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Cisco AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH)

Cisco AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH)

Showcase your ability to effectively design technical solutions, automate tasks, and lead teams using cutting-edge AI tools.

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Hit the AI ground running with job-ready expertise

With a Cisco AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH) certification, you’ll demonstrate AI expertise in coding, data analysis, automation, and workflows. Embrace a new innovation-driven role augmented by AI and get ready to skyrocket to new heights.

Validate practical, job-ready AI skills

Fast track your success with expertise in AI-assisted coding, debugging, data preparation, workflow automation, unit testing, model customization (fine-tuning vs. RAG), and agentic AI design.

Leverage hands-on labs and real-world scenarios

Make valuable contributions on the job from day one with practical expertise in coding, debugging, data analysis, and workflow automation. Plus, you’ll have experience from applied labs and real-world scenarios in your toolkit.

Be the go-to AI tech best practices expert

Prove your expertise in best practices for data handling, security, and governance. Use them to monitor, maintain, and optimize AI-powered workflows securely and effectively.

Design, implement, and champion AI solutions

Stand tall as the AI champion for your team. Enable innovation, efficiency, and measurable outcomes through AI-powered solutions as a common practice. Transition from AI awareness to on-the-job success.

How it works

Who you are

  • A technical IT professional looking to modernize your workflows with AI-powered code generation, test case generation, and AI-assisted data analysis and transformation
  • A solutions architect who needs to effectively evaluate AI customization, deployment, and workflow integration
  • A technical lead or manager who wants to lead AI adoption, manage team workflows, and implement best practices

What you’ll learn

  • Learn best practices for context engineering, data preparation, and mitigating the risks of data exfiltration
  • Dive deep into pre-trained models, fine-tuning, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to tailor AI for your organization's use cases.
  • Design multi-step, AI-assisted workflows and gain an understanding of agentic AI systems and orchestration.
  • Identify technical challenges, build value cases for AI solutions, design pilot projects, and champion AI innovation within your technical teams.
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To earn this certification, you’ll need to pass a core exam.

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Maintain your certification

Your certification is valid for three years. You can renew with Continuing Education credits or retake exams before they expire.
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