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CCIE [Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert] is the highest level certification and the most prestigious IT Certification offered by Cisco Systems, from last 15 years. Certainly CCIE Security Version 5 and CCIE R&S V5 Certifications are among the best career options for young Engineers of India. To know more about CCIE, please visit what is CCIE?
Network Bulls offers hot career options with enormous growth opportunities for young engineers through CCIE R&S, CCIE Security and CCIE Collaboration Integrated programs. These programs are designed in such a way that Placements are automatically guaranteed after successful completion of the program. CCIE Engineers are hired by corporate giants like Cisco, TCS, Orange, HCL, Tech Mahindra, HP, Wipro, Infosys, Accenture, Aricent, Array Networks, 3i-infotech, Proactive Data Systems, Dimension Data, Singtel, IBM, Cable & Wireless to name a few. Network Bulls offers CCIE Certification Training with 100% Job Placement Guarantee with starting packages of 5-18 Lakhs per annum, depending upon the program, skills and experience. Average salary packages grabbed by fresher CCIE Security, CCIE Collaboration and CCIE R&S engineers are in between 5 to 9 Lakhs per annum depending upon skills.
Popular Job Designations for CCIE Certified Employees.
Network Bulls offers 100% Job Placement Guarantee to students enrolling for CCIE R&S and CCIE Security integrated programs. Because of vast scope and demand these certifications offer to freshers, NB provides complete student support from in-house theoretical and practical training to getting them placed in various Networking giants, etc. We offer the following packages in job placement guarantee:
- If a candidate clears CCIE R&S (Written + Lab) exam, then 4 to 5 Lacs package is guaranteed and if a candidate is not willing to give exams, then 2 to 3 Lacs package is guaranteed.
- If a candidate clears CCIE Security (Written + Lab) exam, starting package of 4.5 to 6 Lacs is guaranteed and if a candidate is not willing to give any exams or clears only CCIE (Written) exam, starting package of 2.5 to 4 Lacs package is guaranteed.
Median Salary Range as per Designations for a Cisco Certified (CCNA to CCIE) Employee: |
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| Designations | Median Salary Range in India |
|---|---|
| Network engineer - CCNA, CCNP Engineers | INR 1,32,000 – INR 8,00,000 |
| Sr. Network engineer - CCNP, CCIE Engineers | INR 2,72,000 – INR 18,50,000 |
| Network Administrator (IT) - CCNP, CCIE Engineers | INR 3,72,000 – INR 11,50,000 |
| Network Security engineer - CCNP Security, CCIE Security Engineers | INR 3,32,000 – INR 22,00,000 |
| Network Architect - CCIE Engineers (With Over 5 Years of Experience) | INR 13,00,000 – INR 40,00,000 |
Note: All the other tracks like CCIE Data Center, CCIE Wireless, CCIE Service Provider, etc. require at-least 3 years of experience to be employed by IT companies as these certifications are not at all suitable for freshers or aspirants with few years of industry experience.
- New Delhi, Delhi (including Gurgaon, Noida and Delhi)
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu
Median Salary Range for CCIE Certified/Non Certified Engineers as per cities in India |
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City |
Salary Range (Per annum) |
Bangalore |
INR 2,50,000 – INR 35,00,000 |
Delhi/Gurgaon/Noida |
INR 2,50,000 – INR 35,00,000 |
Mumbai/Pune |
INR 1,96,000 – INR 15,70,000 |
Hyderabad/Chennai/Kolkata |
INR 2,14,000 – INR 14,00000 |
Note: Salaries given above depends upon Certification status and track (R&S/Security/Voice) chosen by Engineers.
A CCIE certified employee gets a senior level designation in the top-rated companies in India. CCIE certified professionals are in high demand both in India as well as abroad. CCIE salary in India for a fresher starts from INR 2-4 lakhs (Non Certified) to INR 6-8 lakhs [Certified] per annum, varying from one company to the other. Experienced CCIE certified professionals draw up to INR 30-40 lakhs per annum depending upon skills and job roles.
In the US, the average pay scale for a CCIE certified employee is between $ 120,000 to $200,000; whereas CCIE engineers in Dubai, Malaysia, Singapore, Oman etc draws from 45,000 USD (Freshers) to 1,20,000 USD (Experienced) per annum.
CCIE – Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert.
CCIE certification was introduced with an aim of providing network engineers a platform to enhance their knowledge about Cisco products and technologies so that mastery of their own engineering and technological skills could be achieved. CCIE Certification is known as one of the most desired certification and highest paid certification available throughout the world. Till date it maintains a reputation of being world’s most prestigious certification allowing several network engineers to showcase their expert skillset and comprehend their value whilst being employed at the organizations.
In the year 1993, Cisco Systems introduced the God of all certifications changing the facade of Internetworking Industry worldwide – CCIE. This certification was introduced with intent of providing expert level knowledge and skill set to engineers making them extremely proficient while handling Cisco Products and services.
