Professional Certification

AWS Solutions
Architect Associate

Master the art of designing distributed systems on AWS. Build secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures for the cloud.

Architecture Pillars

Secure

Protect data, systems, and assets

IAM KMS ACM

Resilient

High availability & fault tolerance

ELB ASG Route 53

High-Performing

Efficient resource utilization

ElastiCache CloudFront Lambda

Cost-Optimized

Maximize business value

Savings Plans Cost Explorer Budgets

Key Knowledge Domains

Design Resilient Architectures

Multi-tier architectures, decoupling mechanisms, HA & fault-tolerant designs

26% of exam content

Design High-Performing Architectures

Scalable storage, compute solutions, database strategies, network optimization

24% of exam content

Design Secure Applications

Secure access controls, data protection, infrastructure security

30% of exam content

Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

Cost-effective storage, compute resources, database optimization

20% of exam content
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate