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AWS Cloud Computing Training in Pune with Placement

Name: Archer Infotech
Address: Flat No. 12, Divyadarshan Housing Society, behind Kothrud Bus Stand Road, near Natraj Gas Agency, Londhe Wada, Chaitanya Nagar, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, 411038, IN
Telephone: +91 9850 678451
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Pune's trusted AWS classes at the Archer Infotech institute, Kothrud — weekday, weekend and online batches with placement assistance.

Master Amazon Web Services cloud platform. Learn core services, architecture patterns, and prepare for AWS certifications.

3 Months

Intermediate

Online & Offline

Curriculum last reviewed: 6 May 2026

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AWS is the dominant cloud platform in Pune's product engineering and BFSI sectors — Synaptic, Persistent Systems, Bajaj Finserv, BMC Software, and Mastercard's Pune Tech Hub all run their primary workloads on it. Archer Infotech's AWS training in Pune teaches the platform as it is actually used in 2026 — VPC design with private subnets, EKS for containerised workloads, Lambda + API Gateway for serverless, Aurora and DynamoDB for data, IaC via Terraform and AWS CDK, and the Well-Architected Framework as the lens behind every design decision. The course doubles as preparation for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) certification. Classroom in Kothrud, online live, and weekend batches available.

Why Learn AWS in 2026

AWS holds roughly 31% of the global cloud infrastructure market (Synergy Research, Q1 2026), more than Azure (25%) and Google Cloud (11%) combined. In India the share is even higher in startups and product companies. Indeed Pune lists more than 1,500 active AWS-related roles as of May 2026, spanning Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, SRE, and Cloud Developer titles. Pune is one of the three major AWS hiring cities in India alongside Bengaluru and Hyderabad, with strong demand from Persistent Systems, BMC Software, Bajaj Finserv, Synechron, BMW TechWorks India, and the Mastercard Pune Tech Hub.

What changed in 2026: organisations are no longer 'lifting and shifting' to EC2 and calling it cloud — they are building cloud-native, with EKS, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and managed databases (Aurora, DynamoDB, OpenSearch). Generative AI on Bedrock has become a standard part of new AWS architectures. FinOps — controlling cloud spend — is now an expected skill on most senior cloud roles. The AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam (current code SAA-C03) was refreshed to weight serverless, container, and observability questions more heavily.

What this means for hiring: Pune cloud job descriptions in 2026 expect Terraform or AWS CDK on top of console basics, container experience (ECS or EKS), one observability stack (CloudWatch + X-Ray, or Prometheus + Grafana), and at least one production deployment story. Archer Infotech's curriculum is rebuilt around exactly these expectations — modern AWS, IaC by default, container-aware, certification-ready.

AWS = 31% global cloud share (Synergy Q1 2026) — biggest by far
1,500+ active AWS roles on Indeed Pune as of May 2026
Modern stack — VPC + EKS + Lambda + Aurora + Bedrock, not EC2-only
IaC by default — Terraform and AWS CDK, not click-ops
Certification path — SAA-C03 (Solutions Architect Associate) included in curriculum

Who This Course Is For

For You If

Engineering, BCS, MCA, or BSc-CS student looking to enter cloud or DevOps roles in Pune
Working software developer wanting to add cloud architecture to your skill stack
System or network administrator transitioning into cloud engineering
Java, Python, or .NET backend developer whose job descriptions now expect AWS knowledge
Career restarter targeting cloud engineering as a high-demand re-entry path

Not For You If

If you have no programming or scripting background — at least basic Python or Bash is required to follow the IaC and Lambda modules
If you want a 30-day cert-only crash course — we run a separate exam-prep track; this 3-month programme is hands-on engineering, not exam tricks
If you cannot put in 8–10 hours per week of lab work outside class — AWS is learned by clicking, breaking, and rebuilding, not by watching
If your only goal is a single certificate sticker with no project work — Pune cloud hiring screens on hands-on portfolio, not just badges
If you already hold AWS Solutions Architect Professional or have 4+ years of production AWS — you'll be under-stretched; talk to us about advanced specialisations

Detailed Curriculum

Cloud Foundations & AWS Account Setup

Week 1

Cloud computing concepts (IaaS / PaaS / SaaS, on-prem vs cloud trade-offs, shared responsibility model), the AWS global infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge locations, Wavelength zones), account creation, billing alarms, the AWS Free Tier, and IAM basics. By the end of week 1 every student has a personal AWS sandbox account, MFA enabled, a budget alarm at ₹1,000, and an IAM user with programmatic access. We deliberately spend a full session on cost — every horror story you have heard about a runaway AWS bill starts with what we cover this week.

