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● AWS · Professional

Automate everything on AWS, from commit to production.

Build CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and self-healing systems on AWS. DevOps Engineering on AWS is a three-day, lab-heavy course taught by the four-time Global AWS Training Partner of the Year.

Delivered by 4-time Global AWS Training Partner of the Year winner.

✓  HRD Corp claimable✓  Yayasan Peneraju eligible✓  Hands-on pipeline labs✓  Also renews 2 Associate certs

Course fee from RM5,400/pax · HRD Corp claimable

CERTIFICATIONAWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional DOP-C02
Training3 days Exam length180 min
Questions75 Pass mark750
Next intake 4 to 6 Jan 2027

●  Quick answer

What is the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification?

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) is a professional-level AWS certification that validates advanced skills in provisioning, operating and managing distributed applications on AWS, and in automating the testing and deployment of AWS infrastructure and applications.

AWS recommends two or more years of experience running AWS environments, plus programming or scripting skills. Passing it also recertifies your AWS Developer Associate and CloudOps Engineer Associate credentials.

●  Exam facts verified against AWS on 21 Oct 2026

Issued by

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Level

Professional

Exam fee

USD 300

Where to sit it

Online-proctored or at a Pearson VUE test centre

Recommended experience

2+ years running AWS environments

Also renews

Developer and CloudOps Engineer Associates

Validity

3 years

Funding in Malaysia

HRD Corp claimable, Yayasan Peneraju eligible

●  Why Trainocate

Global AWS Training Partner of the Year, four years running

Learn from AWS Authorized Instructors (AAIs) using official AWS courseware and pipeline labs.

US$6.2BAWS’s planned investment in Malaysia through 2038, alongside its Malaysia Region launched in August 2024Source: MIDA 63%Of employers expect skill gaps to hold back business transformation from 2025 to 2030Source: WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 93%Of employers report a positive return on investment from certified IT employeesSource: Pearson VUE, 2026 Value of IT Certification
US$6.2BAWS’s planned investment in Malaysia through 2038, alongside its Malaysia Region launched in August 2024Source: MIDA
63%Of employers expect skill gaps to hold back business transformation from 2025 to 2030Source: WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025
93%Of employers report a positive return on investment from certified IT employeesSource: Pearson VUE, 2026 Value of IT Certification

●  Your certification pathway

From pipeline builder to certified DevOps professional in four steps

Three days of hands-on automation, one professional exam, and two Associate certifications renewed along the way.

01

Step 01 · 3 days

Attend DevOps Engineering on AWS

Build CloudFormation templates and CI/CD pipelines for EC2, serverless and container applications, including multi-environment deployments.

02

Step 02 · 180 minutes

Pass the DOP-C02 exam

75 multiple choice and multiple response questions, online or at a Pearson VUE test centre.

03

Step 03 · Valid 3 years

Earn your AWS Professional badge

Passing also recertifies your Developer Associate and CloudOps Engineer Associate credentials.

04

Step 04 · Specialty or Professional

Broaden your expertise

Add Security Specialty, or Solutions Architect Professional for architecture depth.

●  Exam domains

What the exam covers, and how much each area counts

Six domains from AWS’s DOP-C02 exam guide. The course labs cover the same automation and operations work.

SDLC automation

CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and building and deploying artifacts.

22%

Configuration management and infrastructure as code

Define and deploy infrastructure as code and automate configuration across accounts.

17%

Security and compliance

Identity and access at scale, security controls and compliance validation.

17%

Resilient cloud solutions

Highly available, scalable and self-healing systems, plus backup and recovery.

15%

Monitoring and logging

Collect, aggregate and analyse metrics and logs, and automate monitoring.

15%

Incident and event response

Manage event sources, automate remediation and troubleshoot failures.

14%

Bars use a 0 to 30% scale. Weightings of scored content from the AWS DOP-C02 exam guide.

●  Who it’s for

For engineers who ship and run software at speed

DevOps engineers

Prove you can automate delivery and operations on AWS.

DevOps and platform engineers

Operations engineers

Move from running systems to automating them.

Ops engineers, system administrators

Developers

Own your code all the way to production.

