As data center infrastructures converge, the VCE Certified Professional program drives success by validating the real world expertise in the evolution of VCE industry leading technologies.
Data center transformation involves more than just technology change. Ultimately, there is a change in business processes and job roles. The role of the VCE Certified Professionals is to bring clarity and quality to the architecting, deployment, and operation of a converged infrastructure environment.
Vblock® Systems + VCE Certified Professionals = Data Center Transformation
The VCE Certified Professional Program is designed for experienced IT professionals committed to staying relevant in a converged infrastructure environment. This program validates that IT professionals have bridged the gap from a domain-specific focus to a cross-domain focus.
Get Started with VCE Certification
VCE Certification starts with the VCE Converged Infrastructure Associate credential.
Complete your Associate credential and prepare for a certification track.
Choose your certification track:
- Deploy Track
- Manage Track
MANAGE
The VCE™ Certified Professional Manage track is intended for administration and management professionals. The Manage track certifies professionals in managing converged infrastructure systems and utilizing resources and software to meet SLAs, capacity and performance requirements, and management tasks.
The introductory certification for this track is the VCE™ Converged Infrastructure Associate (VCE-CIA) certification, and is required in order to earn the VCE™ Certified Converged Infrastructure Administration Engineer (VCE-CIAE) and VCE™ Certified Converged Infrastructure Master Administration Engineer (VCE-CIMAE) certifications.
DEPLOY
The VCE™ Certification Professional Deploy track is intended for deployment and implementation professionals. The Deploy track certifies professionals in deploying and implementing Vblock® Systems, conducting test validations, and ensuring system compliance.
The introductory certification for this track is the VCE™ Converged Infrastructure Associate (VCE-CIA) certification, and is required in order to earn the VCE™ Certified Converged Infrastructure Implementation Engineer (VCE-CIIE) and VCE™ Certified Converged Infrastructure Master Implementation Engineer (VCE-CIMIE) certifications.
VCE™ Certified Professional Exams
Use the table below to link to exam descriptions, exam content, blueprints, and supporting courseware and documents.
Tracks, Credentials and Exams listed are available at announcement and into mid-2015. VCE will be adding new Tracks, Credentials and Exams as they become live at Pearson VUE.
| AUDIENCE | TRACK | LEVEL | SPECIALTY | EXAM NAME | EXAM # | |
| All Professionals | All | Associate | VCE Vblock® Systems Foundation Exam | Register for the supporting course | ||
| Implementation Professionals | Deploy | Engineer / Master Engineer | Core | VCE Vblock® Systems Deployment and Implementation – Core Exam | 210-010 | |
| Implementation Professionals | Deploy | Engineer / Master Engineer | Virtualization | VCE Vblock® Systems Deployment and Implementation – Virtualization Exam | 210-015 | |
| Implementation Professionals | Deploy | Engineer / Master Engineer | Compute | VCE Vblock® Systems Deployment and Implementation – Compute Exam | 210-020 | |
| Implementation Professionals | Deploy | Engineer / Master Engineer | Network | VCE Vblock® Systems Deployment and Implementation – Network Exam | 210-025 | |
| Implementation Professionals | Deploy | Engineer / Master Engineer | Storage | VCE Vblock® Systems Deployment and Implementation – Storage Exam | 210-030 | |
| Administration & Management Professionals | Manage | Engineer | VCE Vblock® Systems Administration Exam | 220-010 | ||
| Administration & Management Professionals | Manage | Master Engineer | VCE Vblock® Systems Master Administration Exam | 320-010 | ||
| Architect Professionals | Design | Engineer | Available 2016 | To be announced | ||
| Architect Professionals | Design | Master Engineer | Available 2016 | To be announced |
