Red Hat OpenShift skills paths

August 24, 2026•
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Validate your Red Hat OpenShift skills

Red Hat® Training and Certification offers training on Red Hat OpenShift® for individuals of all experience levels. These paths cover topics including deploying containers, developing containerized applications, managing container storage, and using automated DevOps pipelines. 

Administrator track

Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator skills path

The certifications earned in this Red Hat OpenShift Certification track will contribute to becoming a Red Hat Certified Engineer in OpenShift and put you on the path to becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect in OpenShift.

Key benefits of Red Hat Training1

  • Red Hat-certified new hires reach full productivity 46% faster than non-certified new hires.
  • 47% increase in developer productivity 
  • Certified employees were 80% more likely to be promoted or rehired, supporting the retention of critical talent.

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization skills path

This virtualization skills path is designed to support learners with varying goals. You can follow a shorter path focused on immediate virtual machine (VM) administration and stop there. Or you can choose the comprehensive route to gain the full range of advanced skills needed to migrate, create, and manage VMs on Red Hat OpenShift. The Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization curriculum in this section is part of the Red Hat OpenShift Certification track.  

Red Hat OpenShift Administrator specializations

You have the flexibility to select the most relevant courses and certifications based on your learning journey and can complete them in nonsequential order.   

Red Hat Training helps with security because the outcome is fewer breaches. The risk is roughly halved because by understanding the risks, we can reduce vulnerabilities. With the training, engineers resolve vulnerabilities and patch solutions more quickly and can move into resolution of incidents much faster than before.1

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Developer track

Red Hat OpenShift Application Developer skills path

The certifications earned in this Cloud-native Applications Certification track will contribute to becoming a Red Hat Certified Engineer in Cloud-native Applications and put you on the path to Red Hat Certified Architect in Cloud-native Applications. 

Red Hat OpenShift Application Developer specializations 

You have the flexibility to select the most relevant courses and certifications to your learning journey and can complete them in nonsequential order.   

  1. IDC White Paper sponsored by Red Hat, The Business Value of Red Hat Training and Certification, Doc #US54623226-BVWP, June 2026.

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