CCIE # number series started with 1024 series going up to 57, 000 till date. Considering only 1% of the total networking professionals worldwide obtaining the very prestigious CCIE certification, existence of CCIE certified engineers is still minimal ( when compared with other available Cisco and IT certifications).
CCIE certification is purely a practical oriented certification which requires in depth practical training and live industrial exposure to be acquired by the candidate. Due to immense lack of awareness, many IT aspirants are taking up wrong career paths which impede them from achieving ultimate success in life.
This certification can be done by anybody who wants to be in networking industry. Be it a complete fresher or engineers with trainings in different Cisco certified tracks i.e. CCNA, CCNP, etc. Also, one can give exams for different tracks in CCIE and become a single, dual, triple, quad CCIE and so on. There are 7 different tracks of CCIE to choose from and they are as follows:
- CCIE R&S
- CCIE Security
- CCIE Collaboration
- CCIE Data Center
- CCIE Wireless
- CCIE Design
- CCIE Service Provider
However if you are a fresher and have no knowledge or experience of the CCIE level technologies, then it is highly recommended to choose from the following mentioned tracks:
- CCIE R&S
- CCIE Security
Not only experienced but freshers too can benefit from CCIE certifications. Tracks like CCIE Routing and Switching, CCIE Security, and CCIE Collaboration have typically been designed for freshers in order to give their career a great start. Freshers with no knowledge and experience in relative field of technology can take up this certification by taking the following training path:
It is an associate level of certification offered by Cisco which prepares aspirants for further certifications. Forming the basis of higher level certifications, CCNA serves as a prerequisite to all the other certifications.
This certification was designed to improve the skills and the expertise required by professionals to successfully manage different aspects of a network. CCNA is the foundation course of networking i.e. it lays foundation for all the other courses of Cisco Networking. In other words, if one wants to make a mark in the field of networking then CCNA course is a must as it serves as a prerequisite for other networking courses like CCNP, CCIE, etc.
Cisco introduced CCNP certification as a professional level certification for IT professionals who have basic knowledge of primary technologies of the course i.e. who have a good understanding of CCNA track of networking offered by Cisco. This is second step towards achieving the CCIE certification in any of the tracks available. Training in CCNP track will provides in-depth knowledge on relative track technologies and protocols used in networks.
The CCIE Certification is known as the highest paid and the most desired certifications of all. It is an expert level certification which prepares aspirants for best and makes them master of their respective fields/ CCIE Tracks. A Cisco certified CCIE expert is well versed with new technologies that keep sprouting in the market one after another. A CCIE certified individual is master of Cisco products, services and solutions.
CCIE is a brand name in itself. It requires no introduction. As matter of fact, CCIE is known as the highest paid, most demanded and prestigious IT certification of the world. Countries like US; China, India, etc. are IT/Networking hubs of the world. Out of the handful, India is a country where major US (foreign) based projects are outsourced due to its affordable work wage structure. India not only comprises of variety of talented IT workforce but also plays a very important role in providing exceptional IT solutions to companies all over the world.
Demand of CCIE certified professionals especially of CCIE R&S, CCIE Security and CCIE Collaboration is so much that you will hardly see any of these certified professional sitting idle until and unless they lack true potential knowledge and practical exposure. Getting a CCIE certification or clearing CCIE online exam in the first attempt is not what requires being valued as a demanded professional, what is required is sincere hard work, meticulous efforts on the individual’s part and clarity of the relative CCIE track concepts i.e. both theoratical and practical.
Put simply, scope of CCIE is incomparable to other IT Certifications as job opportunities for CCIEs are endless, never vanishing from the market. Also to note that a CCIE certified professional gets recruited at some senior designation in reputed MNCs just for a simple reason i.e. he/she is a CCIE certified professional.
CCIE as and when compared to other IT certifications available, tops the list most demanded and desired IT professionals in the world. Aspirants from different backgrounds (arts, commerce, science, etc.) can go for CCIE Certification irrespective of their field of study. CCIE as a certification has offered numerous high paying jobs to aspirants, which other IT certification fail to provide even after years of experience. Despite high demand of IT certifications, low or poor quality of IT professionals kills the finesse of services being offered whereas on the other hand CCIE certificationpost its completion, transforms unskilled trainees into skilled workforce which is job ready and company employable.
CIE certification training is a challenge in itself. Candidates only with deep passion for CCIE certification can do this training. A life changing course which transforms one’s career from nothing to an all-time high, Our CCIE certification training consists of complete theoretical to intense practical training changing professional lives of students completely.
CCIE being a difficult level of certification can only be pursued and taken by candidates who have brave hearts, aspirations and dreams to achieve success at every step of their career path wanting to reach the ultimate stepping stone of their career ladder.
Many of our students have taken up this challenge and transformed their lives.
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