Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer

DevOps Tools Engineer certification is part of the Linux Professional Institute Open Technology certification program. The exam focuses on the practical skills required to succeed in a DevOps environment - and the skills required to use the most popular DevOps tools.

Current version:
1.0 (Exam code 701-100)
Objectives:
Requirements:
Pass the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer exam. The 90-minute exam consists of 60 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions.
Validity:
5 years
Prerequisits:
There are no prerequisites for this certification.
Languages:
English, Japanese
20% increase in bonus pay for LPIC-1 Certified Linux Administrators
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33% increase in bonus pay for LPIC-2 Certified Linux Engineers in only 3-months
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25% growth in bonus pay for LPIC-3 Linux Enterprise Professionals in one year
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To get the DevOps Tools Engineer certificate you have to pass the exam 701.

Businesses across the globe are increasingly implementing DevOps practices to optimize daily systems administration and software development tasks. As a result, businesses across industries are hiring IT professionals that can effectively apply DevOps to reduce delivery time and improve quality in the development of new software products.

To meet this growing need for qualified professionals, LPI developed the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer certification which verifies the skills needed to use the tools that enhance collaboration in workflows throughout system administration and software development.

In developing the Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer certification, LPI reviewed the DevOps tools landscape and defined a set of essential skills when applying DevOps. As such, the certification exam focuses on the practical skills required to work successfully in a DevOps environment – focusing on the skills needed to use the most prominent DevOps tools. The result is a certification that covers the intersection between development and operations, making it relevant for all IT professionals working in the field of DevOps.

DevOps Tools Engineer Certification holders validate that they:

Have a working understanding of:

  • Modern software applications and cloud services
  • How tools support DevOps collaboration

Can apply their knowledge to:

  • Set up Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines
  • Build, deploy and orchestrate application containers
  • Automate system configuration
  • Build system images and run them locally and in the cloud
  • Monitor applications and computing instances
  • Manage, collect and analyze log data
  • Use Source Code Management and Version Control
Detailed exam objectives
Detailed exam objectives
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To receive the DevOps Tools Engineer Certification the candidate must:
  • Have a working knowledge of DevOps-related domains such as Software Engineering and Architecture, Container and Machine Deployment, Configuration Management and Monitoring
  • Have proficiency in prominent free and open source utilities such as Docker, Vagrant, Ansible, Puppet, Git, and Jenkins