Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE)

Elevate your career by demonstrating deep expertise in architecting, securing, and optimizing cloud native platforms to create scalable self-service infrastructure and step into senior platform engineer roles.

This certification lets you showcase your advanced, highly sought-after technical skills amid enterprise-wide scaling of cloud native systems, verifies your capability to design, secure and optimize complex self-service platforms, and unlocks access to senior positions including Principal Platform Engineer, Platform Architect and Senior Platform Engineer.

The CNPE certification validates your expertise for senior, high-impact platform engineering and architecture roles, demonstrates your ability to design, secure, and scale complex cloud native platforms to meet enterprise requirements, and helps you make significant progress toward senior platform positions including Senior Architect and Senior Platform Engineer.

Platform Architecture and Infrastructure- 15%

• Applying Platform Architecture Best Practices for Networking, Storage, and Compute
• Using Cost Management Solutions for Right-Sizing and Scaling
• Optimizing Multi-Tenancy Resource Usage

GitOps and Continuous Delivery- 25%

• Implementing GitOps Workflows for Application and Infrastructure Deployment
• Building and Configuring CI/CD Pipelines Integrated with Kubernetes
• Deploying Applications Using Progressive Delivery Strategies (e.g., Blue/Green or Canary)

Platform APIs and Self-Service Capabilities - 25%

• Designing and Creating Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Platform Services
• Implementing Workflows for Self-Service Provisioning Using Platform APIs
• Using Kubernetes Operators for Platform Automation and Integration
• Using Automation Frameworks for Self-Service Provisioning

Observability and Operations - 20%

• Implementing Monitoring, Alerting, Logging, and Tracing Solutions
• Measuring and Improving Platform Efficiency Using Deployment Metrics and Performance Indicators
• Diagnosing and Remediating Platform Issue and Incident Scenarios

Security and Policy Enforcement - 15%

• Configuring Secure Service-to-Service Communication
• Applying RBAC and Security Controls Across Platform Resources
• Generating Audit Trails and Enforcing Policy Compliance (SBOM, Compliance Reports, etc.)
• Using Policy Engines and Admission Controllers for Governance
• Integrating Security Scanning and Compliance Checks into Deployment Pipelines

1. After purchase the exam voucher, please log into your portal LFOSSA website, your exam voucher will be available under "Exam & Learning Voucher" (password-protected).

2. You need an LFID to register for and take Linux Foundation (LF) certification exams. If you already have a Linux Foundation ID (LFID), you can redeem your exam voucher at https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/redeem . If you do not have a LFID, click here (https://trainingportal.linuxfoundation.org/access/saml/login) to create one.

3. Log in to your LF Education portal,  enter your exam voucher code in the Enter Registration Code field and click Validate, then check the box: " I agree to The Linux Foundation Training Terms, Conditions & Policies and the Thought Industries Terms & Conditions." 

4. A confirmation message “Congrats, your code has been validated” will appear upon successful validation, confirming your voucher is valid. Click Register to complete the exam voucher registration.

5. Log in to LF Education global website with your LFID.   After the registration process, the certification exam will be available in the learner's portal within 24 hours, then the candidate will be available to take and schedule exam. 

Candidate Handbook

LF Certification Policy

Frequently Asked Questions

Important instruction

Cirriculum

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The Exam Voucher is non-refundable upon purchase.

Exam Voucher is redeemable within 90 days post-purchase; Exam eligibility will be valid for 1 year from your registration date. You now have 90 days + 365 days for exam preparation!