Learn how our role-based and specialty certifications help you demonstrate your deep AWS knowledge
Prepare for certification exams with training and materials that complement your hands-on AWS experience
Claim benefits to help showcase your achievement and advance your AWS expertise
Now Available: 7 New Exam Readiness Courses
We now offer seven courses to help you prepare for exams. We’ll teach you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. We developed our training, so content is current with the latest best practices.
Now Available: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Beta Exam
Our beta version of the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam validates your expertise in deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
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Learn more about the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
Watch Kevin Kelly, Head of AWS Certification, speak about our Cloud Practitioner exam at AWS re:Invent 2017. He discusses who should take the exam, how candidates should prepare, and answers questions live from the Twitch audience.
AWS Certification demonstrates technical expertise, helps you advance your career, and helps employers find skilled cloud professionals.
- Demonstrate you have expertise to design, deploy, and operate highly available, cost-effective, and secure applications on AWS
- Gain recognition and visibility for your proven skills and proficiency with AWS
- Foster credibility with your employer and peers
- Earn tangible benefits
- Identify skilled professionals to lead IT initiatives with AWS technologies
- Reduce risks and costs to implement your workloads and projects on the AWS platform
- Increase customer satisfaction
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We offer four role-based paths with advancing levels of expertise, plus three Specialty certifications:
Role-Based Certifications
Foundational - Validates overall understanding of the AWS Cloud. Prerequisite to achieving Specialty certification or an optional start towards Associate certification.
Associate - Technical role-based certifications. No prerequisite.
Professional - Highest level technical role-based certification. Relevant Associate certification required.
Specialty Certifications
Validate advanced skills in specific technical areas. Cloud Practitioner or Associate-level certification required.
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Cloud Practitioner
The Cloud Practitioner exam provides individuals with an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud to validate their knowledge with an industry-recognized credential.
This exam provides individuals in a larger variety of cloud and technology roles with a way to validate their AWS Cloud knowledge and enhance their professional credibility. This exam covers four domains, including: cloud concepts, security, technology, and billing and pricing. Learn more >>
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Architect
Architecting exams validate technical knowledge for solutions architects, solution design engineers, and anyone who designs applications and systems on AWS.
This exam validates your ability to effectively demonstrate knowledge of how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies. We recommend candidates have at least one year of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable and distributed systems on AWS. Learn more >>
This exam tests your advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. This is for anyone that has completed an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification with two or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS. Learn more >>
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Developer
Developing exams validate technical knowledge for software developers who develop cloud applications on AWS.
This exam validates proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS. This is for anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application, plus in-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language. Learn more >>
This exam tests your technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. This is for anyone that has achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification with two or more years of hands-on experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments. Learn more >>
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Operations
Operations exams validate technical knowledge for SysOps administrators, systems administrators, and those in a DevOps role who create automatable and repeatable deployments of applications, networks, and systems on the AWS platform.
This exam tests your technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform. This is for anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience operating AWS-based applications. Learn more >>
This exam tests your technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. This is for anyone who has achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification and has two or more years of hands-on experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments. Learn more >>
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Specialties
Specialty exams validate technical knowledge for AWS experts who also possess expertise in specific technical areas. They’re designed for individuals with at least one role-based AWS Certification plus deep proficiency and real-world experience in an area of specialization.
This exam tests your technical expertise in designing and implementing AWS services to derive value from data. This is for anyone who performs complex Big Data analyses. Learn more >>
This exam tests your technical expertise in designing and implementing AWS and hybrid IT architectures at scale. This is for anyone who performs complex networking tasks. Learn more >>
This exam tests your technical expertise in securing the AWS platform. This is for anyone in an experienced security role. Learn more >>
