Certified Solutions Architect

  • Earners of this certification have a comprehensive understanding of AWS services and technologies. They demonstrated the ability to build secure and robust solutions using architectural design principles based on customer requirements. Badge owners are able to strategically design well-architected distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant.

    • Knowledge and skills in compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services as well as AWS deployment and management services

    • Knowledge and skills in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS as well as implementing security controls and compliance requirements

    • Knowledge and skills in using the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, AWS networking, security services, and the AWS global infrastructure

    • Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement and to define technical requirements for an AWS-based application

Certified Developer

  • The exam tests candidates on various topics, including AWS services like AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS SDKs. It assesses their understanding of key concepts related to application development on AWS, such as application deployment, security, scalability, and troubleshooting.

    To pass the exam, candidates need to demonstrate their ability to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS technologies effectively. They should also have a good understanding of core AWS services, architectures, best practices, and the AWS CLI (Command Line Interface) for interacting with AWS resources.

    • The AWS Certified Developer exam assesses candidates on skills such as:

    • Knowledge of AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, IAM, S3, and RDS.

    • Ability to develop, deploy, and secure cloud-based applications on AWS.

    • Understanding of scalability, resilience, and optimization techniques.

    • Proficiency in monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving issues.

    • Familiarity with AWS CLI and SDKs for programmatic interaction with AWS services.

    • These skills validate a candidate's ability to develop and maintain applications on the AWS platform effectively.

Certified SysOps Administrator

  • The AWS SysOps Administrator certification validates the skills and knowledge of individuals in managing and operating systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. This certification is designed for administrators who have experience in deploying, managing, and maintaining applications and infrastructure on AWS.

    The AWS SysOps Administrator exam tests candidates on various topics, including managing virtual servers, storage, databases, networking, and monitoring on AWS. It assesses their understanding of key concepts related to system operations, such as resource provisioning, security, scalability, and troubleshooting.

    To pass the exam, candidates need to demonstrate their ability to deploy, monitor, and maintain systems on AWS effectively. They should also have a good understanding of core AWS services, architectures, best practices, and management tools like AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

  • The AWS SysOps Administrator exam tests candidates on the following key skills:

    System Operations: Knowledge and proficiency in managing and operating systems on the AWS platform.

    Resource Management: Ability to provision and manage virtual servers, storage, databases, and networking resources on AWS.

    Security and Compliance: Understanding of implementing security measures, access controls, and compliance standards on AWS.

    Monitoring and Optimization: Proficiency in monitoring system performance, configuring alarms, and optimizing resources for efficiency.

    Troubleshooting: Ability to identify and resolve common issues related to system operations on AWS.

    AWS Services: Familiarity with core AWS services, including AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

    These skills validate a candidate's ability to effectively manage and operate systems on the AWS platform, ensuring security, performance, and compliance.

Peek ahead:

Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Here’s what I’m currently working on within my CI/CD certification pipeline:

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

  • AWS Security Specialty

  • Terraform

AWS Cloud Quest: Solutions Architect

  • Earners of this badge have demonstrated solution building knowledge using a broad set of AWS services. Badge owners have acquired hands-on experience building secure, fault tolerant and highly available AWS solutions.

    • As the AWS Solutions Architect for this role-playing city, I’m responsible for providing & instantiating solutions using a broad set of AWS services

    • I define and then deploy these solutions based on the customers’ requirements

    • Namely, building secure, fault-tolerant and highly available AWS solutions

“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation”
— Mark Twain

This mantra really means a lot to me. When I left education for tech, I finally begun doing what I loved to do. Putting my best foot forward, I certainly put in long days, but I never consider it work. My plan is to get paid for my hobby.

Secondly, I look at successful people who repeat the same notion - hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t try. It’s never the person with the fanciest education, or even necessarily the smartest person who bubbles up to the top. It’s always the person who works harder than their peers to meet their goals.

  • The approach in each assignment is focused on teaching the material, then having me apply it so that I’m learning information, not reiterating it. And discovering the game elements — like the quiz questions, challenges, drones, and pets — motivated me to keep coming back to learn more. This was one of the most unique training methods I’ve seen for cloud, and I’m excited to keep emulating real puzzles and solving them!

The AWS CloudQuest hands-on labs assist me in putting theory into practice. It prepares me to practically experience the Cloud in a real AWS sandbox environment.

