Five ways to ramp up on AWS databases

April 9, 2024 Update: The AWS Certified Database – Specialty is retired. Learners may wish to pursue the newest AWS Certification, AWS Certified Database Engineer – Associate. Learn more in this blog.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers the broadest selection of purpose-built databases, with 15 available today. This is exciting and empowering for database specialists and database administrators (DBAs) who have increased options to select the optimal database for specific use cases and application deployment requirements. It’s also a great time for DBAs and those looking to move into a role focused on database technology, to train and take advantage of hands-on education.

AWS Training and Certification (T&C) offers an expanded lineup of resources, training courses, and a new AWS Certification to help you build and validate skills working with AWS database solutions. Here are five ways you can ramp up your knowledge and experience with AWS databases:

1. Prescriptive Learning Path: Getting started is easy with the Learning Path for AWS Databases to guide you in the selection of digital and classroom courses and the certification for AWS databases.
2. Virtual Classroom Course: Get hands-on database training with the Planning and Designing Databases on AWS, a three-day classroom course that can be taken virtually (or in person).
3. Ramp-Up Guide: Leverage the AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Databases to help you see all the free digital training, classroom courses, videos, whitepapers, certifications, and other information to help you build your AWS Cloud knowledge. Assembled by AWS experts, the Ramp-Up Guide helps you discover the in-demand cloud skills and the real-world knowledge you can use right away to grow your career.
4. Prepare for AWS Certification: See how your experience and expertise stacks up to the certification by taking the free Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Database – Specialty digital training course. This course provides an overview of the certification exam, domain areas, sample questions, and the experience and knowledge you will need to pass the exam.
5. Take the AWS Certification Exam: When ready, the AWS Certified Database — Specialty certification validates your expertise in recommending, designing, and maintaining the optimal AWS database solution to improve performance, reduce costs, and enable innovation.

AWS T&C presents you with a curated line up of flexible resources that will help you learn how to work with AWS database solutions and build the competence, confidence, and credibility you need to innovate and build your future. Get started today at aws.training/Databases.

The AWS Databases Learning Path is designed for individuals who plan, design, or manage AWS database services to optimize data strategy.