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Cisco Certified DevNet Professional

Exams and training

Overview Exams and training Resources

How to earn your DevNet Professional certification

At the professional level, Cisco certifications focus on both core subjects, and specialist skills designed to help you differentiate yourself in the market. To earn your certification, you’ll take a core exam and a concentration exam of your choice. You’ll also earn a Specialist certification for every exam you pass, so you can show off your unique skills to employers.

Pass the core exam

Pass 350-901 DEVCOR: Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs to meet the core exam requirement for the Cisco Certified DevNet Professional certification. Passing this core exam automatically earns you the Cisco Certified Specialist - DevNet Core certification.

Exam overview

This exam tests your knowledge of software development and design including infrastructure and automation considerations, using APIs, and deploying and securing applications—all on Cisco platforms.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US400, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 120 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Choose your concentration

Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Enterprise Automation and Programmability certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing enterprise automated solutions, including programming concepts, Python programming, APIs, controllers, and automation tools.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Automating Cisco Service Provider Solutions

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Service Provider Automation and Programmability certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of implementing service provider automated solutions, including programming concepts, orchestration, programming OS, and automation tools.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Automating and Programming Cisco Data Center Solutions

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Data Center Automation and Programmability certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of implementing data center automated solutions, including programming concepts, orchestration, and automation tools.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Automating and Programming Cisco Security Solutions

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Security Automation and Programmability certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing security automated solutions, including programming concepts, RESTful APIs, data models, protocols, firewalls, web, Domain Name System (DNS), cloud and email security, and Identity Services Engine (ISE).

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

Automating Cisco Collaboration Solutions

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Collaboration Automation and Programmability certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of implementing applications that automate and extend Cisco Collaboration platforms, including programming concepts, APIs and automation protocols, and Python programming.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices using Cisco Platforms

Passing this exam earns you the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - DevOps certification, as well as helping you work toward your Cisco Certified DevNet Professional career certification.

This exam tests your knowledge of DevOps practices as it pertains to deployment automation that enables automated configuration, management, and scalability of cloud microservices and infrastructure processes on Cisco platforms.

Exam details

  • Cost: $US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Grading is pass/fail and results are available online within 48 hours
  • This exam can be used toward recertification

Study for the exam

Studying with Cisco for your exam is not required, but it’s recommended. Cisco U. provides guided self-paced learning, hands-on labs, practice tests, and more. If classes are more your style, instructor-led training is also available.

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