Choosing certifications Certification Foundational, Mid, Advanced Provider or Company Roles Cloud Practitioner (CCP) Foundational AWS Cloud Engineer, Devops Engineer, Solutions Architect - Associate, Support / Helpdesk, Product Manager, Backend Engineer, Frontend Engineer, Quality Assurance - Manual Kubernetes Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) Foundational Linux Foundation / K8s Solutions Architect - Traditional, Backend Engineer, Devops Engineer, Cloud Engineer Solutions Architect (SA) - Associate Mid AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, Backend Engineer, Devops Engineer, Devops Engineer Developer Associate Mid AWS Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer, Quality Assurance - Engineer SysOps Administrator Associate Mid AWS Devops Engineer Solutions Architect - Professional Advanced AWS Solutions Architect - Traditional DevOps Engineer - Professional Advanced AWS Devops Engineer Advanced Networking Speciality Advanced AWS Solutions Architect - Traditional, Security Engineer Data Analytics Advanced AWS Data Engineer Machine Learning Speciality Advanced AWS Data Engineer Security Specialist Advanced AWS Security Engineer, Solutions Architect - Traditional Database Speciality Advanced AWS Data Engineer, Solutions Architect - Traditional Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Advanced Linux Foundation / K8s Devops Engineer, Cloud Engineer Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Advanced Linux Foundation / K8s Security Engineer, Devops Engineer Role mappings are not exhaustive, but give an indications of which roles might be relevant to which certifications. Key Foundational = Foundational Mid = Associate Advanced = Professional Useful Resources The Forage - Free virtual work experience