Cloud computing models — IaaS / PaaS / SaaSAWS global infrastructure — Regions, AZs, Edge locationsShared responsibility modelAccount setup, MFA, root vs IAM usersBilling alarms, AWS Budgets, Cost ExplorerAWS Free Tier — what's free and for how longAWS CLI v2 setup and named profiles

IAM, Identity Federation & Security Baseline

Week 2

Identity is the foundation of cloud security. Learn IAM users, groups, roles, and policies (managed, customer-managed, inline) — and the design principles that separate hobbyist accounts from production-grade ones. Cover IAM Identity Center (the successor to AWS SSO) for workforce identity, OIDC federation for CI/CD pipelines, and AWS Organizations + SCPs for multi-account governance. We finish the module by hardening the sandbox account using the AWS Security Hub baseline.

IAM users, groups, roles, policiesPolicy evaluation logic — explicit deny, boundaries, conditionsIAM roles for EC2, Lambda, and cross-account accessIAM Identity Center for workforce SSOOIDC federation for GitHub Actions / JenkinsAWS Organizations and Service Control PoliciesSecurity Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config baseline

Networking — VPC, Subnets, Routing, Connectivity

Week 3

Cloud networking is where most certification candidates lose marks and most engineers lose production weekends. We build a VPC from scratch — public and private subnets across two AZs, a NAT Gateway, an Internet Gateway, route tables, security groups, and Network ACLs — and prove the design with a working three-tier application (ALB → EC2 → RDS). Then add VPC Peering, Transit Gateway concepts, VPC endpoints (Gateway and Interface), and PrivateLink. By the end you can draw any small-to-medium VPC on a whiteboard and defend every routing decision.

VPC, subnets, CIDR planningInternet Gateway, NAT Gateway, NAT InstanceRoute tables, security groups, NACLsVPC Peering and Transit GatewayVPC endpoints — Gateway (S3, DynamoDB) and InterfacePrivateLink and Direct Connect overviewRoute 53 — public, private, weighted, latency, failover

Compute — EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda, Containers

Weeks 4–5

The compute landscape on AWS in 2026 is broader than 'launch an EC2 instance'. Cover EC2 instance families and pricing models (on-demand, spot, savings plans, reserved), AMI lifecycle and EC2 Image Builder, Auto Scaling groups + Application Load Balancer for resilient apps. Then move into serverless — Lambda (with Java 21 / Python 3.13 runtimes), API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge — and build a small event-driven service. Finish with containers — Amazon ECS on Fargate and Amazon EKS — including a Fargate-only EKS cluster you can spin up for under ₹100/day.

EC2 instance families, pricing models, spot strategyAMIs, snapshots, EC2 Image BuilderAuto Scaling Groups + Application Load BalancerElastic Beanstalk overviewLambda — runtimes, layers, timeouts, cold startsAPI Gateway — REST and HTTP APIsStep Functions and EventBridgeAmazon ECS on FargateAmazon EKS basics — Fargate profiles, managed node groups

Storage & Databases

Week 6

Storage and database services are where AWS fees grow most quickly — and where bad decisions cause the most outages. Cover S3 in depth (storage classes, lifecycle rules, encryption, versioning, replication, S3 Object Lambda, signed URLs), EBS volume types and snapshots, EFS for shared filesystems. Then databases — RDS (Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL with Aurora Serverless v2 and Aurora Global), DynamoDB single-table design and on-demand vs provisioned capacity, ElastiCache for Redis, OpenSearch for search and logs.

