From Dev to Disaster Recovery Hero—Can You Handle It?
Stand out in a sea of AI-generated resumes by
proving your skills in real AWS failure scenarios — not just theory.
Hear From Others Like You
Here is what others like you are saying about CloudWarGames Events and Challenges.
“Hands-on event are a great way to learn, improve and gain confidence on AWS. It's very interesting to see how people approach the same problem but from different perspectives.”
“I would say connecting with AWS professionals from all over the world is a major advantage. Also having to communicate using the English language would be beneficial for non-native speakers like myself.”
“I really enjoy solving these problems, it helps alot in learning new concepts or just revisiting the old concepts.”
AWS is best learned by doing, but:
- You don’t have real-world AWS failure scenarios to practice on.
- Online tutorials don’t teach you how to handle live incidents.
- You want to build confidence without risking real infrastructure.
Join the Cloud Demolition League’s Free AWS Challenges!
- Hands-on troubleshooting exercises designed to mimic real AWS failures.
- Delivered to your inbox so you can practice anytime, anywhere.
- No risk, no cost—just pure cloud engineering skill-building.
- Break. Fix. Learn. Become a Cloud Demolition Expert.
Ready to Get Started?
It all starts with free AWS challenges delivered to your inbox.
What a League Event Looks Like
A Cloud Demolition League event is a real-world AWS incident simulation where you:
Prep
Get briefed on the challenge.
Fire
The scenario kicks off. Something breaks.
Diagnose
Identify the root cause under pressure.
Fix
Apply your skills to resolve the issue.
After-Action Report
Review what happened and what you learned.
The Benefits of Joining
Instant Replay
Show off recordings of your performance to potential employers.
Leaderboard rankings
Prove you’re among the best.
Job opportunity network
We connect top performers with job opportunities.
See it in action
Watch others compete, collaborate, and level up their skills playing live Cloud War Games Event!
Hear From Others Like You
Here is what others like you are saying about CloudWarGames Events and Challenges.
“Hands-on event are a great way to learn, improve and gain confidence on AWS. It's very interesting to see how people approach the same problem but from different perspectives.”
“I would say connecting with AWS professionals from all over the world is a major advantage. Also having to communicate using the English language would be beneficial for non-native speakers like myself.”
“I really enjoy solving these problems, it helps alot in learning new concepts or just revisiting the old concepts.”
Who’s Behind This?
👋 I’m Matt Lea.
- O'Reilly's Video Course Creator. (I literally wrote the video course on AWS Security)
- AWS veteran since 2010.
- Keeping servers alive for customers in the Inc 5000.
- The first in line to call when an outage is causing $100,000/hr.
- TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon Champion(I love a good challenge).
Ignore this now, troubleshoot at 2 AM.
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