Candidates who hold the Red Hat Certified System Administrator in OpenShift credential can earn the Red Hat Certified Engineer in OpenShift (RHCE - OpenShift) credential which allows you to demonstrate advance OpenShift administration skills critical to running OpenShift in an enterprise environment.
This certification validates your ability to handle advanced administration tasks required to maintain and scale OpenShift in demanding enterprise environments. This credential bridges the gap between standard administration and full-scale automation, proving you can manage containerized infrastructure with professional-grade efficiency. Candidates who earn this certification automatically extend the currency of any other RHCE credentials they hold as well as any other credentials below RHCE.
Audience for this exam
- Platform Engineers, System Administrators, Cloud Administrators, and other infrastructure-related IT roles who are responsible for implementing and managing infrastructure for applications.
- Enterprise Architects, Site Reliability Engineers (SRE), DevOps Engineers, and other application-related IT roles who are responsible for designing infrastructure for applications.
Prerequisites
Possess a current Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration certification, or equivalent experience and skills with managing OpenShift clusters and containerized applications, according to the topics of the DO180 and DO280 courses for version 4.18 and any later versions. Earlier 4.x releases of DO180 and DO280 are not sufficient.
Exams
If you are a Red Hat Certified System Administrator in OpenShift (RHCSA - OpenShift) and would like to become a Red Hat Certified Engineer in OpenShift, you must complete the Red Hat Certified Advanced System Administrator in OpenShift (RHCASA - OpenShift) exam (EX380), which emphasizes automation skills. If you’re not yet an RHCSA -OpenShift, you can start your journey by getting certified. By learning OpenShift administration skills, you will develop a foundation that will enable you to pursue the RHCE- OpenShift credential.