Certifications

Here are my professional certifications and digital badges earned through various training programs and assessments.

CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Earners of this designation are accomplished Kubernetes practitioners (as evidenced by holding the CKA credential). Earners demonstrated the requisite abilities to secure container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment and runtime, and are qualified to perform these tasks in a professional setting.

Issued: October 14, 2024

Expires: October 15, 2026

ID: LF-awxnzqg0wx

Security Policies

Custom Resource Definitions

Helm

Site Reliability Engineer

System Administrator

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Kubestronaut

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Kubestronauts are people who showed exemplary Kubernetes knowledge by passing all five of CNCF’s Kubernetes-related certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) and Kubernetes and Cloud Security Associate (KCSA).

Issued: October 14, 2024

Cloud Native

Kubernetes

Open Source

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KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Earners of this badge have demonstrated an understanding of the baseline security configuration of Kubernetes clusters to meet compliance objectives, including the ability to harden security controls, test and monitor the security, and participate in assessing security threats and vulnerabilities.

Issued: July 25, 2024

Expires: July 26, 2026

ID: LF-0yhsa3ybwd

Containers

Security Hardening

Threat Modeling

Kubernetes Security

Kubernetes Threat Model

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CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Earners of this designation demonstrated the skills, knowledge and competencies to perform the responsibilities of a Kubernetes Administrator. Earners demonstrated proficiency in Application Lifecycle Management, Installation, Configuration & Validation, Core Concepts, Networking, Scheduling, Security, Cluster Maintenance, Logging / Monitoring, Storage, and Troubleshooting

Issued: June 12, 2024

Expires: June 13, 2026

ID: LF-h2moahgism

Open Source Software

Scheduling

Security Policies

System Administrator

Site Reliability Engineer

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KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Earners of this designation demonstrated a basic knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, including how to deploy an application using basic kubectl commands, the architecture of Kubernetes (containers, pods, nodes, clusters), understanding the cloud-native landscape and projects (storage, networking, GitOps, service mesh), and understanding the principles of cloud-native security.

Issued: June 11, 2024

Expires: June 12, 2026

ID: LF-ptfhxszq2r

Git Ops

Clusters

Pods

Application Containers

Cloud + Cloud Native

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CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Issued by The Linux Foundation

Earners of this designation demonstrated the skills, knowledge and competencies to perform the responsibilities of a Kubernetes Application Developer. Earners are able to define application resources and use core primitives to build, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable applications and tools in Kubernetes. The skills and knowledge demonstrated by earners include Core Concepts, Configuration, Multi-Container Pods, Observability, Pod Design, Services & Networking, State Persistence.

Issued: May 28, 2024

Expires: May 29, 2026

ID: LF-opgt5jn33g

Software Developer

Secrets

rkt

Python

Orchestration

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CompTIA Security+ ce Certification

Issued by CompTIA

Earners of the CompTIA Security+ certification have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform core security functions required of any cybersecurity role. CompTIA Security+ professionals know how to identify and address potential threats, attacks and vulnerabilities and they have established techniques in risk management, risk mitigation, threat management and intrusion detection.

Issued: August 17, 2023

Expires: August 17, 2026

ID: SY0-601 - CompTIA Security+ certification exam

CompTIA

Cryptography

Cyber Forensics

Data Security

Disaster Recovery Planning

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