AWS Jams

Interactive, hands-on, team training

AWS APN Training Partner

Looking for a dynamic way to build your team’s AWS expertise?

AWS Jams offer a unique, hands-on approach to technical training that’s engaging, collaborative, and fun. Perfect for Australian and New Zealand businesses, these interactive sessions immerse teams in real-world problem-solving challenges designed to sharpen their AWS skills and foster teamwork.

  • Interactive Learning Through Problem-Solving
    AWS Jams aren’t just about learning—they’re about doing. Your team will work together to solve real-world AWS challenges, gaining practical, hands-on experience that’s immediately applicable to their roles.
  • Team Collaboration and Friendly Competition
    With AWS Jams, your team will bond through collaborative problem-solving in a gamified environment. Compete for top scores and celebrate victories, all while building technical confidence.
  • Tailored for Your Business Needs
    Each session is customised to align with your team’s AWS skill levels and business objectives, ensuring the training is relevant and impactful. Topics can be focussed on particular role, like a Solutions Architect, or can be dedicated to a specific area, like Security or Machine Learning.

Flexible, Practical, AWS Micro-learning

AWS Jams are delivered virtually to fit seamlessly into your team’s schedule. Sessions are available during business hours or over lunch, with no travel or venue costs—just impactful learning wherever your team is located.

They can be run in as little as 4 weeks and are designed for L&D and HR Managers, Tech Team Leads, IT Managers, and CTOs to upskill their teams.

What’s Included

Big benefits from small interactive training

Hands-On Labs

Experience AWS in action with immersive, real-world scenarios that mirror actual business challenges. These practical exercises equip your team with hands-on skills they can immediately apply to their roles, building both confidence and expertise.

Custom Focus Areas

Tailor the jam to address your organisation’s specific needs, whether it’s mastering AWS security best practices, optimising data analytics workflows, or exploring AI and machine learning. Customisation ensures your team develops relevant skills that directly impact business objectives.

Engaging Format

Man with laptop asking question during Live Virtual Training

AWS Jams combine friendly competition with collaboration to create an exciting, team-based learning environment. This gamified approach keeps participants motivated, enhances retention, and fosters stronger team dynamics as they work together to tackle complex challenges.

Explore the range of AWS Jams

Customisable to your organisation’s needs

Add On AWS Jams

This gamified Jam takes the learnings from the Architecting on AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

Designed for those familiar with AWS architectural concepts, this session focuses on enhancing skills in areas such as designing scalable, resilient, and cost-effective systems. Teams compete to solve challenges aligned with AWS best practices, fostering collaboration, innovation, and practical learning in a gamified format. It’s an engaging way for professionals to deepen their understanding of AWS architecture while building teamwork and problem-solving skills.

Prerequisites: Must have completed Architecting on AWS

This gamified Jam takes the learnings from the Advanced Architecting on AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

The session focuses on advanced topics such as high availability, fault tolerance, performance optimisation, and cost management, all while adhering to AWS best practices. Participants work collaboratively to solve problems, explore advanced AWS services, and refine their skills in designing robust, scalable, and efficient architectures. The gamified format adds a competitive edge, making it an exciting way to deepen expertise in AWS architecture for seasoned professionals.

Prerequisites: Must have completed Advanced Architecting on AWS

This Jam takes the learnings from the Developing on AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

Participants tackle real-world scenarios, such as implementing serverless architectures, automating deployments, and integrating AWS services into their applications, all while adhering to best practices. This hands-on experience helps developers deepen their understanding of AWS tools, frameworks, and workflows in a collaborative, gamified setting. It’s an excellent opportunity for teams to explore innovative solutions and sharpen their cloud development expertise​.

Prerequisites: Must have completed Developing on AWS

This Jam takes the learnings from the Cloud Operations on AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

Participants are presented with real-world challenges related to monitoring, troubleshooting, and automating cloud operations using AWS services. This session is ideal for cloud practitioners and operations teams who want to strengthen their expertise in maintaining high availability, ensuring security, and optimising performance in their AWS workloads. The gamified approach fosters collaboration and problem-solving, making it an engaging way to build confidence in managing complex AWS environments.

Prerequisites: Must have completed Cloud Operations on AWS

This Jam takes the learnings from the DevOps Engineering AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

Teams tackle challenges such as automating CI/CD pipelines, enhancing infrastructure as code, monitoring applications, and deploying secure, scalable solutions. This session is tailored for engineers and developers looking to deepen their understanding of AWS tools like AWS CodePipeline, AWS CloudFormation, and Amazon CloudWatch, while exploring best practices in automation and system optimisation. With a gamified format, it’s a fun and practical way to refine DevOps expertise in AWS environments​.

Prerequisites: Must have completed DevOps Engineering on AWS

This Jam takes the learnings from the Security Engineering AWS 3-day course, and let’s users practice what they have learned.

Participants work together to solve problems such as identifying vulnerabilities, implementing secure architectures, managing identity and access, and responding to security incidents. Using AWS services like AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty, this session equips teams with hands-on experience in applying best practices to strengthen their security posture​.

Prerequisites: Must have completed Security Engineering on AWS

Topic-Specific AWS Jams

Some scenarios covered:

  • Securing an S3 Bucket: Identify and fix misconfigured S3 bucket permissions to prevent unauthorised access.
  • IAM Role Misconfiguration: Troubleshoot and correct an improperly assigned IAM role for an application.
  • Incident Response: Respond to a simulated security incident by identifying and isolating compromised resources.

Some scenarios covered:

  • Auto Scaling Group Setup: Configure an auto-scaling group to handle dynamic workloads efficiently.
  • Fault-Tolerant Architecture: Deploy and test a fault-tolerant multi-AZ architecture using Elastic Load Balancer and EC2 instances.
  • Database Failover: Simulate a failover in an RDS setup and ensure minimal downtime.

Some scenarios covered:

  • Right-Sizing EC2 Instances: Identify underutilised EC2 instances and resize them for cost efficiency.
  • Spot Instance Utilisation: Implement and test a workload using EC2 Spot Instances to reduce costs.
  • Cost Analysis: Use AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Some scenarios covered:

  • ETL Pipeline with Glue: Create and troubleshoot an ETL pipeline using AWS Glue.
  • Real-Time Data Streaming: Set up a real-time data pipeline using Kinesis Data Streams and process data with Lambda.
  • Data Lake Implementation: Build a scalable data lake on S3 with appropriate partitioning and indexing.

Some scenarios covered:

  • Training a Model with SageMaker: Train, tune, and deploy a machine learning model using SageMaker.
  • Sentiment Analysis: Build a sentiment analysis application using AWS Comprehend.
  • AI Image Recognition: Use Amazon Rekognition to identify objects in images.

Some scenarios covered:

  • Building a Serverless Web App: Deploy a full-stack serverless application using API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
  • Event-Driven Processing: Use Lambda to process and react to events from an S3 bucket or a DynamoDB stream.
  • Serverless CI/CD Pipeline: Implement a CI/CD pipeline for a serverless app using AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild.

Structure of Jam Session

  1. Introduction (30 minutes): Overview of key concepts and AWS services.
  2. Hands-on Challenges (3–5 hours): Teams solve real-world scenarios related to the topic.
  3. Wrap-up and Discussion (30 minutes): Review solutions, share learnings, and discuss best practices.

These sessions can help participants gain deeper expertise in specific AWS domains while encouraging collaboration and innovation. For a tailored approach, trainers can adapt difficulty levels to the audience’s skill set.

Contact Bespoke to discuss the best AWS Jams to meet your needs.

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