Certification Guide
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
The AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional validates production-grade skill with CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, incident response, and multi-account automation on AWS. It is the strongest AWS credential for platform engineers and SREs and is respected at the same tier as the Solutions Architect – Professional.
Exam Code
DOP-C02
Cost
$300
Duration
180 minutes
Passing Score
750 / 1000
Validity
3 years
Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Difficulty
Professional
Salary Impact
$20K – $50K premium at the senior DevOps / platform engineer level
Who This Certification Is For
- DevOps or platform engineers with 2+ years running AWS in production
- SREs who own alerting, incident response, and rollback tooling
- Backend engineers moving into a platform-focused role
- Consultants building CI/CD pipelines for AWS-heavy clients
Exam Domains
What AWS DOP-C02 actually tests, with weightings where the vendor publishes them:
- SDLC Automation (22%)
- Configuration Management and IaC (17%)
- Resilient Cloud Solutions (15%)
- Monitoring and Logging (15%)
- Incident and Event Response (14%)
- Security and Compliance (17%)
Study Path
An opinionated plan, in order. Timelines assume ~10 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Hold either SAA or the AWS Developer Associate cert
Month 1: Adrian Cantrill's or Stephane Maarek's DOP-C02 course
Month 2: Deep-dive on CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, and Systems Manager Automation
Month 2–3: Hands-on — build a blue/green deployment pipeline with automated rollback
Month 3: Practice exams (Tutorials Dojo). Expect scenario questions on deploying with zero downtime and diagnosing failed deploys.
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