Career Paths after Passing CCNA

Just completed your CCNA course and wondering about what to do next? Don’t worry! Here’s the complete CISCO Certification path that will help you choose the right track after your training. The entry level certification that CISCO offers for Routing and Switching domain is CCENT, where “E” stands for Entry. After crossing this entry barrier, the IT aspirants look for next senior level, which is the Associate level. As CISCO has a certification for every level, this associate level also comes with a certification i.e. CCNA. Here “A” stands for Associate. If you have successfully passed these two levels of certifications, you are now on the verge of CISCO career tree that has multiple career paths to choose from. At this point of time, it’s time to think hard and act smart because choosing the right career path can nurture your future and the opposite can exploit. Let’s first take a glance at the levels of IT certifications the CISCO offers: Level 1: Entry-level, Certification – CCENT Level 2: Associate Level, Certification – CCNA Level 3: Professional, Certification – CCNP Level 4: Expert, Certification – CCIE Level 5: Architect, Certification – CCDA, CCDP, and CCDE Career options leading from CCNA: The Cisco certification tree comes with different technology tracks ranging from Voice, wireless, Security, and Routing & Switching. The SP Ops domain focuses on SP environment from an operational perspective, and the Design track focuses on designing perspective. Path 1:

• CCNA Voice
• CCNP Voice
• CCIE Voice

Path 2:

• CCNA Security
• CCNP Wireless
• CCIE Wireless

Path 3:

• CCNA Wireless
• CCNP Wireless
• CCIE Wireless

Path 4:

• CCNA R&S
• CCNP R/S
• CCIE R/S

Path 5:

• CCIP R/S
• CCIE SP

Path 6:

• CCNA SP Ops
• CCNP SP Ops
• CCIE SP Ops

Path 7:

• CCDA Design
• CCDP Design
• CCDE Design

CISCO Certifications help you validate your skills among others. You can also take help from the available CCNA training courses. Whether you are preparing for CCNA certification or CCNP, such training courses can help you earn the certification much easily. So, go ahead and choose the right path under the right guidance, and build your future. Hope this works for you. In case you have doubts, do let us know. We would love to help you. Test your skills

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