{"id":14559,"date":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motion-recruitment.ap.applyflow.com\/is-it-time-for-an-aws-certification\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T04:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T04:29:27","slug":"is-it-time-for-an-aws-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/is-it-time-for-an-aws-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time For An AWS Certification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>More than ever, we\u2019re hearing from our clients that AWS certifications are something they\u2019re looking for in their prospective employees. Not only does it show you have technical expertise and formalized training in the field, it will also garner you access, as the candidate, to a larger pay packet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Who should complete an AWS certification?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a systems engineer, a DevOps engineer or a solution architect (or some other role within the infrastructure or DevOps industry), an AWS certification can be an incredibly useful and rewarding accreditation to take your career a step further and secure your dream role.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Types of AWS Certification<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Developer \u2013 Associate<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Associate<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified DevOps Engineer \u2013 Professional<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Professional<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Big Data \u2013 Specialty<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Advanced Networking \u2013 Specialty<\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Security\u00a0\u2013 Specialty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Cost of an AWS Certification<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner &#8211; Cost: $100<\/li>\n<li>AWS Associate Level Certification Exams &#8211; Cost USD $150,<\/li>\n<li>AWS Professional and Specialty Certification Exams &#8211; Cost: $300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>How long does an AWS Certification Last?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recertification is required every two years for all\u00a0<strong>AWS Certifications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you\u2019re thinking about an AWS certification, or you have one and you\u2019re ready to look for your next role, don\u2019t hesitate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/t\/sinead-edwards\"><u>to reach out for a chat <\/u><\/a>about the positions and businesses I\u2019m working with at the moment. It\u2019s an incredibly exciting time to be part of this innovative and fast-evolving industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; More than ever, we\u2019re hearing from our clients that AWS certifications are something they\u2019re looking for in their prospective employees. Not only does it show you have technical expertise and formalized training in the field, it will also garner you access, as the candidate, to a larger pay packet. Who should complete an AWS&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[80,81],"class_list":["post-14559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aws","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/14526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motionrecruitment.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}