Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

Credential: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional  GI Bill resource
Credentialing Agency: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Renewal Period: 3 years

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional credential validates technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. This certification is intended for individuals who perform a DevOps Engineer role. It is recommended that candidates have two or more years' experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments.

More information can be found on the certifying agency's website.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Eligibility Requirements 

  • Credential Prerequisite
  • Experience: 2 years recommended
  • Education
  • Training
  • Membership
  • Other
  • Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for becoming eligible. Listed are the minimum requirements based on the minimum degree required.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

  • Exam
  • Written Exam
  • Oral Exam
  • Practical Exam
  • Performance Assessment

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 3 years

  • Continuing Education
  • Exam
  • Continuing Education OR Exam
  • Fee
  • Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA  98109

Phone: 2062661000

Fax: 2062664952
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Written Exam DOP-C01

  • SDLC Automation (22%)
    • Apply concepts required to automate a CI/CD pipeline
    • Determine source control strategies and how to implement them
    • Apply concepts required to automate and integrate testing
    • Apply concepts required to build and manage artifacts securely
    • Determine deployment/delivery strategies (e.g., A/B, Blue/green, Canary, Red/black) and how to implement them using AWS Services
  • Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (19%)
    • Determine deployment services based on deployment needs
    • Determine application and infrastructure deployment models based on business needs
    • Apply security concepts in the automation of resource provisioning
    • Determine how to implement lifecycle hooks on a deployment
    • Apply concepts required to manage systems using AWS configuration management tools and services
  • Monitoring and Logging (15%)
    • Determine how to set up the aggregation, storage, and analysis of logs and metrics
    • Apply concepts required to automate monitoring and event management of an environment
    • Apply concepts required to audit, log, and monitor operating systems, infrastructures, and applications
    • Determine how to implement tagging and other metadata strategies
  • Policies and Standards Automation (10%)
    • Apply concepts required to enforce standards for logging, metrics, monitoring, testing, and security
    • Determine how to optimize cost through automation
    • Apply concepts required to implement governance strategies
  • Incident and Event Response (18%)
    • Troubleshoot issues and determine how to restore operations
    • Determine how to automate event management and alerting
    • Apply concepts required to implement automated healing
    • Apply concepts required to set up event-driven automated actions
  • High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery (16%)
    • Determine appropriate use of multi-AZ versus multi-region architectures
    • Determine how to implement high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance
    • Determine the right services based on business needs (e.g., RTO/RPO, cost)
    • Determine how to design and automate disaster recovery strategies
    • Evaluate a deployment for points of failure

Exam Preparation Resources

There are a number of resources available to help you prepare for the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional examination:

RECERTIFICATION

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

Renewal Period: 3 years

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional credential has the following recertification information:

  • AWS certifications are valid for 3 years. Certification holders may recertify by taking the current Professional-level exam for the certification already held.

Additional considerations for the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional include:

  • It is recommended that candidates have two or more years’ experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments.

In Demand

This certification is considered in demand

COOL Bucks

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Some

Credential is related to some tasks associated with the duties of the military occupation (at least one critical task but less than 80%)

Most

Credential is directly related to most of the major duties associated with the military occupation (at least 80%)

Other

Credential is related to this military occupation, but is more advanced or specialized and therefore will likely require additional education, training, or experience

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Star

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Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted E1 through E4

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E5 through E6

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E7 and Above

Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted “A” School through E5

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E6 through E7

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E8 and Above

LaDR

This credential is recommended on the rating Learning and Development Roadmap (LaDR) for Sailors currently in the pay grade indicated on the icon, BUT MAY BE TAKEN BY SAILORS IN OTHER PAY GRADES.

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GI Bill®

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ANSI

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ICAC

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ABSNC

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NCCA

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IAS

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Low

May be difficult to attain: minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, and/or minimum experience is 10 or more years.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

Medium

Moderate ease of attainment: minimum education requirement = Associate's and/or prerequisite and/or minimum experience = more than 2 years and less than 10 years of experience.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

High

Highly attainable: mimum education requirement = HS or less and/or minimum experience = 2 years or less experience and no additional requirements.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

MOS is Military Occupational Specialty
ASI is Additional Skill Identifier
WOMOS is Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty

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Updated: October 16, 2019
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