AWS Advanced Networking Certification

I'm looking to learn supplement my networking knowledge with something new. I came across this AWS Advanced Networking certification and was wondering if this is worthwhile?
The prereq says "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner", which I never heard of, or AWS Solution Architect, Developer, or Sysops Associate.
My current role is network engineer
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The prereq says "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner", which I never heard of, or AWS Solution Architect, Developer, or Sysops Associate.
My current role is network engineer
CE
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I would do the solutions architect cert, if it was worthwhile. I'm honestly trying to figure out all this cloud stuff. I'm not the developer type, that seems who most cloud jobs are geared towards. Other than VAR positions who are helping folks migrate to cloud
Fellow network engineer here.
My two cents on the Advanced Networking certification: yes, for a network engineer, it's totally worth it.
Get the Solutions Architect or SysOps Associate certifications first. Sybex just released a book for the second one that's got glowing reviews. I believe that AWS has made its "Essentials" one-day courses available for free as Web-based Training. Sign up for the AWS Free Tier and Qwiklabs.
If you look at the Advanced Network exam guide topics (see below, or see https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-advanced-networking-specialty/), I would say that this specialty is good for someone who might be building out infrastructure in AWS for a newer organization without an existing footprint of physical data centers...or for an organization with physical data centers that also wants infrastructure in the cloud). If you've been working with the usual Cisco, Juniper, CheckPoint, F5, Palo Alto, etc. network infrastructure - this basically adds one more item to your tool kit - and it's an item that's especially important with the focus on third-party cloud environments (public, private, or some mix of the two). There's also a two-day course "Migrating to AWS" that I found interesting, and I'm sure that Microsoft has some training for Azure that's equivalent to this specialty.
AWS Certified Advanced Networking Certification - Exam Guide / Topics
Domain 1.0: Design and implement hybrid IT network architectures at scale
1.1 Implement connectivity for hybrid IT
1.2 Given a scenario, derive an appropriate hybrid IT architecture connectivity solution
1.3 Explain the process to extend connectivity using AWS Direct Connect
1.4 Evaluate design alternatives that leverage AWS Direct Connect
1.5 Define routing policies for hybrid IT architectures
Domain 2.0: Design and implement AWS networks
2.1 Apply AWS networking concepts
2.2 Given customer requirements, define network architectures on AWS
2.3 Propose optimized designs based on the evaluation of an existing implementation
2.4 Determine network requirements for a specialized workload
2.5 Derive an appropriate architecture based on customer and application requirements
2.6 Evaluate and optimize cost allocations given a network design and application data flow
Domain 3.0: Automate AWS tasks
3.1 Evaluate automation alternatives within AWS for network deployments
3.2 Evaluate tool-based alternatives within AWS for network operations and management
Domain 4.0: Configure network integration with application services
4.1 Leverage the capabilities of Route 53
4.2 Evaluate DNS solutions in a hybrid IT architecture
4.3 Determine the appropriate configuration of DHCP within AWS
4.4 Given a scenario, determine an appropriate load balancing strategy within the AWS ecosystem
4.5 Determine a content distribution strategy to optimize for performance
4.6 Reconcile AWS service requirements with network requirements
Domain 5.0: Design and implement for security and compliance
5.1 Evaluate design requirements for alignment with security and compliance objectives
5.2 Evaluate monitoring strategies in support of security and compliance objectives
5.3 Evaluate AWS security features for managing network traffic
5.4 Utilize encryption technologies to secure network communications
Domain 6.0: Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot the network
6.1 Given a scenario, troubleshoot and resolve a network issue
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