Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)

Issued by Cisco

This certificate validates the skills required of networking professionals who have expert-level knowledge and skills in network design. This certification emphasizes network design principles and theory at the infrastructure level and recognizes expertise of network designers who can support the increasingly complex networks of global organizations by effectively translating business strategies into evolutionary technical strategies.

Additional Details

Skills

Add Technology/Service Use Case
Analyze Design Requirements
Design Considerations
Design Failure Use Case
Develop Network Designs
Implement Network Design
Layer 2 Control Plane
Layer 3 Control Plane
Merge/Divest Use Case
Network Virtualization
Replace Technology/Service Use Case
Scaling Use Case
Validate And Optimize Network Design

Earning Criteria

Pass the two-hour, written qualification exam which covers design principles and concepts of advanced network infrastructure technologies.
Pass an 8-hour, scenario-based lab exam which tests the engineer's ability to identify, manage, and create advanced solutions for large scale networks in a timed test situation.

Standards

Institute for Credentialing Excellence

The Cisco Global Certification exams adhere to the standards provided the by Institute for Credentialing Excellence.