S3 storage classes, lifecycle policies, replicationS3 encryption — SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-CS3 signed URLs and CloudFront integrationEBS volume types — gp3, io2, st1, sc1EFS, FSx for Windows / Lustre overviewRDS engines, Multi-AZ, read replicasAurora Serverless v2 and Aurora GlobalDynamoDB — partition key design, GSIs, on-demand vs provisionedElastiCache (Redis) and OpenSearch basics

DevOps on AWS — IaC, CI/CD, Observability

Weeks 7–8

Modern cloud is code, not clicks. Build infrastructure with Terraform 1.7+ (state in S3 with DynamoDB locking, modules, workspaces, terragrunt overview) and AWS CDK in TypeScript — both, because Pune teams use both and you need to read each. Wire CI/CD with GitHub Actions deploying via OIDC (no static keys), and AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild for AWS-native shops. Cover observability the way SREs actually configure it — CloudWatch metrics, logs with structured JSON, X-Ray for distributed tracing, alarms feeding SNS, and a small Grafana + Prometheus stack on EKS for the cloud-native pattern.

Terraform 1.7+ — providers, state, modules, workspacesAWS CDK in TypeScript — constructs, stacks, deploymentsCloudFormation basics — stacks, change sets, driftGitHub Actions with OIDC federationCodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy basicsCloudWatch metrics, alarms, dashboardsStructured logging with CloudWatch Logs InsightsAWS X-Ray and AWS Distro for OpenTelemetrySNS, SQS, EventBridge for alerting

Security, Encryption & Well-Architected Review

Week 9

The Solutions Architect Associate exam weights security heavily, and so do real Pune hiring panels. Cover KMS in depth (CMKs, grants, envelope encryption, key rotation), AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store, ACM for TLS certificates, AWS WAF and AWS Shield (Standard and Advanced), Macie for data classification, and the Well-Architected Tool's six pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimisation, Sustainability). We finish by reviewing each student's capstone architecture against the Well-Architected lens.

KMS — CMKs, grants, envelope encryption, key rotationSecrets Manager vs SSM Parameter StoreACM and TLS termination at ALB / CloudFrontWAF rules, Shield Standard vs AdvancedGuardDuty, Macie, Inspector overviewWell-Architected Framework — six pillarsCompliance — PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2 baseline mapping

Generative AI on AWS — Bedrock & Vector Stores

Week 10

Pune cloud architects in 2026 are expected to design AI features, not just classic three-tier apps. Cover Amazon Bedrock (Claude, Llama, Titan, Mistral, Stable Diffusion models on a single API), Bedrock Guardrails for content filtering, Bedrock Knowledge Bases backed by Amazon OpenSearch Serverless or Aurora pgvector, and Bedrock Agents for tool-using assistants. Build a small retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) service — S3 PDFs → Knowledge Base → Bedrock model → API Gateway endpoint — that you can demo end-to-end in interviews.

Amazon Bedrock — model catalog, on-demand vs provisionedBedrock Guardrails for safety filteringVector storage — OpenSearch Serverless and Aurora pgvectorBedrock Knowledge Bases for managed RAGBedrock Agents — tool calling, action groupsSageMaker AI overview for custom trainingCost and latency trade-offs across models

Capstone Project & SAA-C03 Exam Preparation

Weeks 11–12 + 2 weeks placement prep

Two weeks of full-time capstone work plus structured Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) preparation. Pick one of three capstone architectures (see Capstone Projects). For exam prep we run question-bank drills, scenario walkthroughs, and two full-length mock exams under timed conditions — students typically score 75–85% on the second mock if they have done the lab work seriously. Mock interviews target Pune cloud hiring panels (Persistent, BMC, Bajaj Finserv, Synechron). Resume / LinkedIn / GitHub polish included.

