Per the exam guide, the ideal candidate for this certification should have one year of experience with deployment, management, networking, and security on AWS. This certification is an ideal starting point on the AWS Certification journey for individuals in IT or cloud operations job roles.

Candidates who do not have any IT work experience would benefit from first earning the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner to get foundational knowledge of AWS Cloud and services before attempting the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam.

Certified individuals report increased confidence as a result of earning this industry-recognized certification and increased credibility with technical IT/cloud colleagues and customers. Professionals in operations or administration roles on on-premises systems can showcase that they can perform similar tasks on AWS cloud. Preparing for and earning the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate can also get you off to a strong start to earn additional AWS Certifications in the Professional and Specialty categories.

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional and AWS Certified Security – Specialty are certifications that other cloud professionals have earned to advance further in roles like systems administrator and cloud engineer.

This certification is valid for 3 years. Before your certification expires, you can recertify by passing the latest version of this exam, or by earning the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, which will automatically recertify this Associate-level certification.

Yes. Once you earn one AWS Certification, you get 50% discount on other AWS Certification exams.