AWS certification pathways for teams
Cloud Practitioner to Solutions Architect Professional, plus DevOps and AI routes: benchmarked entry points, labs in live AWS environments, exam booking handled.
Our portfolio of AWS certifications caters for your entire team
Develop practical AWS capability across your organisation with a structured training pathway designed to support teams at every stage of their cloud journey. From foundational cloud literacy to advanced technical specialisms, these courses help organisations build the skills needed to adopt, operate and optimise AWS environments with confidence.
Foundational
Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS AI Practitioner
- AWS Security Essentials
Who it's for
Teams at the start of an AWS estate, and non-engineers who need working cloud literacy
Associate
Certifications
- Solutions Architect – Associate
- Developer – Associate
- SysOps Administrator – Associate
Who it's for
Engineers building and operating workloads day to day
Professional
Certifications
- Solutions Architect – Professional
- DevOps Engineer – Professional
Who it's for
Leads accountable for complex environments, pipelines and platform decisions
Specialty
Certifications
- Security – Specialty
- Advanced Networking – Specialty
- AI and machine learning pathways
Who it's for
Specialists in the domains bids and audits name explicitly
Where teams use these pathways
Associate pathways timed to the build, Professional for whoever owns the architecture.
Cloud programmes (AWS track) →
DevOps Engineer Professional plus pipeline and infrastructure-as-code skills, so releases stop depending on one person.
DevOps & platform engineering →
Security Essentials through Security Specialty, alongside the cyber programme's credentials.
Cyber security training for employees →
AI Practitioner and ML pathways feeding the specialist track of the data programme.
Data & AI readiness →
Here for your sector...
- IT services & MSPs (partner tiers)
- Fintech & payments
- Govtech & digital-service suppliers
- Energy: IoT & analytics
- Healthtech SaaS
Strongest where AWS is billable: services firms whose partner tier and client trust both count certified engineers. For M365-centric estates, the Microsoft pathways are usually the better first move.
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