Capstone implementation, deployment, READMEArchitecture review against Well-Architected pillarsSAA-C03 question-bank drills — 5 domainsTwo full-length timed mock examsCloud-engineer interview prep — scenario design questionsResume, LinkedIn, GitHub portfolio polishHR mock interview and salary negotiation

Capstone Projects You Will Build

Project 1: Three-Tier Production Architecture with Terraform

A complete production-style three-tier architecture provisioned by Terraform — VPC across two AZs, public ALB, private EC2 / ECS application tier behind Auto Scaling, Aurora PostgreSQL Multi-AZ, ElastiCache for Redis caching, CloudFront in front of an S3 static-asset bucket, ACM TLS, WAF managed rules, and CloudWatch alarms feeding an SNS topic. The full stack stands up in under 15 minutes from `terraform apply` and tears down clean. Outcome: a public GitHub repository plus an architecture diagram you can talk through in any cloud interview.

Terraform 1.7+AWS VPC + ALB + Auto ScalingAurora PostgreSQL Multi-AZElastiCache (Redis)CloudFront + S3ACM + WAFCloudWatch + SNSGitHub Actions with OIDC

Project 2: Serverless Event-Driven Application

API Gateway → Lambda (Python 3.13 or Node.js 20) → DynamoDB single-table design, with Step Functions orchestrating a multi-stage workflow, EventBridge fanning events out to downstream consumers, and SQS DLQs handling failures. Cognito for user auth, X-Ray for distributed tracing, AWS SAM or CDK for deployment. Pick a real domain — order processing, ticket booking, IoT ingestion. Includes a one-page architecture review against the Well-Architected serverless lens.

AWS Lambda + API GatewayDynamoDB single-tableStep Functions + EventBridgeSQS + SNSAmazon CognitoAWS X-RayAWS SAM or CDK

Project 3: Containerised Microservices on EKS with Bedrock RAG

An EKS Fargate cluster running three microservices (frontend, API, worker) deployed via Helm, Application Load Balancer Controller for ingress, IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), and Aurora pgvector + Amazon Bedrock powering a retrieval-augmented chat endpoint. Includes Prometheus + Grafana for metrics, AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry for traces, and a GitHub Actions pipeline deploying via OIDC. Outcome: a 2026-relevant cloud-native + AI architecture that demos in 5 minutes.

Amazon EKS on FargateHelm chartsAurora PostgreSQL + pgvectorAmazon Bedrock + Knowledge BasesPrometheus + GrafanaAWS Distro for OpenTelemetryGitHub Actions with OIDC

Career Outcomes & Salaries in Pune

Cloud Engineer and AWS Solutions Architect are among the highest-demand roles in Pune as of 2026 — Indeed Pune lists more than 1,500 active AWS-related openings, with Cloud Engineer salary trending materially higher than equivalent-experience pure-developer salaries. The biggest Pune employers are Persistent Systems, BMC Software, Bajaj Finserv, Synechron, BMW TechWorks India, Mastercard Pune Tech Hub, Cognizant, Capgemini, and TCS.

What pulls a cloud engineer above the median band in 2026: a public GitHub portfolio with at least one Terraform-deployed three-tier architecture, demonstrable container experience (ECS or EKS), one observability stack you can defend, and the SAA-C03 certificate. Our capstone projects and certification track are designed exactly around these signals.

Senior Cloud Architect bands are reported as national figures (Pune-specific Indeed pages do not exist for those roles); Pune trends within ±10% of these figures based on AmbitionBox and 6figr aggregations.

Role	Salary band	Source
AWS Cloud Engineer (Pune)	₹6,72,490 per year average	Indeed Pune (AWS Cloud Engineer)
Cloud Engineer entry-level (<3 years, Pune)	₹4,50,000 – ₹6,50,000 per year	AmbitionBox Pune Cloud Engineer
AWS Solutions Architect (Pune mid-level, 3–6 years)	₹12,00,000 – ₹18,00,000 per year	Glassdoor Pune AWS Solutions Architect
Senior Cloud Architect (national, 7–10 years)	₹22,00,000 – ₹38,00,000 per year	6figr India Cloud Architect (national, Pune ±10%)
Lead / Principal Cloud Engineer (national)	₹35,00,000 – ₹60,00,000 per year	Industry aggregation 2026 (Pune ±10%)

