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AWS credentials
AWS certification roadmap
A full AWS Certification path with official-source checks, labs, mock readiness, and portfolio evidence.
Use this roadmap to choose the next AWS credential by role, then connect it to Daskerel lessons, hands-on lab evidence, mock-test remediation, and official AWS exam pages.
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roadmap stages
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associate paths
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advanced paths
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Foundational
Foundational AWS certification paths
2 credentials
AWS foundations, support, sales engineering, cloud literacy, and first cloud role entry
Official domain weighting
Cloud Concepts24%
Security and Compliance30%
Cloud Technology and Services34%
Billing, Pricing, and Support12%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Service-family mapping
- Shared responsibility
- IAM baseline
- Billing and support signals
Readiness gates
- Foundation lessons complete
- Core AWS service map complete
- Billing/security quiz passed
- Cleanup evidence captured
AI literacy, product, business analysis, cloud pre-sales, and AI-aware engineering
Official domain weighting
Fundamentals of AI and ML20%
Fundamentals of Generative AI24%
Applications of Foundation Models28%
Responsible AI14%
Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions14%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- AI service selection
- Responsible AI
- Privacy risk
- Evaluation and business value
Readiness gates
- AI concepts complete
- Responsible AI checklist complete
- Use-case decision note approved
- Weak AI domains remediated
Associate
Associate AWS certification paths
5 credentials
SAA-C03 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Solutions architect, cloud engineer, platform engineer, and technical consultant
Recommended after: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Official domain weighting
Design Secure Architectures30%
Design Resilient Architectures26%
Design High-Performing Architectures24%
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- VPC design
- Compute and storage selection
- Resilience
- Cost and security tradeoffs
Readiness gates
- Architecture labs complete
- Well-Architected tradeoff notes complete
- Mock domains passed
- Portfolio diagram exported
Cloud developer, backend engineer, serverless developer, and application engineer
Recommended after: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Official domain weighting
Development with AWS Services32%
Security26%
Deployment24%
Troubleshooting and Optimization18%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Lambda and API Gateway
- DynamoDB and S3 access
- IAM least privilege
- Deployment and rollback
Readiness gates
- Serverless API lab complete
- Application logs and alarms captured
- Deployment evidence captured
- Developer mock domains passed
SOA-C03 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
Cloud operations, support, migration, systems integration, and production ownership
Current AWS certification name for the SOA-C03 operations exam. AWS formerly used SysOps Administrator - Associate for this path.
Recommended after: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Official domain weighting
Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation20%
Reliability and Business Continuity16%
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation18%
Security and Compliance16%
Networking and Content Delivery18%
Cost and Performance Optimization12%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- CloudWatch alarms
- CloudTrail evidence
- Systems Manager
- Backup, patching, cost, and incident triage
Readiness gates
- Operations evidence pack complete
- Incident triage note complete
- Backup and patch evidence captured
- CloudOps mock domains passed
Data engineer, analytics engineer, data platform engineer, and data architect
Official domain weighting
Data Ingestion and Transformation34%
Data Store Management26%
Data Operations and Support22%
Data Security and Governance18%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- S3 data layout
- Cataloging
- Transformation checks
- Lineage, quality, monitoring, and cost
Readiness gates
- Data pipeline lab complete
- Quality and lineage evidence captured
- Access and cost notes complete
- Data mock domains passed
MLA-C01 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate
ML engineer, MLOps engineer, data scientist, backend developer, and data engineer
Recommended after: AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
Official domain weighting
Data Preparation for Machine Learning28%
ML Model Development26%
Deployment and Orchestration of ML Workflows22%
ML Solution Monitoring, Maintenance, and Security24%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Data preparation
- Training and evaluation
- Model deployment
- Monitoring, drift, rollback, and responsible AI
Readiness gates
- ML workflow lab complete
- Evaluation metrics captured
- Drift and rollback plan complete
- ML mock domains passed
Professional
Professional AWS certification paths
3 credentials
SAP-C02 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Senior solutions architect, cloud architect, migration architect, and enterprise technical leader
Recommended after: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Official domain weighting
Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity26%
Design for New Solutions29%
Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions25%
Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization20%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 75 questions
- Organizations and landing zones
- Hybrid networking
- Migration
- Resilience, security, operations, and cost
Readiness gates
- Professional architecture lab complete
- Executive decision record complete
- Failure-mode review complete
- SAP mock domains passed
DOP-C02 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
DevOps engineer, SRE, platform engineer, release engineer, and automation lead
Recommended after: AWS Certified Developer - Associate, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
Official domain weighting
SDLC Automation22%
Configuration Management and IaC17%
Resilient Cloud Solutions15%
Monitoring and Logging15%
Incident and Event Response14%
Security and Compliance17%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 75 questions
- CI/CD
- IaC
- Observability
- Rollback, incident response, governance, and continuous improvement
Readiness gates
- Pipeline evidence complete
- Rollback proof captured
- Incident action record complete
- DOP mock domains passed
AIP-C01 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional
AI developer, generative AI engineer, application architect, and production AI delivery lead
Recommended after: AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate, AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
Official domain weighting
Generative AI Application Design30%
Model Interaction and Prompt Engineering22%
Data Integration, RAG, and Agents24%
Evaluation, Security, Governance, and Operations24%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- Bedrock-style app design
- RAG and agents
- Evaluation
- Guardrails, monitoring, cost, and human review
Readiness gates
- GenAI workflow lab complete
- Grounding and permissions evidence captured
- Evaluation and guardrails complete
- GenAI mock domains passed
Specialty
Specialty AWS certification paths
2 credentials
Cloud security engineer, DevSecOps engineer, security architect, and incident response lead
SCS-C03 is the current exam guide. It replaces the retired SCS-C02 blueprint and introduces revised security domains and weightings.
Recommended after: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
Official domain weighting
Detection16%
Incident Response14%
Infrastructure Security18%
Identity and Access Management20%
Data Protection18%
Security Foundations and Governance14%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- IAM and KMS
- Secrets
- Detection
- Network controls, logging, incident response, and audit
Readiness gates
- Security baseline lab complete
- Detection and audit evidence captured
- Incident response note complete
- Security mock domains passed
ANS-C01 / Official source reviewed
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
Cloud network engineer, hybrid networking specialist, infrastructure architect, and senior network engineer
Recommended after: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Official domain weighting
Network Design30%
Network Implementation26%
Network Management and Operation20%
Network Security, Compliance, and Governance24%
Lab focus
Mock bank target: 65 questions
- VPC routing
- Hybrid connectivity
- DNS
- Segmentation, load balancing, flow logs, and failover
Readiness gates
- Advanced networking lab complete
- Topology and route evidence captured
- Failover evidence complete
- Networking mock domains passed