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AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Exam Guide

Everything you need to know about the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification exam, from study strategies to exam day tips.

Exam Information

180 minutes

Duration

75 questions

Questions

750/1000

Passing Score

$300 USD

Exam Cost

Recommended Study Plan

Week 1-2

SDLC Automation

SDLC Automation (22%)

15-20 hours

CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
Source control strategies with CodeCommit
Artifact management and build automation

Recommended Resources:

AWS Documentation

Hands-on Labs

Week 3-4

Configuration Management & IaC

Configuration Management and IaC (17%)

15-20 hours

AWS CloudFormation advanced features
StackSets and nested stacks
AWS CDK and Terraform integration
Configuration management with Systems Manager

Recommended Resources:

CloudFormation Documentation

Practice Questions

Week 5-6

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response

Monitoring and Logging (15%) + Incident Response (18%)

20-25 hours

CloudWatch metrics, alarms, and dashboards
CloudWatch Logs insights and analysis
AWS X-Ray distributed tracing
Incident response and remediation automation

Recommended Resources:

CloudWatch Workshop

Incident Management Guides

Week 7-8

Security & High Availability

Security (16%) + High Availability (12%)

15-20 hours

Secrets management with Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
IAM policies, roles, and cross-account access
Multi-region deployment strategies
Disaster recovery and failover automation

Recommended Resources:

Security Best Practices

Practice Exams

Exam Tips & Strategies

Hands-on Experience is Critical

This is a professional-level exam. Build actual CI/CD pipelines with CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy.

Manage Your Time

You have about 2.4 minutes per question. Mark complex scenario questions for review.

Master CloudFormation

Understand advanced CloudFormation concepts including intrinsic functions, custom resources, and StackSets.

Think Automation First

AWS DevOps is about automation. Always consider automated solutions over manual interventions.

Key Topics to Master

AWS CodePipeline

AWS CodeBuild

AWS CodeDeploy

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

CloudWatch Metrics & Logs

AWS X-Ray

AWS Systems Manager

Secrets Manager & Parameter Store

Multi-region Deployments

Blue/Green Deployments

Canary Deployments

Auto Scaling

Disaster Recovery

For the most up-to-date exam information, visit the official exam guide.

View Official Exam Guide

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AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Exam Guide

Everything you need to know about the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification exam, from study strategies to exam day tips.

Exam Information

180 minutes

Duration

75 questions

Questions

750/1000

Passing Score

$300 USD

Exam Cost

Recommended Study Plan

Week 1-2

SDLC Automation

SDLC Automation (22%)

15-20 hours

CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
Source control strategies with CodeCommit
Artifact management and build automation

Recommended Resources:

AWS Documentation

Hands-on Labs

Week 3-4

Configuration Management & IaC

Configuration Management and IaC (17%)

15-20 hours

AWS CloudFormation advanced features
StackSets and nested stacks
AWS CDK and Terraform integration
Configuration management with Systems Manager

Recommended Resources:

CloudFormation Documentation

Practice Questions

Week 5-6

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response

Monitoring and Logging (15%) + Incident Response (18%)

20-25 hours

CloudWatch metrics, alarms, and dashboards
CloudWatch Logs insights and analysis
AWS X-Ray distributed tracing
Incident response and remediation automation

Recommended Resources:

CloudWatch Workshop

Incident Management Guides

Week 7-8

Security & High Availability

Security (16%) + High Availability (12%)

15-20 hours

Secrets management with Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
IAM policies, roles, and cross-account access
Multi-region deployment strategies
Disaster recovery and failover automation

Recommended Resources:

Security Best Practices

Practice Exams

Exam Tips & Strategies

Hands-on Experience is Critical

This is a professional-level exam. Build actual CI/CD pipelines with CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy.

Manage Your Time

You have about 2.4 minutes per question. Mark complex scenario questions for review.

Master CloudFormation

Understand advanced CloudFormation concepts including intrinsic functions, custom resources, and StackSets.

Think Automation First

AWS DevOps is about automation. Always consider automated solutions over manual interventions.

Key Topics to Master

AWS CodePipeline

AWS CodeBuild

AWS CodeDeploy

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

CloudWatch Metrics & Logs

AWS X-Ray

AWS Systems Manager

Secrets Manager & Parameter Store

Multi-region Deployments

Blue/Green Deployments

Canary Deployments

Auto Scaling

Disaster Recovery

For the most up-to-date exam information, visit the official exam guide.

View Official Exam Guide