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Why DevOps

Businesses across the globe are increasingly implementing DevOps practices to optimize daily systems administration and software development tasks. As a result, businesses across industries are hiring IT professionals that can effectively apply DevOps to reduce delivery time and improve quality in the development of new software products.

To meet this growing need for qualified professionals, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) developed the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer certification which verifies the skills needed to use the tools that enhance collaboration in workflows throughout system administration and software development.

In developing the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer certification, LPI reviewed the DevOps tools landscape and defined a set of essential skills when applying DevOps. As such, the certification exam focuses on the practical skills required to work successfully in a DevOps environment – focusing on the skills needed to use the most prominent DevOps tools. The result is a certification that covers the intersection between development and operations, making it relevant for all IT professionals working in the field of DevOps.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this certification. However, an additional certification in the candidate’s primary area of expertise, such as LPIC-1 or a developer certification, is strongly recommended.

Benefits

DevOps Tools Engineer certification holders validate that they:

Have a working understanding of:

  • Modern software applications and cloud services

  • How tools support DevOps collaboration

Can apply their knowledge to:

  • Set up Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines

  • Build, deploy and orchestrate application containers

  • Automate system configuration

  • Build system images and run them locally and in the cloud

  • Monitor applications and computing instances

  • Manage, collect and analyze log data

  • Use Source Code Management and Version Control