A Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization is able to deploy and manage virtual machines in a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment. The skills and knowledge associated with this certification can be applied to both self-managed editions of OpenShift as well as managed services editions like Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) and Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
A Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization is able to:
- Deploy the OpenShift virtualization operator
 - Run and access virtual machines
 - Configure Kubernetes networking for virtual machines
 - Connect virtual machines to external networks
 - Configure Kubernetes storage for virtual machines
 - Manage virtual machine templates
 - Manage virtual machine snapshots
 - Clone virtual machines
 - Perform virtual machine live migrations
 - Perform node maintenance and OpenShift Virtualization updates
 - Manage virtual machine load balancing with Kubernetes networking resources
 - Configure health probes for virtual machines
 - Prepare virtual machines for node failure
 
The following audience may be interested in earning a Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization
- Site reliability engineers (SREs), cluster engineers, systems administrators, cloud administrators, or cloud engineers focused on planning, designing, and implementing production-grade virtual machines under OpenShift clusters and at the same time ensuring these virtual machines remain in compliance with corporate standards
 
Recommended training for this certification
- RHCSA Rapid Track Course with Exam (EX200) (RH200)
 - Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster (DO280)
 - Red Hat OpenShift Administration II: Configuring a Production Cluster with Exam (EX280) (DO281)
 - Managing Virtual Machines with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (DO316)
 - Managing Virtual Machines with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and exam (EX316) (DO317)