AWS Learning and Certification Paths
Role-based Certifications
The Cloud Practitioner Certification is the foundational AWS Certification and assumes 3-6 months of fundamental AWS Cloud and industry knowledge.
The Associate level certifications assume 1 year of experience solving problems and implementing solutions using the AWS Cloud.
The Professional level certifications assume 2 years of comprehensive experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting solutions using the AWS Cloud.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (optional)
AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (optional)
Architecting on AWS (3 days)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam
Advanced Architecting on AWS (3 days)
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Architecting on AWS – Accelerator (4.5 days)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Exam
AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (optional)
Developing on AWS (3 days)
AWS Certified Developer – Associate Exam
DevOps Engineering on AWS (3 days)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Exam
AWS Technical Essentials (1 day)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (optional)
Cloud Operations on AWS (3 days)
AWS Certified SysOps Admin – Associate Exam
DevOps Engineering on AWS (3 days)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Exam
Specialty Certifications
These specialty certifications assume 2-5 years of deep technical experience in the associated Specialty domain as it relates to the AWS cloud.
Exam Readiness: Advanced Networking – Specialty (1 day)
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty Exam
The Machine Learning Pipeline (4 Days)
Data Analytics
(4 days)
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty Exam
