AWS Certifications

AWS Training and Certification builds competence, confidence, and credibility with practical cloud skills that help innovate and advance professional futures. Whether exploring new ideas, sharpening cloud skills, learning about services, or preparing for certification, there is training available to help reach goals. Digital badges can be used to showcase achievements, including AWS Certifications, which validate cloud skills with an industry-recognized credential.

These certifications have been sorted in order of recency, showcasing my most recent accomplishments first.

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.

    • Architecting Secure Applications

    • Automating Deployment and Operations

    • Cloud Security Best Practices

    • Cost Management and Optimization

    • Designing High-Availability Architectures

    • Disaster Recovery Planning

    • Implementing Elasticity and Scalability

    • Infrastructure Monitoring and Troubleshooting

    • Integration of AWS Services

    • Knowledge of AWS Storage Options

    • Migration Strategies to AWS

    • Networking in AWS

    • Performance Optimization

    • Understanding AWS Service Offerings

    • VPC Design and Management

  • September 22, 2020

  • September 22, 2023

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.

    • AWS Cloud Economics

    • AWS Global Infrastructure

    • Basic Security and Compliance

    • Billing and Pricing Models

    • Cloud Concepts

    • Core AWS Services

    • Deployment and Operation in the AWS Cloud

    • Fundamental Cloud Architecture Principles

    • Identity and Access Management

    • Key Cloud Technology Concepts

    • Monitoring and Reporting

    • Shared Responsibility Model

    • Understanding of AWS Documentation and Technical Support

  • July 27, 2020

  • September 22, 2023