Distinguish yourself as the best of the best
Expert certifications validate your end-to-end IT lifecycle skills from planning and design to operating and optimizing. Among the industry's most widely recognized and respected certifications, Cisco Expert certifications tell the world in no uncertain terms that you know what you're talking about.
Average U.S. salary for CCIEs
$147,000 per year
Entry-level positions start at $125,000 per year. Most experienced workers make up to $180,000 per year.
CCIEs receive an estimated
75% increase in salary
Compared to other certifications, CCIE is the greatest return on investment by a considerable margin based on the salary potential.
Cisco Expert certifications
The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certifications are a series of technical certifications for senior networking professionals who design, build, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot complex enterprise networking infrastructures. The Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) and the Cisco Certified DevNet Expert are also part of this program.
CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
Prove your skills with complex enterprise infrastructure solutions from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.
CCIE Enterprise Wireless
Validate your ability to maximize the potential of any enterprise wireless solution from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.
CCIE Collaboration
Validates you as an expert in end-to-end lifecycle skills for complex collaboration solutions.
CCIE Data Center
Shape the data centers of tomorrow with expertise in the end-to-end lifecycle for the most complex data center networks.
CCIE Security
Build cutting-edge skills to position yourself as a technical leader in the ever-changing landscape of security technologies and solutions.
CCIE Service Provider
Prove your skills with complex service provider solutions and delve deeper into core service provider technologies through the entire network lifecycle, from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.
CCDE
Arms you with a breadth of knowledge and skills to navigate the waters of complex IT projects in network architecture and design.
Cisco Certified DevNet Expert
Prove your skills with complex service provider solutions and delve deeper into core service provider technologies through the entire network lifecycle, from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.
Cisco Expert certification benefits
Once you earn an expert-level certification, great resources and benefits are available to you. Explore the following resources and benefits to become familiar with the perks of being certified as an expert.
Dedicated case routing
Service requests made to Cisco Technical Support (TS) by CCIEs in good standing, on behalf of an organization with a valid support contract, will be routed to the more experienced core TS support engineers. The routing is based on Cisco User ID. No special phone number or URL is required.
This benefit requires that you remain engaged until the issue is resolved. Certain products and solutions may not be eligible for prioritized case routing.
The misuse of this CCIE Technical Assistance Center (TAC) case privilege and TAC Support Services is considered a violation of the Candidate Certification and Confidentiality Agreement (NDA), and sanctions up to and including permanent decertification for noncompliance.
CCIE/CCDE Emeritus
As the Expert certification program continues to grow and develop, Cisco recognizes that the individuals certified within the program are also growing and developing. To recognize the long-term members of this program, the emeritus status has been created.