You don't need "cloud certified" people. The junior devs I work with can make a highly available database with automated and fully tested backups, with point-in

You don't need "cloud certified" people. The junior devs I work with can make a highly available database with automated and fully tested backups, with point-in-time-restore functionality, by clicking a few buttons in the RDS console in a few minutes. I can't say the same about manually installing postgres on a VPS.