Certifications
Intermediate

AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)

Master cloud-native architecture, serverless systems, and CI/CD pipelines to ace the AWS DVA-C02 certification exam.

This course provides comprehensive preparation for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) exam, synthesizing distributed systems theory with rigorous cloud engineering practices. Learners master core AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway, and ECS while implementing secure identity management and CI/CD pipelines. The curriculum equips engineers to architect, deploy, instrument, and debug resilient cloud microservices.

Dr. Marcus Vance, Principal Cloud Architect and Adjunct Professor of Distributed Systems 90h + 45h 2 certificates available
AWS Certified DeveloperDVA-C02Serverless ArchitectureDynamoDBAWS Lambda

Curriculum

Two complete tracks. Study either or both — each has its own exam and certificate.

A formal study of distributed state machines, eventual consistency models, serverless runtime execution paradigms, and mathematical models of cloud security within the AWS ecosystem.

Mathematical modeling of execution sandboxes, cold-start latencies, distributed queueing properties, and formal finite state machine orchestrations.

  • Execution Environment Lifecycles and Cold-Start Latency Modeling Lab45 min
  • Asynchronous Messaging Topologies and Queueing Theory Lab40 min
  • Deterministic Orchestration and Distributed State Machines Lab35 min

Careers this prepares you for

  • AWS Cloud Developer
  • Serverless Systems Engineer
  • Cloud DevOps Engineer
  • Full Stack Cloud Application Developer

Your tutor

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Dr. Marcus Vance
Principal Cloud Architect and Adjunct Professor of Distributed Systems