What You Will Learn in the DOP-C02 Course
A comprehensive curriculum covering all exam objectives with hands-on labs and real-world practice.
SDLC Automation
Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation across the software development lifecycle.
- AWS CodePipeline multi-stage pipeline design
- CodeBuild buildspec configuration and caching strategies
- CodeDeploy deployment groups — in-place, blue/green, canary
- Cross-account and cross-region pipeline patterns
Configuration Management and IaC
Apply infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices at scale.
- AWS CloudFormation — nested stacks, StackSets, and drift detection
- AWS CDK for defining infrastructure in code
- AWS Systems Manager for operational configuration
- OpsWorks with Chef and Puppet integration
Monitoring and Logging
Implement observability strategies to detect and resolve operational issues proactively.
- CloudWatch custom metrics, dashboards, and composite alarms
- AWS X-Ray tracing and service maps for microservices
- Centralized logging with CloudWatch Logs and OpenSearch
- AWS Health and Personal Health Dashboard
Policies and Standards Automation
Enforce governance and compliance automatically across AWS accounts and services.
- AWS Config conformance packs and auto-remediation
- AWS Organizations SCPs and tag policies
- AWS Security Hub automated standards checks
- IAM Access Analyzer and resource-based policy validation
Incident and Event Response
Design automated incident detection, notification, and response systems.
- EventBridge rules for automated event-driven responses
- Systems Manager Incident Manager runbooks
- Auto-remediation Lambda functions triggered by alarms
- Chaos engineering and game day planning on AWS
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Design resilient systems with defined RTO and RPO objectives.
- Multi-region active-active and active-passive patterns
- Route 53 health checks and DNS failover strategies
- AWS Backup for centralized backup policies
- RDS and Aurora global databases and cross-region read replicas
Course Prerequisites
Pre-requisites training is free when you purchase the course from ProSupport
- AWS Developer Associate (DVA-C02) or SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02)
- 2+ years of experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments
- Proficiency with at least one scripting language — Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling and version control (Git)
- Understanding of networking, security, and container concepts on AWS
Exam Information
Everything you need to know about the DOP-C02 certification exam.
| Exam Component | Details |
|---|---|
Exam Name | AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional |
Exam Code | DOP-C02 |
Exam Type | Multiple Choice and Multiple Response |
Total Questions | 75 |
Passing Score | 750 (out of 1000) |
Exam Duration | 180 minutes |
Language | English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese |
Exam Provider | AWS / Pearson VUE |
Exam Focus | CI/CD pipelines, IaC, monitoring, policy automation, and incident response on AWS |
Exam Registration | Register via aws.amazon.com/certification or authorized Pearson VUE testing centers |
Retake Policy | 14 days wait after first failure; 90 days after second and subsequent failures |
Certification Validity | 3 years |
Exam Topics
Training Plans
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Basic
Certification Program
- Certification syllabus training
- Private instructor-led live classes
- Hands-on labs
- Practice exams
- Certification exam guidance
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- Everything in Basic
- Real-world industry projects
- Case studies
- GitHub portfolio project
- Assignment reviews
- Capstone mini project
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Career Acceleration
- Everything in Pro
- Resume building
- LinkedIn profile optimization
- Interview preparation
- Mock interviews
- Career mentoring sessions
- Capstone project
- Certification exam strategy
- Industry use-case training
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AWS DevOps Engineer Professional (DOP-C02)
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