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What are career opportunities in AWS?

by Muhammad Asad
November 8, 2021
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AWS or Amazon Web Services is the market leader in the Cloud Computing Industry, no doubt about that! AWS acquired USD 13.5 billion in revenue in Q1 (Quarter 1) of 2021. AWS is driving the profits of the parent company, Amazon, which is an eCommerce giant. AWS pumped in 12% of the profits for Amazon in just the first quarter of 2021 (Q1).

 

Gartner has forecasted that global Public Cloud Spending to increase by 18% in 2021 in the wake of the pandemic. And AWS is still the market leader going strong with 32% of the market share. It is surging ahead in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, scoring the highest score for both “Ability to Execute” and “Completeness of Vision”, compared to its rivals like Microsoft’s Azure, Google GCP, Alibaba Cloud, etc.    

 

Here in this article, we will discuss the AWS Cloud and the career opportunities it offers. The salary aspects of various roles that AWS has to offer. 

 

  • What is AWS Certification? 
  • AWS Certification breakdown
  • Opportunities for different AWS roles

 

What is AWS Certification? 

 

Every cloud vendor has personalized role-based certifications from AWS Solution Architect certification to AWS technical essentials that validate the professionals based on their work experience in the cloud platform. AWS Certifications are one such string of certifications catering to different needs of an organization using AWS Cloud. 

 

AWS Certification breakdown:

AWS Certifications are grouped into four distinct levels; Foundational, Associate, Professional and Specialty level. Let me put up in detail the list of certifications based on different levels: 

 

Foundational-level: 

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 

Associate-level: 

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator-Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate

Professional-level:

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer-Professional

Specialty-level: 

  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking-Specialty
  • AWS Certified Data Analytics-Specialty
  • AWS Certified Database-Specialty
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty
  • AWS Certified Security-Specialty

 

All these certifications depend on experience in using the AWS Platform. A Foundational level certification is for those who wish to break into AWS. Any novice or a beginner could take up this certification, and with proper training, can crack it to step a foot in the Cloud domain. Associate-level certification requires you to have at least 1-2 years of experience using the AWS platform. And AWS Solutions Architect certification is the most popular among all certifications. Take up this AWS Solutions Architect Certification course that is designed by industry experts. 

 

Similarly, Professional-level AWS certification requires you to have at least two or more years of experience in the AWS platform. Specialty-level certification requires you to have credible work experience in the chosen field and the AWS platform. Most of the companies demand at least Associate-level certifications, and some ask for Professional-level certification. The Specialty-level is for experts who are subject-matter experts and wish to continue their pursuit through the cloud platform. 

 

Opportunities for different AWS roles

 

AWS is popular in the Cloud Technology space, resulting in a tremendous demand for AWS Certified professionals in the market. These organizations are aware of the AWS Certification and how rigorous they are. Thereby, companies can be sure about the talent they acquire that he/she will be able to solve their existing problems and also give a clear direction to leap in Cloud front. 

 

We will discuss the most famous AWS Certifications down here to help the majority of you (all the salaries are from PayScale.com): 

 

AWS Solutions Architect or Cloud Architect: These professionals are the leaders who act as a medium between stakeholders like clients to technical teams like engineers, developers, etc. A Cloud Architect builds the components and subcomponents of the Cloud to help companies mould their cloud architecture according to different projects. An entry-level AWS Solutions Architect can expect a mean average salary of USD 75,000, and with more experience, this salary could go to USD 135,000 &, in some cases, $161,000. 

 

AWS Developer/Cloud Developer: AWS Developer or Cloud Developer has immense opportunity in the Cloud domain and is yet to reach its full scale. Cloud Developer builds software and other applications to enterprises using Cloud platform. The mean average salary in India for AWS Developer is INR 960,979. 

 

AWS DevOps Engineer: DevOps is an exciting domain to work on. And Cloud and DevOps have mutually benefited from each other. A DevOps Engineer in a cloud platform has to provision, operate, and manage a cloud environment. If you are a Cloud DevOps Engineer experienced in AWS, the mean average salary you can expect in the US is USD 122,406. 

 

Cloud Software Engineer/Cloud Engineer: If you are a qualified Software Engineer, you have a great chance to improve your salary package, and that is mastering a cloud. And if you master AWS, you can earn a salary between INR 10,96,642 – INR 20,27,164 in India, according to Glassdoor.com.

 

AWS SysOps Administrator: If you have experience in managing, operating, and deploying production operations on AWS Cloud, you can attempt the AWS SysOps Certification to bag a mean average salary of USD 109,302 in the USA. 

 

Summing Up:

Cloud is trending technology right now, so if you wish to secure your future with Cloud skills in your kitty. It is the right time to get started. 

Muhammad Asad

Muhammad Asad

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