If you’re a storage professional you are likely familiar with the many certifications available to prove competency in a given technical area. Many of the certification options are offered by major IT vendors as a natural extension of their product and service offerings. In fact, if you work with any of the major players it is likely that at some point you will be required to prove your technical skills by acquiring specific credentials through certification.
The component that is missing from these product certifications is vendor-neutrality. That’s where the SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program (SNCP) comes in. SNIA certifications provide storage professionals with credentials that demonstrate industry expertise with a broad, big picture skillset that enhance individual product certifications.
Continuing our history of offering globally recognized storage certifications, SNIA is excited to announce its newest advanced storage certification – the SNIA Certified Information Architect (SCIA). Earning the SCIA credential is an advanced storage certification that demonstrates the student has an industry accepted knowledge of how to design, plan, and architect a storage infrastructure of storage transport, back-end storage targets and best practices within an efficient total cost of ownership.
Why Should I Become SNIA Certified?
- Credibility
Certifications in the IT market are a validation of your skills and proficiency in a certain technology area. Both clients and prospective employers will understand that you have breadth and depth in storage technologies.
- Personal Marketability
There are certain certifications that will drive your career in a particular direction, may give you an edge for a new job or assignment, or even increase your salary. IT certifications make career advancement more likely.
- Personal and Professional Development
New technologies are constantly introduced and most IT professionals are avid consumers of technology news and updates in order to stay current with trends and directions. Certifications are a way of testing that knowledge and demonstrating expertise.
A career in data storage
Data volumes continue to increase at exponential rates and that data has to be efficiently stored, managed and protected somewhere. An increasing degree of orchestration and automation is applied to solving storage problems with demands from the business to make data more accessible to the application, yet at the same time more private and secure, the fundamental knowledge of how data storage technology works remains a highly valuable asset.
The only industry association providing independent, vendor-neutral education and worldwide certification is SNIA. Gaining the SNCP and SCIA credentials form the basis of a sound, industry backed, recognition of storage technology skills. Learn how you can become SNIA certified.