Red Hat Certified Architect in Infrastructure (RHCA) (Certification)

Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) seeking to demonstrate greater depth and breadth of knowledge and skills in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and across other Red Hat products can benefit from the RHCA credential.

RHCEs are free to choose any combination of certifications within the RHCA in Infrastructure list, and earning five or more certifications from the system administrator list in the Skills tab allows candidates to become a Red Hat Certified Architect in Infrastructure.

A higher level of RHCA credential can be attained by earning more than five credentials beyond the base credentials. For example, earning six credentials beyond RHCD, RHCEMD, or RHCJD earns an RHCA Level II designation as long as the six credentials remain current. If one of the credentials becomes non-current, the RHCA reverts to Level I, and if another credential becomes non-current, the RHCA status would no longer apply.

Consider the recommended certification combinations below.

Open hybrid cloud

We believe that the open hybrid cloud is the present and future of enterprise computing. The need for agility, flexibility, and cost containment make having options essential.

Earning five of these certifications is preparation for taking organizations to the cloud in the ways that best match their business requirements:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Hybrid Cloud Management
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Gluster Storage Administration
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Virtualization
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management

DevOps, containers, and OpenShift

Containers are changing the way applications are developed, tested, and deployed, and Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform is how Red Hat does containers.

For organizations that want to speed their application development cycle, containers are a natural fit. However, creating a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline requires more than containers—it also requires automation. DevOps offers an approach to automation that not only helps link legacy apps with newer cloud-native apps and infrastructure, but does so through fast-paced, iterative IT service delivery.

Our DevOps, containers, and OpenShift recommendations cover the learning needed to succeed in today’s app-hungry world. Earning these four credentials plus one more from the system administrators list can help transform the way organizations deliver applications to their customers.

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Configuration Management

Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Red Hat® OpenStack Platform has emerged as the preferred choice among telecommunications firms seeking an alternative to hardware-based networks.

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack
• Red Hat Certified Engineer in Red Hat OpenStack
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Storage Administration
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Configuration Management

Linux mastery

The reliability, scalability, performance, and manageability of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® comprise the heart of many of Red Hat’s technologies. We do not use the term “mastery” lightly—to dig deep and focus exclusively on Linux, choose five of these certifications:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Performance Tuning
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Server Security and Hardening
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Identity Management
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in High Availability Clustering
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management

To attain Red Hat Certified Architect in Infrastructure status, an RHCE must earn at least 5 certifications from this system administrator list:

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Hybrid Cloud Management
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Enterprise Application Server Administration
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containerized Application Development
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• Red Hat Certified Engineer in Red Hat OpenStack
• Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Configuration Management
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Server Security and Hardening
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in High Availability Clustering
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Performance Tuning
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Data Virtualization
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Container Management (Retired)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Network Services (Retired)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Directory Services and Authentication (Retired)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in SELinux Policy Administration (Retired)