AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
What it tests:
Your technical expertise in designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
Who it's for:
Anyone with experience designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for individuals with experience designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:
- Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
- Lift and shift of an existing on-premises application to AWS
- Ingress and egress of data to and from AWS
- Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements
- Identifying appropriate use of AWS architectural best practices
- Estimating AWS costs and identifying cost control mechanisms
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- One or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS
- In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
- Ability to identify and define requirements for an AWS-based application
- Experience with deploying hybrid systems with on-premises and AWS components
- Capability to provide best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform
Exam Overview
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 80 minutes to complete the exam
- Available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, Russian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese
- Practice Exam Registration fee is USD 20
- Exam Registration fee is USD 150
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
What it tests:
Your advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform.
Who it's for:
An AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate with two or more years hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS.
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam validates advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. Example concepts you should understand for this exam include:
- Designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS
- Selecting appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements
- Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
- Designing and deploying enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS
- Implementing cost control strategies
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- Achieved AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Two or more years hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS.
- Abilities to evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning applications on AWS.
- Capabilities to provide best practices guidance on the architectural design across multiple applications, projects, or the enterprise.
Exam Overview
- Required Prerequisite: status as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 170 minutes to complete the exam
- Exam available in English and Japanese
- Practice Exam Registration fee is USD 40
- Exam Registration fee is USD 300
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
What it tests:
Your technical expertise in developing and maintaining applications on the AWS platform.
Who it's for:
Anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience designing and maintaining an AWS-based application plus in-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language.
Anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience designing and maintaining an AWS-based application plus in-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language.
The AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam validates technical expertise in developing and maintaining applications on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:
- Picking the right AWS services for the application
- Leveraging AWS SDKs to interact with AWS services from your application
- Writing code that optimizes performance of AWS services used by your application
- Code-level application security (IAM roles, credentials, encryption, etc.)
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- One or more years of hands-on experience designing and maintaining an AWS-based application
- In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
- Understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic architecture best practices
- Proficiency in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based solutions using AWS
- Experience with developing and maintaining applications written for Amazon Simple Storage Service, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon Simple Notification Service, Amazon Simple Workflow Service, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and AWS CloudFormation.
Exam Overview
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 80 minutes to complete the exam
- Available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese
- Practice Exam Registration fee is USD 20
- Exam Registration fee is USD 150
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
What it tests:
Your technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform.
Who it's for:
Achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate. Two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments.
The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam validates technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include the ability to:
- Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS
- Understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation
- Define and deploy monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on AWS
- Implement systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing on the AWS platform
- Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- Achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- Two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments
- Experience developing code in at least one high-level programming language
- Experience in automation and testing via scripting/programming
- Understanding of agile and other development processes and methodologies
Exam Overview
- Required Prerequisite: status as AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 170 minutes to complete the exam
- Exam available in English
- Exam registration fee is USD 300
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
What it tests:
Your technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform.
Who it's for:
Anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience operating AWS-based applications.
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include:
- Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
- Migrating an existing on-premises application to AWS
- Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS .
- Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
- Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
- Estimating AWS usage costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- One or more years of hands-on experience operating AWS-based applications
- Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS
- Ability to identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on AWS
- Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project
Exam Overview
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 80 minutes to complete the exam
- Available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese
- Practice Exam Registration fee is USD 20
- Exam Registration fee is USD 150
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
What it tests:
Your technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform.
Who it's for:
Achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate. Two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments.
The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam validates technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. Exam concepts you should understand for this exam include the ability to:
- Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS
- Understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation
- Define and deploy monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on AWS
- Implement systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing on the AWS platform
- Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes
Candidate Overview
Eligible candidates for this exam have:
- Achieved AWS Certified Developer - Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- Two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments
- Experience developing code in at least one high-level programming language
- Experience in automation and testing via scripting/programming
- Understanding of agile and other development processes and methodologies
Exam Overview
- Required Prerequisite: status as AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
- Multiple choice and multiple answer questions
- 170 minutes to complete the exam
- Exam available in English
| Exam Code | Title | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Associate | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | $US 150.00 |
| Associate | AWS Certified Developer | $US 150.00 |
| Associate | AWS Certified SysOps Administrator | $US 150.00 |
| Professional | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | $US 300.00 |
| Professional | AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Developing) | $US 300.00 |
| Professional | AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Operations) | $US 300.00 |
