The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam is intended for individuals who perform a solutions architect role with two or more years of hands-on experience managing and operating systems on AWS.
Abilities Validated by the Certification
Design and deploy dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS
Select appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements
Migrate complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
Design and deploy enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS
Two or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS
Ability to evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning applications on AWS
Familiarity with AWS CLI, AWS APIs, AWS CloudFormation templates, the AWS Billing Console, and the AWS Management Console
Explain and apply the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Design a hybrid architecture using key AWS technologies (e.g., VPN, AWS Direct Connect)
Ability to provide best practice guidance on the architectural design across multiple applications and projects of the enterprise
Familiarity with a scripting language
Familiarity with Windows and Linux environments
Map business objectives to application/architecture requirements
Architect a continuous integration and deployment process
