The AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty is an expert-level certification for IT professionals who design and manage sophisticated network systems that operate on—or in conjunction with—the AWS cloud platform. It is for experienced network engineers who have at least five years of hands-on experience in general and AWS network architecture, design, implementation, and management. For this certification, you’ll need in-depth knowledge of advanced AWS and general networking and network interconnectivity, including virtual private networks, inter-domain routing, IPv4 and IPv6 subnetting, and IPv6 transition.

This AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Certification course is designed to give you hands-on practice, along with practice exams and study tools needed for the exam. Although AWS no longer requires an Associate-level certification as a prerequisite to this exam, we recommend that you achieve the Associate-level certification before attempting the Advanced Networking Specialty exam. A background in networking will prove to be very useful but is not necessarily required. In the course, we start by building a foundational understanding of networking concepts. Then, we build on those foundational concepts by designing and implementing highly available and fault-tolerant network infrastructures, including hybrid infrastructure, VPN, and Direct Connect. These are required to support specific user and application requirements while focusing on advanced security concepts and best practices.