Linux professionals can now take four Red Hat certification exams from home instead of traveling to a designated test site. A remote proctor observes the testing, and the remote exams are delivered using a live environment running on candidates’ X86_64, Fedora-compatible systems and cloud-based environments. All four exams count on the certification path to achieving the company’s top certification level, Red Hat Certified Architect.
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The four new remote exams are:
“Our ability to provide remote exams will not only address current challenges, but will also open up opportunities to reach more IT professionals who may not have been able to take an in-person exam in the past,” Goetz said in a press release.
Red Hat offers a learning subscription with three tiers that include early access to technology that hasn’t been released to the public yet, training units, cloud-based labs, and testing.
The 2018 Open Source Jobs Report from the Linux Foundation and Dice found that hiring open source talent is a priority for 83% of hiring managers, an increase from 76% in 2017.
The report also found that 57% of hiring managers are looking for IT professionals who have containers expertise, up from only 27% last year.
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