Pune companies hiring AWS professionals in 2026

Persistent SystemsBMC SoftwareBajaj FinservSynechronMastercard Pune Tech HubBMW TechWorks IndiaMercedes-Benz R&D IndiaTCSInfosysWiproCognizantCapgeminiAtos / EvidenCumminsHoneywellJohn Deere ETC

Roles after this AWS course

AWS Cloud EngineerCloud DeveloperDevOps Engineer (cloud-focused)Solutions Architect — AssociateSite Reliability EngineerPlatform EngineerCloud Support EngineerJunior Cloud Architect

Course Duration, Batches & Modes

Duration: 3 months of structured curriculum (12 weeks) plus 2 weeks of capstone project work and SAA-C03 / interview preparation

Classroom

Archer Infotech, Kothrud, Pune

• Morning batch — 10:00 to 13:00
• Evening batch — 18:00 to 21:00
• Lab access available outside class hours

Online Live

• Same hours as classroom batches — morning or evening
• Recordings available for review
• Same lab reviews and project feedback as in-person batches

Tools used:

Zoom for live sessionsPersonal AWS sandbox account per studentGitHub for code and Terraform reviewsSlack / WhatsApp for asynchronous Q&A

Weekend

• Saturday + Sunday, 09:00 to 13:00

Stretches over 5 months instead of 3 to accommodate working professionals. Same content, lower weekly load — most working developers find this format easier to balance with their day job.

Maximum 15 students per batch — small enough that the trainer reviews every student's Terraform code and architecture diagrams personally. Classroom batches start every 4 weeks; weekend batches every 6 weeks.

Course Fees

Course fees range from ₹20,000 to ₹90,000 depending on mode (classroom / online / weekend), batch type, and any applicable concession. Kindly reach us for the current 2026 quote — we calibrate by early-bird timing, group enrolment, and returning-alumni concessions. The SAA-C03 exam voucher (USD ~150 / ~₹13,000) is paid directly to AWS by the student and is not part of our fee.

₹20,000 – ₹90,000 — the higher end covers placement-track classroom batches with full SAA-C03 mock-exam track and extended interview prep; the lower end covers concession-eligible online or weekend formats.

Payment options:

Single payment with early-bird discount
EMI in 2–3 instalments at no extra cost
Corporate sponsorship — invoiced to your employer with GST

Placement Support

Placement support starts from week 8 of the course, not at the end. By the time you finish the curriculum, your resume highlights real Terraform and EKS work, your GitHub has a deployable three-tier reference architecture, and you have completed at least three mock technical interviews against question banks from Pune cloud-hiring teams.

We say placement support, not placement guarantee — for two honest reasons. First, no institute can guarantee a hire when the final decision is the company's. Second, the institutes that do guarantee tend to bury the conditions in fine print. Our support is unconditional, time-bound (six months after course completion), and includes free re-entry to a future batch's interview-prep sessions if your first round of interviews does not land.

Placement process — week by week

Week 8 — resume and LinkedIn rewrite, calibrated for cloud-engineer JDs
Week 9 — GitHub portfolio cleanup, Terraform README polish, architecture diagrams
Weeks 10–11 — SAA-C03 mock exams + scenario-design interview drills
Weeks 11–12 — three rounds of mock technical interviews
Week 12 — HR mock interview and salary negotiation coaching
Post-course — referrals via our 17-year alumni network at 12+ partner companies
Up to 6 months of continued support after course end
Free re-entry to future batch interview-prep sessions if first round does not land

Partner companies

Persistent SystemsBMC SoftwareBajaj FinservSynechronBMW TechWorks IndiaMercedes-Benz R&D IndiaMastercard Pune Tech HubTCSInfosysCognizantCapgeminiCummins

See recent placement records →

How Archer Infotech Compares

We compare ourselves against typical Pune AWS training institutes on factual rows only — no logos, no opinions. Use this as a checklist when evaluating any institute.

