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AWS Certifications & Global Standards

Every digital badge and certification in one place — ordered from foundational to specialty levels, plus partner status and a software quality standard, each with a short summary on a single page.

Foundational

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS's most entry-level certification, measuring a broad understanding of the cloud as a whole — from core concepts and pricing models to basic security. It's the first milestone everyone in an organization should hold, whether on the technical or the business side.

Foundational

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

An entry-level AI/ML certification focused on understanding concepts rather than writing code. It covers the difference between Deep Learning and Machine Learning, how Foundation Models and LLMs work, Prompt Engineering skills, and the principles of Responsible AI.

Associate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Certifies the ability to design AWS architectures that are stable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective. One of the most popular certifications and a cornerstone credential for any systems design team.

Associate

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Certifies a developer's skill in writing, debugging, and deploying applications on AWS, with an emphasis on using SDKs, APIs, and Serverless services to build applications that run reliably in the cloud.

Associate

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

One of the most challenging Associate-level exams. It certifies the skills to operate, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud systems so they run continuously and with stability.

Associate

AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate

Certifies the skills to design and maintain data pipelines — from ingestion, transformation, and storage to preparing data for analytics and Machine Learning.

Associate

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate

Certifies MLOps skills for building, tuning, deploying, and maintaining ML models in the cloud — covering data preparation, training, automated deployment, and security monitoring, with integration all the way to Amazon Bedrock.

Professional

AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional

One of AWS's highest-level certifications, for developers who build and deploy end-to-end Generative AI applications. It covers Fine-tuning, RAG architecture to reduce hallucination, advanced Prompt Engineering with Token/Cost control, and protection against Prompt Injection.

Specialty

AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

Certifies advanced expertise in designing and managing complex cloud networks, including connecting large enterprise systems in hybrid setups. It demands deep knowledge of BGP, traffic management, and encryption at a global scale — widely regarded as one of AWS's toughest exams.

Specialty

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Certifies cybersecurity expertise across every dimension of the cloud — from access control and data protection to encryption key management and incident response, all under enterprise-grade compliance standards.

AWS Partner

AWS Partner – Sales Accredited

A credential for business roles who have completed AWS's sales curriculum. It certifies the ability to understand customer pain points, present a value proposition, and craft a cost-effective cloud migration strategy.

AWS Partner

AWS Partner – Technical Accredited

A credential for technical roles who have completed the Technical Essentials curriculum, building a foundation across core cloud architecture — Compute, Storage, Database, Networking, and IAM. It also counts toward raising an organization's partner tier.

AWS Partner

AWS Partner – Advanced Tier Services

An organization-level status that proves deep expertise, earned by accumulating enough AWS certifications at the Associate, Professional, and Specialty levels across the team — reflecting the capacity to deliver solutions to enterprise clients.

Quality Standard

ISO/IEC VSE 29110-4-1:2018 (SGS)

A software development process standard for Very Small Entities (VSEs) from SGS, designed specifically for teams of up to 25 people. It focuses on two core processes — Project Management and Software Implementation — and requires an on-site audit by SGS experts.

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