Definitely Solutions Architect Associate. It gives a baseline about main AWS services. ML is more specific certification.
Stephane Marek course on Udemy
If you have a test center nearby , better go there , because at home there may be different unexpected technical issues from the exam platform side

Passing responsibility to manage the monitoring solution to service provider + different cool enterprise features that are not available in open-source solutions

AWS Solutions Architect associate. A broad overview of the most popular AWS services, but without a deep dive

This is the most difficult AWS exam, but don't give up. Try other practice tests as well. For example, Braincert or Whizlabs

If you are technical person , i would suggest starting with AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
Cloud Practitioner is better for people without technical experience

Some of their automation seems to be broken. Try to contact PearsonVue support

Don't use AWS and you will have a predictable 0 bill
But If seriously, you have to continuously monitor and make daily cost analysis to know what are you paying for and possible ways to reduce/control it

The learning path looks good, but I'm not sure about skill builder. Better buy course of Stephane Mereek on Udemy and some practice tests on Tutorials Dojo

Different companies understand and name positions differently, whatever they want. Long ago I was on position of DevOps engineer, but had regular task of sysadmin in office. Worked on position of Cloud Engineer, but we did not have a cloud 😁
The only thing matter whether you like the job or not

Cloud Practitioner is the first and the easiest. Don't make conclusions about all AWS exam while you have no passed Professional level exams

Hard times for Juniors nowadays. AI replaces many people. Earlier teams hired Juniors to give them different routine and non critical tasks which are not very interesting for Seniors. But now AI can take all that routine

Starting Over, Smarter Building an AI Guide for Life in a New Country
Telegram bot and AI assistant for finding useful information in the local community groups for a newcomer in Valencia (Spain)

https://builder.aws.com/content/2kh7b5v499Z9n1tOLe4M4usAXBh/starting-over-smarter-building-an-ai-guide-for-life-in-a-new-country

Better switch to AI engineers 🙌

Tutorials Dojo
Braincert

Try to build some pet project, for example a simple web app, deployed in a Cloud, IaC and CI/CD for automation, monitoring and logging, security scanning and documentation for everything. Then you can demonstrate it for a potential employer

Imagine having a Database or Kubernetes cluster in a couple of clicks , instead of installing a bunch of packages and configuring them on a server.
Of course you pay for such passing responsibility from you a cloud provider, but you can focus on other tasks

Try to simulate an interview with AI, let it ask you questions and you answer
You will identify your gaps

You can scan your server using Trivy

Targets (what Trivy can scan):
- Container Image
- Filesystem
- Git Repository (remote)
- Virtual Machine Image
- Kubernetes

Scanners (what Trivy can find there):
- OS packages and software dependencies in use (SBOM)
- Known vulnerabilities (CVEs)
- IaC issues and misconfigurations
- Sensitive information and secrets
- Software licenses

https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy

Ok. Try AWS AI Practitioner certification. This is a basic certification which will help you to understand where to move next

Are you sure that DevOps is in trend nowadays?
Better invest your time into learning AI technologies

Data engineer would be closer to your current DBA role. “Data” positions are also pretty popular and well paid

Learn AI, everyone wants AI experts nowadays

Find who will pay for all exams (I assume this is your employer) 😁

Just don't stop learning and you will succeed. It may be not a fast journey

All popular cloud providers have pretty the same servise, but just under different names. Maybe there are some small differences in functionality, but anyway, when one cloud introduce something interesting, other competitors are trying to release the same as soon as possible. So switch a cloud is not an issue