Factor	Archer Infotech	Typical Pune institute
Trainers named on course page with photos and LinkedIn	Yes — Yogesh Patil and Vinod Patil	No — generic 'expert trainers' branding
Personal AWS sandbox account per student	Yes — provisioned in week 1, used through capstone	Shared institute account or screen-share only
Infrastructure as Code coverage	Terraform 1.7+ AND AWS CDK in TypeScript	Console click-through only, or Terraform-light
Container coverage on AWS	ECS Fargate AND EKS Fargate hands-on	Theoretical container slides only
Generative AI on AWS	Bedrock + Knowledge Bases + Aurora pgvector RAG project	Not covered, or marketing-only mention
SAA-C03 certification preparation	Two full-length timed mock exams + scenario drills	Topic list with no timed practice
Public GitHub portfolio output	Yes — Terraform repos, architecture diagrams, READMEs	Rare
Salary data shown	Cited from Indeed Pune + AmbitionBox + Glassdoor + 6figr with source URLs	Single number with no source
Course fee transparency	₹20,000 – ₹90,000 published range with mode breakdown	Hidden behind enquiry form
Placement support duration after course	6 months, with free re-entry to interview prep	1–3 months or vaguely 'until placed'
Batch size cap	15 students	25–40 students

Compare with whoever you are considering — we welcome the comparison. The right test is whether you can see actual student Terraform repos and named trainers before you pay.

AWS vs Azure — Which Should You Learn First in Pune?

AWS vs Azure is the most-asked question in Pune cloud counselling sessions and the honest answer is — it depends on which Pune companies you want to work for. AWS dominates Pune product engineering (Persistent, BMC, Synechron, BMW TechWorks, Mastercard Pune Tech Hub, most fintechs and SaaS companies). Azure dominates Pune enterprise IT — large captives like Mercedes-Benz R&D, Cummins, John Deere, Honeywell, plus most Microsoft-stack consultancies and BFSI shops on .NET / SQL Server.

On raw market share AWS is roughly 31% globally vs Azure 25% (Synergy Q1 2026); in India the gap is wider in startups and product, narrower in enterprise. On Indeed Pune the AWS listing count is around 1.4× Azure's. Both certifications carry similar weight on Pune resumes — Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) on AWS, Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) on Azure.

Honest recommendation: pick AWS first if your goal is product engineering, cloud-native development, or working at a Pune fintech or SaaS company. Pick Azure first if your goal is enterprise IT, .NET shops, or large captive R&D centres. Pune cloud engineers we have placed often add the second cloud as a side skill once placed — multi-cloud is increasingly expected at the senior level.

Prerequisites & How to Start

Prerequisites: basic Linux command line, basic Python or Bash scripting, and comfort with at least one programming language at a junior level. You do NOT need prior cloud experience — we start from creating an AWS account in week 1. If you have done our Java or Python training (or equivalent), you are ready. Working professionals from on-prem sysadmin or .NET / Java backgrounds typically slot in well.

Decide your mode — classroom in Kothrud, online live, or weekend
Check the upcoming batch dates on our batch schedule page
Book a free 30-minute counselling call — we will honestly tell you whether the course fits your goal (we say no to roughly 10% of enquirers)
Confirm enrolment and complete pre-course orientation (account checklist, IDE setup)
Show up to day one with a laptop running 64-bit OS, a personal credit card or UPI mandate (for AWS account verification — billing alarms keep usage in Free Tier)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is the best AWS training institute in Pune?+

We can't honestly answer 'best' for ourselves. The test that works: ask any institute you are considering to (1) name the trainer who will teach your batch and show their LinkedIn, (2) show real student Terraform GitHub repositories with deployable READMEs, and (3) name companies that hired their last 5 batches. Compare on those three.

How long does AWS training in Pune take at Archer Infotech?+

Three months (12 weeks) for the regular classroom and online programmes, plus 2 weeks of capstone project and SAA-C03 / interview preparation. The weekend batch stretches over 5 months at the same content depth, designed for working professionals.

What is the salary of an AWS Cloud Engineer in Pune?+

Indeed Pune reports an average of ₹6,72,490 per year for Cloud Engineer. Mid-level AWS Solutions Architects in Pune (3–6 years) earn ₹12–18 lakh per year per Glassdoor. Senior Cloud Architects (7–10 years) earn ₹22–38 lakh nationally with Pune trending within ±10% of those figures.

