AWS has awarded a prestigious golden jacket to a Unicard DevOps Engineer who achieved all 12 AWS certifications.

Oghenekaro Oboido is among the members of staff at Unicard who have taken advantage of a company incentive scheme to sit the AWS exams.

Our AWS certification incentive programme gives staff the opportunity to enhance their cloud skills, study for industry-recognised certifications and receive cash awards for passing the exams. The programme aims to foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the company.

Oghenekaro qualified for the rare golden jacket after successfully completing all 12 of the current AWS certifications: comprising 2 Foundational, 5 Associate, 2 Professional and 3 Specialty certifications.

He said: “The AWS Golden Jacket is a milestone that reflects the hours, challenges and growth that come with deeply understanding the AWS platform. It’s a reminder that learning never stops. I love to put it this way: learning is a continuum.

“I’m especially grateful to Unicard for supporting that journey and investing in staff development.”

Unicard are also taking steps to ensure that the systems we build in AWS comply with the AWS Well-Architected Framework (WAF). This framework describes the best practices and strategies to use when designing for and operating in the cloud.

We are defining a Unicard Cloud Operating Model to ensure that all our application workloads are compliant with AWS’s Well Architected Reviews and that any given Unicard workload routinely passes the WAF.