Red Hat
Red Hat Certified Architect
RHCA · Status not verified
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- Exam cost
- $500 USD (historical estimate)
- Questions · time · passing score
- Performance-based, hands-on exams. Individual exams typically have a time limit (e.g., RHCSA EX200 is 3 hours) and a passing score (e.g., RHCSA EX200 is 210 out of 300 points). The RHCA itself is not a single exam but a collection of certifications.
- Prerequisites
- An active Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified Enterprise Microservices Developer (RHCEMD), or Red Hat Certified Cloud-native Developer (RHCCD) certification, plus passing five additional Red Hat certifications.
- Estimated salary premium
- 15–15% (historical estimate)
- Renewal requirements
- 3-year cycle · CPE/CEU requirement not verified
- Difficulty
- Not rated
Domains covered
- ** Advanced Linux System Administration
- Network Security
- Cloud Computing
- Enterprise Architecture Design
- Infrastructure Automation
- Ansible Automation
- System Monitoring
- Performance Tuning
- OpenShift Management
- Kubernetes Storage Management
- Microservices Architecture
- CI/CD Pipelines
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