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The hyperscaler. An application platform by our definition, with a mature certification ecosystem of its own.

Collecting interestOwn certification · AWS Certification
The DOAP Score

How well Amazon Web Services supports the role

AI-generated estimate91/100 · LeadingTop tier
  1. Protect90
  2. Change96
  3. Observe83
  4. Govern97
  5. Documentation89
  6. Data84
  7. Integrate99
  8. Support100
  9. Agents89
  10. Security81

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectLeading90

    Backup and restore is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • ChangeLeading96

    Code management, staging and rollback is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • ObserveOptimizing83

    Amazon Web Services supports schema monitoring and change visibility well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • GovernLeading97

    Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • DocumentationLeading89

    Documentation in the platform and across teams is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • DataOptimizing84

    Amazon Web Services supports data cleansing, hygiene and integrity well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • IntegrateLeading99

    Integrations and how they are secured is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • SupportLeading100

    Support from the platform and to end users is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • AgentsLeading89

    Using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform is a first-class part of Amazon Web Services, with the controls the practice needs.

  • SecurityOptimizing81

    Amazon Web Services supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Amazon Web Services, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Amazon Web Services’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Amazon Web Services has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Amazon Web Services.

Every name on the join form counts toward Amazon Web Services’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

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  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.

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