From Dev to Disaster Recovery Hero—Can You Handle It?
No More Theory
It’s Time to Get Battle-Tested!
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.”
Struggling to stand out in a stack of AI generated resumes?
- Companies are flooded with AI-generated resumes that all look the same.
- Your experience and problem-solving ability deserve to stand out—not get lost in the noise.
- Our hands-on training lets you show off your skills solving real-world cloud issues.
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.
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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.
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).
The next outage is already on its way…
It all starts with free AWS challenges delivered to your inbox.