Certifications

Professional certifications held by Searom IT Consulting team

Professional Certifications

Searom IT Consulting maintains a combined portfolio of 10 industry-recognized certifications across cloud platforms, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and enterprise Microsoft technologies. These credentials validate our technical depth and commitment to staying current with evolving best practices.

Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering

Certification Issuing Body Status
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Active
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) Amazon Web Services Active
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Amazon Web Services Active
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Microsoft Active
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Microsoft Active

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Certification Issuing Body Status
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (TA-003) HashiCorp Active

Systems & Linux Administration

Certification Issuing Body Status
Linux Professional Institute Certification 1 (LPIC-1) Linux Professional Institute Active

Certification Details

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

CNCF — Validates the skills required to be a successful Kubernetes administrator in a production environment. Covers cluster architecture, installation & configuration, workloads & scheduling, services & networking, storage, and troubleshooting.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

Amazon Web Services — Demonstrates expertise in designing distributed systems on AWS, including compute, storage, database, networking, security, monitoring, and cost optimization. Validates ability to architect solutions using AWS Well-Architected Framework.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

Amazon Web Services — Foundational understanding of AWS Cloud concepts, services, security, architecture, pricing, and support.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

Microsoft — Validates skills in implementing, managing, and monitoring Azure environments including identity, governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and backup/monitoring.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft — Foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure services, Azure workloads, security, privacy, pricing, and support.

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (TA-003)

HashiCorp — Validates knowledge of Terraform workflow, configuration language (HCL), state management, modules, providers, and production deployment patterns for infrastructure as code.

Linux Professional Institute Certification 1 (LPIC-1)

Linux Professional Institute — Validates ability to perform maintenance tasks on the command line, install and configure Linux systems, and configure basic networking.

Certification Portfolio Summary

Team Member Certifications
Cloud/DevOps Lead CKA, AWS SAA-C03, CLF-C02, AZ-104, AZ-900, Terraform Associate, LPIC-1 (7)
Microsoft/Azure Lead Terraform Associate, AZ-104, AZ-900 (3)

Total Unique Certifications: 10 (with 3 overlaps: AZ-104, AZ-900, Terraform Associate held by both)

Continuous Learning Commitment

We believe certifications are milestones, not destinations. Our team actively pursues:

  • Advanced Kubernetes (CKAD, CKS) — Deepening container orchestration expertise
  • AWS Professional & Specialty — Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer, Security Specialty
  • Azure Expert & Specialty — Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert
  • HashiCorp Vault & Consul — Secrets management and service networking
  • CNCF Ecosystem — Prometheus, Helm, Falco, and emerging cloud-native tools

All certifications are maintained current through continuing education and recertification cycles as required by issuing bodies.