Cisco Certified DevNet Professional Practice Exams

About this course

The Cisco Certified DevNet Professional certification is a high-level credential designed for network professionals who are skilled in both infrastructure and software development. It targets roles such as network automation engineer, DevOps engineer, and application developer who work closely with Cisco platforms. This certification validates an individual's expertise in developing and maintaining applications that interact with Cisco devices and services, as well as their ability to automate network operations using modern programmability techniques. It represents a shift from traditional manual configuration to software-driven infrastructure management.A major pillar of the DevNet Professional certification is mastery of software development and design principles as they apply to networking. Candidates must be proficient in Python scripting and demonstrate an understanding of REST APIs, which are the fundamental building blocks for interacting with modern Cisco systems. The curriculum covers how to parse data formats like JSON and YAML, and how to use version control systems like Git. This skillset allows professionals to write code that can programmatically configure devices, retrieve operational data, and integrate network functions with other IT systems.The certification delves deeply into the concept of infrastructure as code and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Professionals are tested on their ability to use automation tools like Ansible for configuration management and to build robust CI/CD pipelines for testing and deploying network changes. This includes understanding how to use tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions to automate the validation of network configurations before they are pushed to production. The goal is to bring the rigor and agility of software development practices to the network engineering domain.Cisco platforms and their specific APIs are another critical focus area. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with Cisco's model-driv