These AWS Learning Paths are grouped into two categories: role and solution.
Both types of Learning Path have the potential to lead to AWS Certification.
Role-Based Paths
Role Based Learning Paths will empower you with the knowledge and skills required to perform your job function in the AWS Cloud. Role Based Learning Paths include Cloud Practitioner, Architect, SysOps, DevOps and Operations.
Solutions Paths
Solutions Based Learning Paths will give you the skills to use and deploy specialised AWS services. Solutions Based learning Paths include Security, Machine Learning, Big Data and Databases.
Role-Based Paths
This learning path is intended for individuals who are looking to build and validate overall understanding of the AWS Cloud. This path is useful for individuals in technical, managerial, sales, purchasing, or financial roles who work with the AWS Cloud.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
This learning path is designed for solutions architects, solution design engineers, and anyone who wants to learn how to design applications and systems on AWS. Build technical skills as you progress along the path toward AWS Certification.
This path also includes the Architecting on AWS – Accelerator course. This five day course covers topics from two other courses in this path, Architecting on AWS and Advanced Architecting on AWS. It may be taken in place of those courses.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Technical Essentials
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Advanced Architecting on AWS
Architecting on AWS – Accelerator
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
This learning path is designed for software developers who want to learn how to develop cloud applications on AWS. Build technical skills as you progress along the path toward AWS Certification.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Technical Essentials
Developing on AWS
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Advanced Developing on AWS
This learning path is designed for sysops administrators, systems administrators, and those in a DevOps role who want to learn how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of applications, networks, and systems on the AWS platform. Build technical skills as you progress along the path toward AWS Certification.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Technical Essentials
System Operations on AWS
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
This learning path is designed for individuals who want to learn how to use the most common DevOps patterns to develop, deploy, and maintain applications in the AWS Cloud. Build technical skills as you progress along the path toward AWS Certification.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
DevOps Engineering on AWS
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Solutions Paths
Data Platform EngineerMachine Learning
Data ScientistMachine Learning
DeveloperDatabasesData Analytics
This learning path is designed for individuals who are responsible for security-related activities and want to gain the control and confidence to securely run applications in the AWS Cloud.
Learn about access control, data encryption methods, and securing applications and infrastructure. Then get AWS Certified to validate the skills you’ve learned.
For best results, we recommend, but do not require, that individuals have technical AWS Cloud experience related to security before beginning this learning path.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
AWS Technical Essentials
AWS Security Essentials
Security Engineering on AWS
Exam Readiness Workshop: AWS Certified Security – Speciality
AWS Certified Security – Speciality
This path is designed for data platform engineers. Learning machine learning (ML) will change data ingestion, system requirements and performance, and customer experiences. Then supplement the skills you’ve learned with optional training.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS
This path is designed for learners skilled in math, statistics, and analysis who want to become machine learning (ML) subject matter experts within their organisation.
Learn how machine learning frameworks and analysis tools can improve workplace collaboration. Then supplement your skills with optional training.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
Practical Data Science with Amazon SageMaker
The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Speciality
This path is designed for builders and software developers. Learn how machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) can help you better partner with data scientists to innovate with ML technologies. Then supplement the skills you’ve learned with optional training.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
Practical Data Science with Amazon SageMaker
The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Speciality
This learning path is designed for individuals who plan, design, or manage AWS database services to optimise data strategy. Learn about planning and designing databases using AWS services. Then validate your comprehensive understanding of AWS database services, and accelerating the use of database technology to drive your organisation’s business transformation, with the AWS Certified Database – Speciality certification.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.
This learning path is designed for individuals who design and implement AWS services to derive value from data. Learn about collection, ingestion, storage, processing, and visualisation. Then get AWS Certified to validate the skills you’ve learned.
For best results, we recommend, but do not require, that individuals have technical AWS Cloud experience related to data analytics before beginning this learning path.

Recommended Progression – follow this recommended sequence of courses.