Cisco Certified Networking

Professional Service
Provider Certification
More specifically, the primary candidates for this
certification include:
Service provider network engineers, such as IP or core
backbone engineers, infrastructure engineers, edge or
aggregation engineers, access engineers, implementation
engineers, field engineers, and technical support personnel
Enterprise network engineers supporting carrier-grade
network infrastructures
Channel partner sales engineers selling to service providers
Channel partner field engineers supporting service providers
Service provider reseller engineers
Cisco service provider engineers, including Cisco systems
engineers, network consulting engineers (NCE), and
consulting systems engineers (CSE)

Benefits of the Cisco CCNP

Service Provider Certification
The Cisco CCNP Service Provider certification continues
the learning and certification path for network engineers.
The curriculum for this certification significantly expands
the breadth and depth coverage beyond that provided
by the CCNA Service Provider program. It reinforces the
understanding of IP next-generation network architecture
while covering in-depth topics that include carrier routing,
core networking services, transport services, and edge
networking services. In addition, it provides further exposure
and extensive hands-on experience with Ciscos latest
carrier-grade products and Cisco IOS XR and native Cisco
IOS operating systems.
The entire Cisco Service Provider certification program
provides a professional-development path for networking
professionals pursuing the highly valued network engineering
role in service provider companies. It also validates
Ciscos commitment to the service provider community
and addresses the growing demand for needed training in
complex carrier-grade network infrastructures.
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The Role of a Service Provider Network

Engineering Professional
The Cisco CCNP Service Provider certification was created
to deliver advanced or professional-level job-ready practical
skills and knowledge for the network engineering job role.
The skills validated through this certification and its supporting
curriculum support the key responsibilities to be fulfilled in the
network engineer role, including:
Interpreting complex network engineering design diagrams
Implementing network and service build-outs from complex
engineering design documents
Providing consultative input to network design engineers
regarding network readiness, network component and
software compatibility, and optimization in network
engineering design document reviews
Directing and performing network-critical implementations
and verification, usually in the infrastructure core, that could

have profound and broad customer impact if not executed

properly and accurately
Providing advanced technical and consultative support to
operations personnel
Providing technical direction to remote-installation
personnel and validating critical new services for customers
Performing regression testing prior to network
implementations to verify product, software, and feature
interoperability, and validating performances to specs
Providing expertise in the verification of high-availability
implementations

Cisco CCNP Service Provider Curriculum

The Cisco CCNP Service Provider curriculum provides
network engineering professionals with detailed technical
information and real-world practice activities in support
of complex carrier-class IP next-generation networks.
Specifically, the curriculum provides extensive hand-on
labs and practical skills on native Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE,
and Cisco IOS XR operating systems and command line
interfaces.
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