Performance-based testing of real-world skills
Red Hat certifications are among the most respected credentials in IT. Certifications are earned when a user demonstrates, by way of a performance-based exam, the ability to solve and perform real-world tasks. A full hierarchy of credentials provides the comprehensive and flexible program required by the highly specialized enterprise IT organization of today.
Choosing the right certification depends on your background, job role and goals. Whether you have advanced or minimal experience, Red Hat has the training that will enable you to develop the hands-on, real-world skills you will for the job and the exams.
Certification Paths:
A JBoss Certified Developer in Persistence has demonstrated the knowledge,
skills and abilities needed to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) with
Hibernate to create, modify and maintain persistent objects in business
applications.
A Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification is earned by
passing a hands-on, lab-based exam that covers the core system
administration skills required in Red Hat Enterprise Linux® environments. In
addition to system administrators, RHCSA is an appropriate certification for
professionals in a wide variety of related roles, including database
administrators, developers, and support technicians.
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is earned by a Red Hat Certified System
Administrator (RHCSA) who has demonstrated the knowledge, skill and ability
required of a senior system administrator responsible for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux systems.
Red Hat is pleased to announce the latest addition to its lineup of
performance-based certifications—Red Hat Certified Virtualization
Administrator (RHCVA). With this new certification, Red Hat extends our
industry-leading certification program to the virtualization administrator.
The RHCVA exam continues the Red Hat tradition of benchmarking the skills of
IT professionals through hands-on skills assessments.
Certificates of Expertise are upper-level credentials available to RHCEs who
pass upper-level performance-based exams. The Certificates are incremental
credentials attached to one's RHCE that attest to skills and knowledge in
specialized areas.
An RHCDS has the skills and knowledge necessary to build reliable,
available, scalable, and manageable solutions in mission-critical datacenter
environments using fully-supported open source technologies from Red Hat.
RHCSS is a security certification that demonstrates skills in using Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, SELinux, and Red Hat Directory Server to meet the security
requirements of today's enterprise environment.
RHCA is Red Hat's credential for senior technical professionals responsible for planning and deploying large-scale enterprise environments. Those who earn RHCA have demonstrated a high level of proficiency using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other open source infrastructure tools from Red Hat to build scalable, reliable, and manageable systems for enterprise environments.