can you recommend any trending/popular network engineer certifications to get ?

Hello,

I want to improve myself as as network engineer by getting knowledge of growing technologies. Currently im working at a ISP, and i have some certs like CCDP, CCNP, CCNA security and some more. Still feeling not ready for CCIE:) In that gap im thinking, that would be nice to have some other certs. And im thinking smoething about Network Virtualization (SDN) type of stuff. I know Vmare have some certifications, but still dont understand the difference betnween vsphere and NSX.. Maybe you could recommend any certification even it could be associate or middle level? Thank you..

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networker050184

If you're in the ISP world Juniper certs can be a good choice. Really not much in the SDN space cert wise that I know of.

UnixGuy

f5 ? seems to be very hot in the market

doctorlexus

F5 sounds impressive. Even after looking at the home page, I can't figure out what it's for.

PJ_Sneakers

doctorlexus wrote: »

F5 sounds impressive. Even after looking at the home page, I can't figure out what it's for.

I've used it to refresh the hell out of some webpages.

UnixGuy

doctorlexus wrote: »

F5 sounds impressive. Even after looking at the home page, I can't figure out what it's for.

The answer is everything. No seriously....I found that so many places have f5 (loadbalancers, or WAFs, or policy access..etc) in front of almost everything they have. Great skill to have right now, specially when combined with Firewalls/Proxies/Routers/Switches knowledge. you will be the king of Network Engineers

saddayz

I think i want something from Datacenters series. So, what data center certification would you recommend? Something from Vmware ? or cisco dc track ? Thanks you, again

networker050184

On the network side Cisco certs are still king.

dustervoice

Palo Alto https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/pcnse

When i first heard about this product years ago I laughed oh boy was i wrong! Their firewalls are the best.