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SYNOPSIS
Cisco’s CCIE (Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert) is an
advanced-level certification for
IT professionals who have the
training, experience and
confidence to tackle the most
challenging problems in their
field. The CCIE thus certifies
an individual's networking
skills at the expert level.
Holding an advanced-level Cisco
certification, such as a CCNP
(Cisco Certified Network
Professional), CCDP (Cisco
Certified Design Professional),
CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetwork
Professional), or CCSP (Cisco
Certified Security Professional)
would be desirable before taking
on the CCIE. However, the key to
success is extensive hands-on
experience.
The CCIE was established in the
1993 and is the top level in Cisco
Career Certifications. There are
four tracks to the CCIE
designations:
- CCIE Service Provider
- CCIE Routing and Switching
- CCIE Security
- CCIE Voice
Each of these requires the
candidate to pass both a written
qualifying exam and a hands-on lab
exam demonstrating the candidate's
expertise in configuring, testing
and troubleshooting real
equipment. In terms of recertification,
“CCIEs are required to pass one
CCIE written exam within the 24
month period immediately preceding
their current recertification
deadline. Exams passed outside
this 24 month period will not
count towards their recert
requirement. If an exam is not
passed within this period, a CCIE
is put into suspended status. Note
that as of June 15th 2003, the
CCIE program discontinued the use
of specific recertification exams,
and instead will allow a passing
grade on any of the currently
available CCIE written exams to
satisfy the requirement for
recertification.
Job roles of those pursuing
this certification include:
network architect, network
engineer, infrastructure engineer,
and infrastructure specialist.
Certifications
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