Every challenge has 4 steps:

  • 1) Learn: Video & Theory

  • 2) Plan: Walkthrough the solution design

  • 3) Practice: Step-by-step guide to walkthrough part of the solution

  • 4) DIY: The solution is completed by myself and validated by the game

AWS Cloud Quest: Data Analytics

  • Earners of this badge have demonstrated solution building knowledge using Modern Data Architecture and AWS Analytics services. Badge owners have acquired hands-on experience working with scalable data lakes, data warehousing, real-time data ingestion, big data analytics, log analytics, streaming analytics, data storage, and business intelligence dashboards.

    • Completing AWS Cloud Quest: Data Analytics badge is a great way to gain expertise in data analytics using AWS services. It provides an opportunity to learn and hands-on practice with services such as Amazon S3, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight.

    • Through demonstration tutorials on real-world scenarios, I gained the skills required to store, query and analyze data effectively on the cloud.

    • The badge also covers best practices for security, privacy, cost optimization and compliance with industry standards.

AWS Cloud Quest: Security

  • Use AWS security services to build solutions that respond to incidents, remediate quickly, detect vulnerabilities, and prevent data loss.

    • Completing AWS Cloud Quest: Data Analytics badge is a great way to gain expertise in data analytics using AWS services. It provides an opportunity to learn and hands-on practice with services such as Amazon S3, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight.

    • Through demonstration tutorials on real-world scenarios, I gained the skills required to store, query and analyze data effectively on the cloud.

    • The badge also covers best practices for security, privacy, cost optimization and compliance with industry standards.

AWS Educate: Machine Learning Deep Racer

  • Earners of this badge have demonstrated a fundamental knowledge about reinforcement learning, and gained the primary experiences with the AWS DeepRacer console. Earners have successfully built and trained their models through AWS DeepRacer service.

    • As the AWS Solutions Architect for this role-playing city, I’m responsible for providing & instantiating solutions using a broad set of AWS services

    • I define and then deploy these solutions based on the customers’ requirements

    • Namely, building secure, fault-tolerant and highly available AWS solutions

Cloud Engineer - Level 1

  • The practitioner has demonstrated their skills by solving and submitting a qualifying number of engineering challenges on the Ooggi platform.

    The practitioner was successful in providing further guidance on request and satisfying all business requirements as part of the simulated customer engagement.

    All submitted challenge solutions are carefully reviewed by subject matter experts and validated further with the practitioner.

    • The practitioner has demonstrated their skills by solving at least one engineering challenge on the Ooggi platform.

    • The practitioner was successful in satisfying all business requirements as part of the simulated customer engagement.

    • All submitted challenge solutions are reviewed and validated.

Cloud Engineer - Level 2

  • The practitioner has demonstrated their skills by solving and submitting a qualifying number of engineering challenges on the Ooggi platform.

    The practitioner was successful in providing further guidance on request and satisfying all business requirements as part of the simulated customer engagement.

    All submitted challenge solutions are carefully reviewed by subject matter experts and validated further with the practitioner.

    • The practitioner has demonstrated their skills by solving and submitting a qualifying number of engineering challenges on the Ooggi platform.

    • The practitioner was successful in providing further guidance on request and satisfying all business requirements as part of the simulated customer engagement.

    • All submitted challenge solutions are carefully reviewed by subject matter experts and validated further with the practitioner.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

  • Earners of this certification have a comprehensive understanding of AWS services and technologies. They demonstrated the ability to build secure and robust solutions using architectural design principles based on customer requirements. Badge owners are able to strategically design well-architected distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant.

    • Knowledge and skills in compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services as well as AWS deployment and management services

    • Knowledge and skills in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS as well as implementing security controls and compliance requirements

    • Knowledge and skills in using the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, AWS networking, security services, and the AWS global infrastructure

    • Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement and to define technical requirements for an AWS-based application

AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

  • Earners of this badge have demonstrated basic solution building knowledge using AWS services and have a fundamental understanding of AWS Cloud concepts. Badge earners have acquired hands-on experience with compute, networking, database and security services.

    • Developed a fundamental understanding of cloud concepts and begun building solutions. Hands-on experience with real resources in compute, networking, database, and security services.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  • Earners of this certification have a fundamental understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud. They demonstrated cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge. Badge owners are able to identify essential AWS services necessary to set up AWS-focused projects.

    • Basic understanding of IT services and their uses on AWS Cloud

    • Knowledge of core AWS services and use cases, billing and pricing models, security concepts, and how cloud impacts a business

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