We are the Golden Jackets from Brazil — a select group of professionals recognized by Amazon Web Services with the highest distinction in the AWS community worldwide. The Golden Jacket is awarded to those who have earned all active AWS certifications and demonstrated exceptional contribution through technical leadership, content creation, community building, and innovation. Our mission is to share knowledge, inspire the next generation of cloud leaders, and strengthen Brazil's presence on the global AWS stage.
This is an independent community, not officially affiliated with Amazon Web Services.
A message for the Golden Jackets Brazil Community
The Golden Jacket represents more than certifications — it's a symbol of curiosity, discipline, and a commitment to continuous learning. Seeing communities like Golden Jackets Brazil come together is exactly the spirit of this — builders inspiring builders to go further.
Geries AbouAyash
Creator of the Golden Jacket · Managing Director, AWS
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Golden Jackets across Brazil
Professionals who earned all 12 AWS certifications
Former Golden Jacket holders — renew your expired certifications to reclaim your Golden Jacket status
Professionals with 10 or more AWS certifications — on the final stretch to the Golden Jacket
Complete your final certification to earn your Golden Jacket and unlock the Members Lounge 🏆
Where you'll find Golden Jackets Brazil 🇧🇷
12 certifications · 4 levels · Complete mastery
* Some members hold the ML Specialty (retired Apr 2026), while others hold the Generative AI Professional — both are recognized paths to the Golden Jacket.
SPECIALTY
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATE
FOUNDATIONAL
Everything you need to know about earning the highest AWS recognition
STEP 1
Foundational
Cloud Practitioner
AI Practitioner
2 exams
STEP 2
Associate
Solutions Architect
Developer
SysOps Admin
Data Engineer
ML Engineer
5 exams
STEP 3
Professional
Solutions Architect
DevOps Engineer
GenAI Professional
3 exams
STEP 4
Specialty
Security
Networking
2 exams
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Golden Jacket!
All 12 certs earned
Technical content and talks from our Golden Jacket members
📝 Article Apr 23, 2026 · Erick Mancz
Deterministic-First: GenAI Governance That Does Not Hallucinate for AWSHow to create a bot on Slack/Teams answering questions about internal compliance documents well architected based avoiding hallucinations.
📝 Article Apr 24, 2026 · Erick Mancz
How to earn the AWS Golden JacketThe complete field guide about how to earn the legendary Golden Jacket
📝 Article Apr 29, 2026 · Erick Mancz
The AWS Generative AI Professional Exam - What the blueprint does not revealTips, difficulty, and required domains for the AWS Generative AI Professional Exam
📝 Article Apr 30, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
How I Built a Full Serverless Platform in 72 Hours Using Kiro — Without Writing CodeA TAM used Kiro to build a complete community platform with S3, CloudFront, Cognito, Lambda, and API Gateway — all through conversation with AI. Architecture, problems, and lessons learned.
📝 Article May 03, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
No More Surprise Bills: What CloudFront’s Flat‑Rate Pricing Really ChangesA technical breakdown of CloudFront’s flat‑rate pricing, explaining when it delivers massive savings, where its limits matter, and how it changes the risk model of running public‑facing workloads on AWS.
📝 Article May 07, 2026 · Erick Mancz
Hosting an MCP Server on AWS in 2026: Four Paths and How to ChooseThe 2026 guide to host an MCP Server on AWS
📝 Article May 11, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
Automating AWS Community Onboarding with Lambda, GitHub Actions, and CognitoHow Golden Jackets Brazil automates member onboarding in under 60 seconds using Lambda, GitHub Actions, and Cognito — from form submission to live member card for just $8/month.
📝 Article May 15, 2026 · Erick Mancz
Three Failure Modes of GenAI Agents in High-Stakes WorkflowsThree Failure Modes of GenAI Agents and how to fix it
📝 Article May 23, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
I Ran AWS's New Well-Architected Skills on a Real Client — Here's What Happened in 60 SecondsI tested AWS's new open-source Well-Architected Skills on a real production account and found 3 critical security findings in 60 seconds. Here's how AI agents are changing the way we do cloud assessments.
📝 Article May 27, 2026 · Erickmancz
AWS Frontier Agents Dissected: An analysis about Security and DevOps AgentsAn analysis about the AWS Frontier Agents
📝 Article May 27, 2026 · Erickmancz
The Real Firewall Decision Happens in the Audit Room, Not the Architecture ReviewWhen to choose between a Managed Firewall and a Third Appliance?
📝 Article Jun 02, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
From 1 Country to 9 in 60 Days Scaling a Global AWS Community with AI and ServerlessHow a non-developer TAM used Amazon Bedrock, Kiro CLI, and serverless AWS services to scale Golden Jackets from 14 members in Brazil to 89 members across 9 countries in 60 days for under 9 dollars per month.
📝 Article Jun 02, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
From 1 Country to 9 in 60 Days Scaling a Global AWS Community with AI and ServerlessHow a non developer TAM used Amazon Bedrock, Kiro CLI, and serverless AWS services to scale Golden Jackets from 14 members in Brazil to 89 members across 9 countries in 60 days for under 9 dollars per month.
📝 Article Jun 02, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
From 1 Country to 9 in 60 Days — Scaling a Global AWS Community with AI and ServerlessHow a TAM used Amazon Bedrock, Kiro, and serverless to scale Golden Jackets from 14 to 89 members across 9 countries in 60 days.
📝 Article Jun 02, 2026 · Ricardo Gulias
From 1 Country to 9 in 60 Days — Scaling a Global AWS Community with AI and ServerlessHow a TAM used Amazon Bedrock, Kiro, and serverless to scale Golden Jackets from 14 to 89 members across 9 countries in 60 days.
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What is the Golden Jacket?
The Golden Jacket is the highest recognition in the AWS certification ecosystem — awarded to professionals who earn all 12 active AWS certifications. It was created by Geries AbouAyash, Managing Director at AWS.
How many certifications do I need?
All 12 active AWS certifications must be current and valid: 2 Foundational, 5 Associate, 2 Professional, and 3 Specialty level.
How long does it take?
It varies — some achieve it in 1-2 years of focused study, others take longer. The key is consistency and dedication.
How rare is it?
Extremely rare. Less than 0.01% of AWS certified professionals worldwide hold all active certifications. In Brazil, there are 20+ known Golden Jacket holders.
12
All Active Certifications
4
Difficulty Levels
<0.01%
Of AWS Certified Pros
20+
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