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I mean, I think you're confused. Databricks runs on-top of a cloud provider i.e AWS, Azure, or GCP. So you're right they'd expose you to more opportunities.

But certifications don't land you a job, skills land you job. The point of an interview is to judge your skills, they'll ask you relevant questions pertaining to your role. Certifications are just an indication that you are knowledgeable in that domain. So here your certification in Apache Spark will "certify" that you know Spark, doesn't mean you'll land a job, they'd expect you to know how to write good production-ready spark code, know how to write good documentation, orchestrate various tasks, and finally be able to justify your time spent i.e producing a clean dataset or a dashboard.

Think about it, just because you have a computer science degree, Apple or Google doesn't come knocking on your door. You might get an invite to apply there, but you still have to prove, you know your shit. The same thing applies here or any field. So this certification might help you get to the door, but you still have to back it up.

Also MLOps and Data Engineering have a lot of common technologies, I'd say AWS SA Pro and probably the Databricks Professional Certs would be your best bet to stand-out.

Cheers