Introduction
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role. This exam validates an examinee’s ability to:
- Identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built using the architecture best
- Guide architectural best practices to developers and system administrators throughout the lifecycle of the
The knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components. The knowledge level can be defined as including the majority of the following skills or qualities:
AWS Knowledge
- Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services
- Professional experience architecting large-scale distributed systems
- Understanding of elasticity and scalability concepts
- Understanding of the AWS global infrastructure
- Understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
- A good understanding of all security features and tools that AWS provides and how they relate to traditional services
- A strong understanding of client interfaces to the AWS platform
- Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
Content Limits
Domain 1.0: Designing highly available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, scalable systems
Domain 2.0: Implementation/Deployment
Domain 3.0: Data Security
Domain 4.0: Troubleshooting