SailPoint Professional Certification Paths

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Introduction

This document provides the recommended paths to professional certification for

implementers of SailPoint’s IdentityNow and IdentityIQ platforms. For detailed course
and exam descriptions, see the Identity University Full Catalog at
https://university.sailpoint.com.

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 SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Professional

IdentityNow Administrators and Implementers Training Path

The SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Professional exam tests the skills and
knowledge learned in the IdentityNow Administrators and Implementers Training

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 Path, as shown above. It is suitable for technical members of the IdentityNow
onboarding and configuration team.

SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Engineer

IdentityNow Engineers are responsible for onboarding applications and configuring

IdentityNow.

Candidates to be certified follow the IdentityNow Administrators and Implementers

Training Path. They can choose to take the IdentityNow Professional certification
exam, but it is not required for IdentityNow Engineer certification.

Please note that the training alone is insufficient to pass the exam. We strongly
recommend students obtain at the very least nine months of on-the-job
implementation experience before planning to take the IdentityNow Engineer exam.

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 SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Associate

IdentityIQ Administrators and Implementers Training Path

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 The SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Associate exam tests the skills and knowledge
learned in the courses “Introduction to Identity Security and SailPoint”, “IdentityIQ
Introduction” and “IdentityIQ Implementation and Administration: Essentials”
(instructor-led or eLearning options). It is suitable for SailPoint customers and
partners who will be implementing IdentityIQ, and for system administrators of
production IdentityIQ instances.

SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Professional

The SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Professional exam tests the skills and knowledge
learned in the IdentityIQ Administrators and Implementers Training Path, with the
exception of the “IdentityIQ Implementation: Custom Reports” course, whose content
is not covered in the exam.

SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Professional is suitable for members of the technical

IdentityIQ implementation team. There are no prerequisite certifications required, but
some candidates may already hold the SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Associate
certification.

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 SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer

IdentityIQ Engineers install, deploy, and configure IdentityIQ in customer lower

environments and local sandboxes.

Candidates to be certified are recommended to follow the IdentityIQ Administrators

and Implementers Training Path. They can choose to obtain SailPoint Certified
IdentityIQ Associate and SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Professional Certifications as
they complete recommended training, but these are not prerequisites for the
IdentityIQ Engineer exam.

Please note that the training alone is insufficient to pass the exam. We strongly
recommend candidates obtain at the very least one year of on-the-job
implementation experience before planning to take the IdentityIQ Engineer exam.

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 SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Architect

IdentityIQ Architects design, implement, deploy, configure, extend, and support

IdentityIQ in their customers’ organizations.

Candidates to be certified must hold unexpired IdentityIQ Engineer certifications. We

strongly recommend candidates obtain at the very least one year of additional on-
the-job implementation experience beyond IdentityIQ Engineer before planning to
take the IdentityIQ Architect exam.

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 Enhanced SailPoint Certifications

SailPoint Enhanced Certifications are available to holders of unexpired SailPoint

Certified IdentityIQ Engineer, SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Architect, or SailPoint
Certified IdentityNow Engineer credentials. They must ALSO hold an unexpired
curated 3rd party certification in the areas of Cloud, Development, or Security.

For Cloud the required certifications are:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Or
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Or
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Example: If you hold SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Architect and AWS Certified
Solutions Architect - Professional

then you can claim .

For Development the required certifications are:

Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer

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 Or
Oracle Certified Professional, Java EE 7 Application Developer
Or
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 11 Developer

Example: If you hold SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer and Oracle Certified
Professional, Java EE 7 Application Developer

then you can claim .

For Security the required certifications are:

CISSP – The World's Premier Cybersecurity Certification
Or
ISACA’s Certified Information Security Manager
Or
CCSP – The Industry’s Premier Cloud Security Certification

Example: If you hold SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Engineer and ISACA’s Certified
Information Security Manager

then you can claim .

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