## Professional Certificate – 4-Course Course Series This professional certificate provides the knowledge and skills you need to start building your career in cloud architecture and helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. You’ll start by learning about core AWS services for compute, storage, databases, networking, monitoring, and security, and then dive into how to design architectural solutions, how to create and operate a data lake, and how to prepare for the certification exam. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification demonstrates knowledge and skills in AWS technologies across a wide range of AWS services. The certification focuses on designing cost- and performance-optimized solutions and demonstrates a deep understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. This AWS certification is considered one of the highest-paying IT certifications, according to the [SkillSoft IT Skills and Salary Report](https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/content/salary-report/it-skills-and-salary-report/#gref). According to the [Enterprise Strategy Group](https://interactive.esg-global.com/reports/Training-and-Certification-Help-Learners-Thrive-Cloud-first-World), 74% of AWS certifiers say their certification has contributed to higher revenue, 87% experience increased confidence, and 79% see an increase in impact on their colleagues. To prepare for your AWS certification exam, we recommend that—in addition to earning this professional credential—candidates review the free exam guide, sample questions, and AWS technical documents (such as white papers and product FAQs) on the AWS exam page.[AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate] (https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/) to understand what content and services are included in the exam. ### Hands-on Learning Project Through 15 hands-on labs, you will use the AWS console to apply the skills learned in the video.
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– **In Building Solutions on AWS**, you will use Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon SNS to build a serverless web application. – **Introducing Data Lake Design**, you will use Amazon S3, Amazon OpenSearch Service, AWS Lambda, and Amazon API Gateway to create a cluster that starts a queue in Amazon OpenSearch Service. You will also use Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, and Amazon Elasticsearch Service to create a pipeline for ingesting data using AWS managed services at scale. – **In Cloud Technical Fundamentals**, you will design a 3-tier architecture using services such as Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2, and Amazon RDS with high availability and flexible load balancing, following AWS best practices. Upload an architecture diagram that describes your design, including the network layer.
