Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider
Tap into unlimited opportunities with the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider certification.
Learning Path Overview
Prove your ability to plan, design, implement, operate, and optimise solutions for complex service provider networks.
The CCIE Service Provider certification is designed to prove your skills with complex service provider solutions and delve deeper into core service provider technologies through the entire network lifecycle, from designing and deploying to operating and optimising.
To earn your certification, you’ll take a core exam and a lab exam.
Core Exam
350-501 SPCOR
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies
Duration: 5 days
Price: £3295 (exc. VAT)
Lab Exam
CCIE Service Provider Lab Exam v5.1
This hands-on lab exam tests your ability to plan, design, implement, operate, and optimise dual stack solutions (IPv4 and IPv6) of complex service provider networks.
Validate your proficiency in designing and implementing substitution–permutation (SP) networks that include Cisco’s 5G architecture, EVPN, and L3VPN technologies. Ensure they align with the ever-evolving demands of the latest trends.
Substantiate your capabilities in building highly scalable, secure, and highly available networks, optimied for client-specific requirements.
Demonstrate your broad and in-depth knowledge in coordinating service provider network core elements, with a keen emphasis on the cohesive interoperability of IGP, BGP, MPLS, and segment routing protocols.
Showcase your aptitude in leveraging automated solutions, programming methodologies, and automated tooling to facilitate programmable service provider network deployments.
Prerequisites
As our most advanced certifications, Cisco expert certifications tell the world you’re among the best of the best in your field. Many candidates have previous experience in service provider technologies and solutions and are aiming for a senior-level or leadership position.
Whilst there are no formal prerequisites, learners are recommended to have five to seven years of experience with designing, deploying, operating and optimising service provider technologies and solutions.