Credentials

Credentials that support delivery quality, not vanity.

Compute uses certifications as one signal of discipline and technical range, not as the whole story. What matters most is whether the work gets scoped well, implemented cleanly, and tied to business outcomes. This page is here to help buyers understand the depth behind that delivery.

Cloud DR Infrastructure Security AI

Why this matters to clients

  • Reduces the learning curve when projects touch mixed cloud and legacy environments
  • Supports more credible planning around resilience, automation, and infrastructure change
  • Helps translate technical options into practical operating decisions for leadership

Most relevant to current delivery

These are the most directly aligned credentials for current cloud, infrastructure-as-code, AI workflow, and security-adjacent engagements.

Current focus

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Relevant for infrastructure as code, cloud standardization, repeatable environments, and better change control across modernization work.

Issued Oct 2025 Expires Oct 2027

Credential ID: d08f0d3b-9da7-44f8-95c4-98d7eee4c2e4

Current focus

AI Security

Securiti AI

Supports responsible AI delivery, especially where workflow automation touches data handling, access boundaries, or security expectations.

Issued Oct 2025

Credential ID: 13EFA1B9B-13EFA1A0A-138D5FE43

Current focus

Prompt Engineering and Advanced ChatGPT

edX Verified Certificate

Useful in designing practical AI assistants and workflow prompts that stay grounded in measurable operating value instead of novelty.

Issued Feb 2024

Credential ID: 8bd7159737a84c0a93cf034cbb8024a4

Foundational depth across infrastructure, resilience, and operations

This layer reflects the technical base behind migration, DR, virtualization, systems administration, security, and operating-model work. Some credentials in this group are historical or expired, but they still signal long-run hands-on depth in the environments many clients are modernizing away from or still operating today.

Cloud, virtualization, and platform operations

  • VMware Certified Professional 2 VMware · Issued Oct 2004
  • VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization VMware · Issued Dec 2011
  • MCITP: Virtualization Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft · Issued Jul 2015
  • MCTS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization Microsoft · Issued Feb 2012
  • MCTS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization Microsoft · Issued Mar 2012
  • Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenServer 5 Citrix · Issued Jan 2011
  • Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenDesktop 5 Citrix · Issued May 2014
  • Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 6 Citrix · Issued Jan 2012
  • Citrix Certified Professional - Networking (CCP-N) Citrix · Issued Jun 2015

Storage, resilience, networking, and security

  • NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP NetApp · Issued Oct 2018 · Expired Jan 2021
  • NetApp Certified 7-Mode Data Administrator NetApp · Issued Oct 2013
  • Zerto Certified Professional Advanced Zerto · Issued Dec 2016
  • Qualys Certified Specialist Qualys · Issued Jan 2017
  • SASE Expert Level 1 Cato Networks · Issued May 2021 · Expired Dec 2021
  • Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate WAN Optimization Riverbed Technology · Issued Jun 2015
  • ITIL-Foundation Certification EXIN

Microsoft systems and collaboration foundation

  • MCSA: Office 365 - Certified 2019 Microsoft · Issued Jan 2019
  • Microsoft Certified Trainer 2019-2020 Microsoft · Issued Jan 2019 · Expired Jan 2020
  • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Microsoft · Issued Jan 2018 · Expired Jan 2019
  • MCITP: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 Microsoft · Issued Oct 2010
  • MCSE: Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft · Issued Aug 2000

What this foundation is most useful for

  • Untangling hybrid infrastructure decisions where cloud and legacy systems still intersect
  • Designing DR and recovery plans that respect application dependencies and real-world operations
  • Bridging executive goals with the implementation detail needed for migrations and modernization

How Compute presents credentials

As supporting evidence

Credentials help reduce uncertainty, but they do not replace clear scoping, disciplined implementation, or measurable outcomes.

In context

Older certifications are shown as historical depth, not as active claims. That matters for buyer trust, especially in infrastructure and security work.

Alongside proof

The strongest signal is still delivered work. Pair this page with case studies, service pages, and planning resources for the full picture.

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