What is the fee for the AWS course in Pune?+

Course fees range from ₹20,000 to ₹90,000 depending on mode (classroom / online / weekend), batch type, and applicable concession. The higher end covers placement-track classroom batches with full SAA-C03 mock-exam track and extended interview prep; the lower end covers concession-eligible online or weekend formats. The SAA-C03 exam voucher (USD ~150) is paid directly to AWS and is not part of our fee.

Does the course prepare me for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification?+

Yes — SAA-C03 preparation is woven through the curriculum and concentrated in weeks 11–12. Two full-length timed mock exams plus scenario drills are part of the course. Most students who complete the lab work seriously score 75–85% on the second mock and pass the live exam on first attempt.

Do I need programming experience to learn AWS?+

Yes — at least basic Python or Bash is required to follow the IaC, Lambda, and serverless modules. If you have done our Java or Python training (or equivalent), you are ready. Pure non-developers should consider our Data Analytics or Cloud Foundations track first.

AWS or Azure — which should I learn first in Pune?+

AWS first if your goal is product engineering, cloud-native development, fintech or SaaS. Azure first if your goal is enterprise IT, .NET shops, or large captive R&D centres. AWS has roughly 1.4× more Pune listings on Indeed; both certificates carry similar resume weight. Many Pune cloud engineers add the second cloud as a side skill once placed.

Will I work on real projects?+

Yes — three capstone projects: (1) three-tier production architecture provisioned by Terraform, (2) serverless event-driven application on Lambda + DynamoDB + Step Functions, (3) containerised microservices on EKS Fargate with a Bedrock RAG endpoint. All three become public GitHub repositories you reference in interviews.

Do I get my own AWS account during the course?+

Yes — every student creates their own personal AWS sandbox account in week 1 with a billing alarm set at ₹1,000. We use Free Tier wherever possible; the lab work for the full course typically costs each student under ₹500–₹1,000 in actual AWS charges across 14 weeks.

What about cost? Will I get a runaway AWS bill?+

No — week 1 covers AWS Budgets, billing alarms, and Cost Explorer before any chargeable resource is launched. Every lab uses the smallest Free-Tier-eligible instance type. Students who follow the runbooks finish the course having spent ₹500–₹1,000 in actual AWS charges; those who forget to tear down resources occasionally see ₹2,000–₹3,000 bills, which alarms catch within 24 hours.

Is Generative AI / Bedrock covered in the course?+

Yes — week 10 is a full module on Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Knowledge Bases (managed RAG), and Bedrock Agents. Capstone Project #3 includes a Bedrock-powered chat endpoint backed by Aurora pgvector. This module is what separates 2026 Pune AWS hiring from 2022 Pune AWS hiring — most JDs now mention Bedrock or AI features.

Are weekend AWS classes available in Pune?+

Yes — Saturday and Sunday, 09:00–13:00, stretched over 5 months instead of 3. Same content, same trainers, same labs and capstone. Designed for working professionals who cannot attend weekday batches.

What support do I get after course completion?+

Six months of active placement support — mock interviews calibrated for cloud roles, referrals via our alumni network at 12+ partner companies, resume / LinkedIn / GitHub rewrites, and salary negotiation coaching. If your first round of interviews does not land, you can sit in on a future batch's interview-prep sessions free of charge.

How is this different from your AWS Solutions Architect Associate course?+

This AWS Training in Pune programme is the foundation cloud-engineer course — 3 months of hands-on AWS engineering with SAA-C03 prep included. The AWS Solutions Architect course is a separate 2.5-month exam-focused track for candidates who already have AWS experience and want concentrated certification prep. Most freshers should start here.

Are the named trainers actually teaching, or are they just on the brochure?+

Yogesh Patil (Founder & Director, 15+ years) personally leads the architecture, networking, and Well-Architected sessions. Vinod Patil (Solutions Architect & AI Trainer, 12 years) leads the IaC, serverless, and Bedrock weeks. The same names you see on this page show up in your batch on day one.