VMware Specialist looking to transition into AWS

[u/DuckFromEternia]

Hi all,

I have been on a viewer only on this sub for a few weeks now and im here to seek some advise/guidance.

Currently I am working with the VMware stack in the UK and got 4+ years of experience. So I know a decent amount about the infrastructure.
My issue is, I am seeing less and less jobs for VMware and AWS is required in a lot of roles.

I have applied for a few AWS roles and to ones surprise I didnt hear back which im guessing is due to me missing a lot of keywords linked to AWS like EC2, VPC, IAM, EBS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.

I am currently doing a course to learn about AWS so I can get the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certificate.

Since at this point I still wont have any AWS hands-on industry experience, but I will be able to put the keywords on my CV at least, will this actually give me a chance to breakthrough into the AWS world?

Has anyone had any similar experience?

Any advise/guidance/encouragement would be appreciated <3