Reformatted and expanded certs (#21216)

I reformatted the certifications into their respective tracks and added links to each of their landing pages.
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Tim Sullivan
2018-11-07 14:00:19 -06:00
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@ -38,22 +38,30 @@ Popular AWS services include:
* CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code)
#### AWS Certifications
AWS offers many different certifications for its practitioners. There are different tiers to AWS certs as well as role-based certifications.
The tiers are:
* Foundational (Cloud Practitioner)
* Associate (Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps Administrator)
* Professional (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
These roles for each of the tiers include:
* Architect
* Developer
* Operations
AWS offers many different certifications for its practitioners. AWS offers a prerequisite AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials certification relevant to anyone no matter their role. There are different tiers to AWS certs as well as role-based certifications.
AWS offers a prerequisite AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials certification* relevant to anyone no matter their role.
Outside of the standard roles there are specialty certifications for Advanced networking, Big Data, and Security.
The roles are:
* Any role:
* [Foundational: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
* Architect:
* [Foundational: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (optional)](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
* [Associate: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/)
* [Professional: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-professional/)
* Developer:
* [Foundational: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (optional)](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
* [Associate: AWS Certified Developer - Associate](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-developer-associate/)
* [Professional: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-devops-engineer-professional/)
* Operational:
* [Foundational: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (optional)](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
* [Associate: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-sysops-admin-associate/)
* [Professional: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-devops-engineer-professional/)
* Specialty (unrelated to eachother):
* [AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-big-data-specialty)
* [AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-advanced-networking-specialty)
* [AWS Certified Security - Specialty](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-security-specialty/)
#### More Information:
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* [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/)
* [Certifications](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/)
* [Certification Preparation](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/)