Virtualization & Hybrid Infrastructure
Run private-cloud platforms on VMware, Nutanix, OpenShift Virtualization and Linux.
Typical roles: Virtualization Engineer · Systems Engineer · Private Cloud Architect
The track, phase by phase
Foundation
- Linux+ CompTIA Linux+ (on the Cybersecurity map)
- Server+ CompTIA Server+ (on the Cybersecurity map)
- NCA Nutanix Certified Associate
Core
- RHCSA Red Hat Certified System Administrator (on the Cybersecurity map)
- VCP-VVF Admin VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator
- NCP-MCI Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure
Advanced
- VCP-VCF Admin VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator
- VCP-VCF Architect VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Architect
- NCM-MCI Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure
- RHCE-RHEL Red Hat Certified Engineer in Enterprise Linux
- EX316 Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization
Mastery
A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites: one or two certifications per phase is plenty. 3 certifications are on another industry's map (or retired), so they are listed here only, with a link to their map.
Virtualization & Hybrid Infrastructure on the Cloud & Infrastructure map
Verified against issuers' official pages · updated · 181 active certifications (2 upcoming not counted)
How to read the map
- Each tile is one certification: its abbreviation and, when the issuer publishes one, a listed-cost band. Hover (or open) a tile for the full name and issuer.
- Within each level the most recognised certifications come first (industry recognition, and how many career tracks use them); "+N more" lists the rest.
- under $300
- $300 to $999
- $1,000 to $2,999
- $3,000 or more
- No sign: price not published by the issuer
- Upcoming Announced by the issuer but not yet available: not counted
- Solid border and a phase number: on this track
- Dashed border, greyed: not on this track
AWS 8 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 1 certification
Intermediate, 4 certifications
Expert, 3 certifications
Microsoft Azure 8 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 0 certifications
None listed
Intermediate, 6 certifications
Expert, 2 certifications
Google Cloud 6 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 1 certification
Intermediate, 0 certifications
None listed
Other Clouds 21 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 7 certifications
- 1Z0-1085, Oracle
- ACA Cloud, Alibaba Cloud
- FOCP, FinOps Foundation (Linux Foundation)
- HCIA-Cloud Computing, Huawei
- APMG Cloud Computing F, APMG International
- CCCP, GAQM
- HCIA-Cloud Service, Huawei
+2 more beginner Other Clouds certifications
Intermediate, 8 certifications
- 1Z0-1072, Oracle
- ACP Cloud, Alibaba Cloud
- HCIP-Cloud Computing, Huawei
- 1Z0-1067, Oracle
- 1Z0-1109, Oracle
- CCCC, GAQM
- CompTIA CCAP, CompTIA
- HCIP-Cloud Service SA, Huawei
+3 more intermediate Other Clouds certifications
Containers & Kubernetes 15 certifications1 on this track
Beginner, 9 certifications
- EX180, Red Hat
- CGOA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
- CNPA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
- PCA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
- CAPA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
- CBA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
- CCA, Linux Foundation / CNCF
+2 more+4 more beginner Containers & Kubernetes certifications
Intermediate, 4 certifications
Expert, 2 certifications
IaC & Automation 10 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 3 certifications
Intermediate, 4 certifications
Expert, 3 certifications
Linux & Virtualization 20 certifications9 on this track
Beginner, 4 certifications
Intermediate, 9 certifications
- Phase 2: CoreNCP-MCI, Nutanix
- Phase 2: CoreVCP-VVF Admin, VMware by Broadcom
- Phase 3: AdvancedVCP-VCF Admin, VMware by Broadcom
- Phase 3: AdvancedVCP-VCF Architect, VMware by Broadcom
- CCP-V, Citrix (Cloud Software Group)
- VCP-VCF Support, VMware by Broadcom
- VMCE+, Veeam
+2 more+4 more intermediate Linux & Virtualization certifications
Expert, 7 certifications
- Phase 3: AdvancedNCM-MCI, Nutanix
- Phase 3: AdvancedRHCE-RHEL, Red Hat
- Phase 4: MasteryVCDX, VMware by Broadcom
- Phase 4: MasteryNCX-MCI, Nutanix
- LPIC-3 300, LPI
- LPIC-3 305, LPI
- LPIC-3 306, LPI
+2 more expert Linux & Virtualization certifications
Networking 45 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 14 certifications
- CWNA, CWNP
- JNCIA-Junos, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- CCA-AppDS, Citrix (Cloud Software Group)
- CCST Networking, Cisco
- ACE Associate, Arista
- CWISA, CWNP
- CWTS, CWNP
+7 more+9 more beginner Networking certifications
Intermediate, 21 certifications
- JNCIP-ENT, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- JNCIS-ENT, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- CCNP Collab, Cisco
- CCNP SP, Cisco
- CWAP, CWNP
- CWDP, CWNP
- JNCIP-SP, Juniper Networks (HPE)
+14 more+16 more intermediate Networking certifications
- JNCIS-SP, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- CCNP Wireless, Cisco
- ACE Professional, Arista
- CWNT, CWNP
- HCIP-Datacom, Huawei
- HPE ACP-CAS, HPE (Aruba Networking)
- JNCIP-MistAI, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- JNCIS-MistAI-Wired, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- JNCIS-MistAI-Wireless, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- NRS II, Nokia
- CNAE, CWNP
- CWICP, CWNP
- CWIDP, CWNP
- CWIIP, CWNP
Expert, 10 certifications
Data Center 48 certificationsnot on this track
Beginner, 8 certifications
- CDCP, EPI
- BICSI INST1, BICSI
- CFOT, Fiber Optic Association (FOA)
- CNCI, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDCA, EPI
- DCFC, EPI
- JNCIA-Cloud, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- JNCIA-DC, Juniper Networks (HPE)
+3 more beginner Data Center certifications
Intermediate, 26 certifications
- AOS, Uptime Institute
- ATS, Uptime Institute
- CCNP DC, Cisco
- CDCDP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDCS, EPI
- BICSI TECH, BICSI
- CDCMP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
+19 more+21 more intermediate Data Center certifications
- CDCPM, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDCTP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CIIT, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CNIT, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- COPT, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDCAP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDCEP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CDESS, EPI
- CDFOM, EPI
- CDFOS, EPI
- CDMS, EPI
- CNCDP, EPI
- CTPM, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- EPI CDRP, EPI
- EPI CTIA, EPI
- JNCIP-DC, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- JNCIS-DC, Juniper Networks (HPE)
- CDCSP, Uptime Institute (CNet)
- CompTIA CNIP, CompTIA
Expert, 14 certifications
Other Cloud & Infrastructure career tracks (8)
Retired / replaced (4)
No longer offered by their issuers, so not on the map. Holders keep them; each page says what replaced it, where anything did.
- HPE ACP-CAM HPE Aruba Networking Certified Professional – Campus Access Mobility → replaced by HPE ACP-CAS
- IBM Cloud Advocate IBM Certified Technical Advocate - Cloud v5
- IBM Cloud Architect IBM Certified Professional Architect - Cloud v6
- MLS-C01 AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty → replaced by MLA-C01
About this map
Compiled and verified by CertAscent against issuers' official pages.
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