AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Expert Level

Showcase advanced skills in designing optimized AWS Cloud solutions.

Certification is one of the best ways to validate your cloud skills. And AWS Certifications, in particular, are industry-recognized credentials that showcase your expertise in the AWS Cloud.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification helps certified individuals showcase advanced knowledge and skills in providing complex solutions to complex problems, optimizing security, cost, and performance, and automating manual processes. This certification is a means for organizations to identify and develop talent with these critical skills for implementing cloud initiatives.

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Course Summary:

Learn how to solve architectural design problems from an expert AWS instructor.

Through a series of use case scenarios and practical learning, you’ll explore AWS services that can be applied to solve architectural problems.

You’ll find opportunities to combine your new knowledge with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This course culminates in a final review project to reinforce what you’ve learned throughout the three days.

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Fees:

RM5,400 – RM6,750

Intakes:

26-28 May 2025

Earning this certification shows:

  • Ability to design and deploy dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS.

  • Ability to select appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements.

  • Ability to design and deploy enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS.

  • Knowledge of migrating complex, multi-tier applications on AWS.

  • Knowledge of implementing cost-control strategies.

Who is this for?

  • Cloud Architects & Engineers.

  • IT & Network Administrators.

  • DevOps & Software Engineers.

  • Cybersecurity Specialists.

  • Business & IT Decision-Makers.
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Why get AWS Certified?

28%

forecasted growth in jobs that require cloud skills in the next five years. Preparing for an exam is a great way to build new skills.

90%

of IT leaders that employ AWS Certified staff say productivity improved after their staff earned AWS Certifications, and 89% report faster troubleshooting.

91%

of organizations with AWS Certified staff say having that staff increases innovation with AWS services.

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Skills validation

Earn an industry-recognized credential from AWS that validates your expertise in the design, deployment, and evaluation of applications on AWS that are dynamically scalable, highly available, secure, cost-optimized, fault-tolerant, resilient, and reliable.

Highlight your ability to design solutions that meet diverse, complex requirements.

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Confidence

Enter your next migration initiative or complex cloud project with confidence.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional validates your skills across the breadth of AWS services, your expertise in trade-off decisions aligned to business objectives, and your experience with cloud-native applications, migrations, and enterprise-scale operations

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Recognition

Be recognized as a leader and experienced cloud solutions architect ready to design solutions with the breadth of AWS services.

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Job performance

Show you’re ready to design for organizational complexity, differing compliance requirements, and varying scalability requirements.

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Why choose Trainocate?

Trainocate was recognized as the 2024 AWS Training Partner of the Year at AWS re:Invent 2024, highlighting its excellence in cloud skills development and commitment to digital transformation in Malaysia. This award reinforces Trainocate’s reputation as a top-tier AWS training provider, ensuring learners receive industry-recognized education with the latest cloud technologies. By choosing Trainocate, participants benefit from an award-winning institution dedicated to equipping professionals with in-demand AWS skills to drive career growth and business innovation.

Certification Details

Category:

Professional

Exam Duration:

180 minutes

Exam Format:

75 Questions; either multiple choice or multiple response

Cost:

300 USD

Language offered:

English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Latin America)

Test in-person or online:

Pearson VUE testing centre or online proctored exam

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Frequent Asked Questions (FAQs)

Per the exam guide, the recommended experience prior to taking this exam is 2 or more years of experience in using AWS services to design and implement cloud solutions. The ideal candidate has the ability to evaluate cloud application requirements, make architectural recommendations for deployment of applications on AWS, and provide expert guidance on architectural design across multiple applications and projects within a complex organization.

This certification is on the list of 15 top-paying certifications of 2023-2024 and among the top ten most pursued certifications per Skillsoft’s IT Skills and Salary Report. Certified individuals report increased confidence as a result of earning this industry-recognized certification and increased credibility with technical colleagues and customers.

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty is a certification that other cloud professionals have earned to advance further in roles like solutions architect. View AWS Certification paths to learn more and plan your AWS Certification journey.

This certification is valid for 3 years. Before your certification expires, you can recertify by passing the latest version of this exam. Learn more about recertification options for AWS Certifications.

Yes. Once you earn one AWS Certification, you get 50% discount on your next AWS Certification exam. You can sign in and access this discount in your AWS Certification Account.

According to research by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), employing AWS Certified staff can provide operational advantages and drive innovation. Here’s what IT decision makers at organizations with AWS Certified staff said:

  • 91% said having AWS Certified staff increases innovation with AWS services.
  • 86% said having AWS Certified staff improved the security of cloud workloads.
  • 89% report faster troubleshooting, and 85% say they achieve faster deployment times.

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