Format
Multiple choice, multiple answer

Type
Professional

Delivery Method
Testing center or online proctored exam

Time
180 minutes to complete the exam

Cost
300 USD (Practice Exam: 40 USD)

Language
Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese

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

• Implement cost-control strategies

Recommended Knowledge and Experience

• 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