Senior and lead developers

DevOps architects

Validate the pipelines and practices you design.

DevOps and SRE leads

●  Intakes and fees

Pick your intake

Available as in-person (ILT) and virtual (VILT). Choose a date and we’ll confirm your seat.

DevOps Engineering on AWS

3 days

JAN11

Mon 4 to Wed 6 Jan 2027

Next available intake

MAR03

Wed 3 to Fri 5 Mar 2027

Q1 Intake

MAY03

Mon 3 to Wed 5 May 2027

Finish H1 2027 strong

JUL14

Wed 14 to 16 Jul 2027

Q3 intake

SEP06

Mon 6 to Wed 8 Sep 2027

Mid-year intake

Course fee per person

RM5,400/pax

It’s RM6,750/pax with certification exam included

  • HRD Corp claimable. Employers can claim this course through HRD Corp.

  • Yayasan Peneraju. Malaysian Bumiputera learners may be eligible for the financing scheme.

  • Team bookings. Training a group? Tell us your headcount for a group quote.

Terms and conditions apply. Fees in Malaysian Ringgit.

●  Exam overview

The exam format, and how to keep it active

Exam code

DOP-C02

Length

180 minutes

Questions

75 multiple choice and multiple response, of which 65 are scored

Scoring

Pass or fail on a 100 to 1,000 scale. Passing score 750

Fee

USD 300

Languages

English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. Korean retires after 31 Dec 2026

Delivery

Online-proctored or onsite at a Pearson VUE test centre

Recommended experience

2+ years provisioning, operating and managing AWS environments, plus SDLC and programming or scripting experience

Validity

3 years

Renewal options

Renew

Pass the latest DevOps Professional exam

Retake the current version of the exam before your certification expires or maintain via AWS Skill Builder.

+3 years

Bonus

Recertifies two Associate credentials

Passing DevOps Engineer Professional also recertifies AWS Developer Associate and CloudOps Engineer Associate.

Developer AssociateCloudOps Associate

Official AWS exam page ↗    DOP-C02 exam guide ↗    AWS recertification ↗

●  After DevOps Engineer Professional

Where DevOps Engineer Professional leads

Broaden into security or architecture at the same level.

Specialty · SCS-C03

AWS Security – Specialty

AWS’s suggested next step for DevOps engineers: secure workloads, data and identities on AWS.

170 minUSD 300

Suits
DevSecOps and security-minded engineers

Professional · SAP-C03

AWS Solutions Architect – Professional

Design complex, multi-account architectures. SAP-C03 replaces SAP-C02 after 16 Nov 2026.

180 minUSD 300

Suits
Engineers moving into architecture

●  FAQ

Questions people ask before booking

What is the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional certification?

A professional-level AWS certification, earned by passing DOP-C02, that validates advanced skills in provisioning, operating and managing distributed applications on AWS, and automating the testing and deployment of AWS infrastructure and applications.

The DOP-C02 exam lasts 180 minutes with 75 questions, 65 of them scored. You need 750 on a scale of 100 to 1,000 to pass. The exam fee is USD 300, and you can sit it online or at a Pearson VUE test centre.

AWS recommends two or more years of experience provisioning, operating and managing AWS environments, plus experience with the software development lifecycle and programming or scripting.

Yes. Passing DevOps Engineer Professional automatically recertifies AWS Certified Developer Associate and AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate.

Yes, if you automate delivery or operations on AWS. AWS launched its Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region in August 2024 and plans to invest about US$6.2 billion in Malaysia through 2038, which supports local demand for senior AWS engineering skills.

Three years. Recertify by passing the latest version of the exam before it expires.

Yes. Trainocate Malaysia is an HRD Corp Registered Training Provider and this course is HRD Corp claimable. Malaysian Bumiputera learners may also be eligible for the Yayasan Peneraju financing scheme. Terms and conditions apply.

●  Reserve your seat

Get AWS DevOps Professional certified in 2027

Tell us your preferred intake. Our team will confirm your seat, help with HRD Corp or Yayasan Peneraju paperwork, and send joining details.

  • Hands-on CI/CD and infrastructure as code labs

  • AWS-authorised instructors and official courseware

  • Group quotes for teams

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