Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack

Red Hat's leadership position in the enterprise Linux market, which hasn't escaped the OpenStack community, makes proficiency in the open source software giant's OpenStack distribution a valuable asset for many cloud-focused solution providers.

The certification, which recently replaced Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Infrastructure-as-a-Service, validates the capabilities of OpenStack pros in designing and deploying managed private clouds using Red Hat solutions.

The average salary of Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack in the US is $108,000, according to the 2017 IT Skills and Salary Survey conducted by Cary, N.C.-based business training and certification company Global Knowledge.

"This one is not as well-known, but is going to be hot and in-demand for OpenStack environments," Carson A. Synh, vice president at pm2NET, a solution provider based in Irvine, Calif., told CRN.