Thursday, 7 March 2019

Top 5 job roles and its responsibilities after Cisco CCNP Certification


Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) is the professional level certification offered by Cisco Systems. A CCNP certified credentials will have a level ahead of job responsibility from the installation and configuration of medium-sized networks to advanced knowledge of networks and networking solution.

There are many job roles depending upon the varied CCNP Certification tracks. For example, one with CCNP certification in Security track is hired as Network Security Engineers in an organization.

Similarly, Network Specialist, Network Technician, Support Engineer,  Cloud Administrators, Communication Network Engineer, Network Engineer, System Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Cloud Designers, Cloud Architects are some of the many job titles pertaining to various certification track.

Scope After CCNP Certification


Post CCNP course training and certification, you become eligible for various amazing job roles with the vast future scope. While the job responsibilities may vary in according to job titles for every track. Some of them are listed below,

5 job roles and its responsibilities after Cisco CCNP Certification


All the above listed job roles have their different job responsibilities. But sometime it's confusing which CCNP track is better for you and which job responsibility you will be able to serve better. So, here is top 5 job roles after CCNP certification with their job responsibilities to help you decide which CCNP track and job roles are better to you.



1. Network Support Specialist/Administrator:


The measure job responsibility of Network Support specialist or administrators is to manage complex networks working by using core networking technologies. The day to day task of the CCNP R&S certified credential is to optimize networking infrastructure and keep applications secure and efficient performing condition.

They also lead the team of network technicians, who are mostly responsible for repairing equipment like routers, installing new cables, and troubleshooting problems on the user end.

They provide live support via phone, live chat, remote access or e-mail support to clients or technicians. Good communication skill is mandatory for these job roles as they need to solve clients issue verbally who have very little knowledge about the hardware networking devices they are using.

2. Network Security Engineer:


The job role of Network Security Engineer is offered to CCNP certified personnel in Security track. They should be able to choose, deploy, support, and troubleshoot Cisco firewalls, VPNs, and IDS/IPS solutions for efficient networking environment.

2nd level of network security support, network security monitoring, analysis, recommending network upgrades and security improvements are included in their regular job responsibilities.

3. Voice Manager or UC Voice Engineer:


CCNP collaboration certified professionals are highly in demand and they are hired as Voice Manager or UC Voice Engineer in an organization.

They have robust skills to implement, operate, configure, and troubleshoot a converged IP network. A UC voice engineer regular task includes managing quality of service (QoS), gateways, gatekeepers, IP phones, voice applications, and utilities.

4. Data Center Support Engineer:


Data Center Support Engineers are those who have the Knowledge to design, implement, and troubleshoot data centers and all its components. This job role is similar to Network Support Administrators but they mostly focus on data center controlling rather than supervising the networking team in any organization.

5. Wireless Network Engineer/Administrator

Wireless Network Engineers or Administrators are CCNP wireless certified professionals. They have ability to design, implement, secure, and operate wireless networks and mobility infrastructures. 

Network Administrators are somehow similar to Network Engineers and Network Technicians but they often turn to network administrators for problems they cannot solve themselves.

So, these were the top 5 job roles offered to a CCNP certified credentials. Senior Analyst, Service Provider Network Engineer, Senior Network Design Engineer are also in demand.


The regular job responsibility of these job role holders is to discuss, design, and develop advanced addressing and routing, security, data center, and IP multicast complex architectures with VPN and wireless domains along with serving customer requirements.

Since CCNP is the professional level certification only a CCNA or CCIE certified personnel can attempt this exam. A valid CCNA or CCIE certification works as a pre-requirement for CCNP certification exam.

One must have proper training and knowledge of networking technology to achieve this certification.



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So, if you want to achieve these job roles after passing CCNP certification then get trained by the best Cisco training institute which is Network Bulls, situated in Gurugram, India.