Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

The Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is Red Hat's intermediate-level certification, focusing on Linux automation with Ansible. It validates skills in managing and automating RHEL environments at scale using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. The RHCE requires an active RHCSA certification and tests real-world automation skills in a 100% hands-on performance-based exam.

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What is the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)?

Who Should Take This Course?

RHCSA-certified Linux Administrators ready for automation
DevOps Engineers automating infrastructure with Ansible
Platform Engineers managing RHEL at scale
Site Reliability Engineers implementing Infrastructure as Code
Cloud Engineers automating Linux workloads on-premises and in cloud

What You Will Learn in the RHCE Course

A comprehensive curriculum covering all exam objectives with hands-on labs and real-world practice.

Introduction to Ansible Automation

Understand Ansible architecture and core concepts.

Ansible architecture: control node and managed hosts
Inventory files: static and dynamic inventories
Ansible configuration file (ansible.cfg)
Ad-hoc commands and module usage

Playbooks and YAML

Write effective Ansible playbooks for automation.

Playbook structure: plays, tasks, and handlers
YAML syntax and best practices
Variables, facts, and register outputs
Conditionals, loops, and error handling

Ansible Roles and Collections

Organize automation with roles and Ansible collections.

Role structure: tasks, handlers, templates, defaults
Ansible Galaxy for downloading and sharing roles
Ansible Collections and Automation Hub
Reusable automation patterns with roles

RHEL System Administration with Ansible

Automate common RHEL administration tasks.

Automating user and group management
Managing storage and LVM with Ansible modules
Configuring firewalld, SELinux, and network settings
Deploying and managing services and packages

Templates and Automation at Scale

Advanced automation with Jinja2 templates and tower.

Jinja2 templating for dynamic configurations
Managing secrets with Ansible Vault
Parallelism, delegation, and rolling updates
Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) overview

Course Prerequisites

Pre-requisites training is free when you purchase the course from ProSupport

Active RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator) certification — mandatory
Strong Linux command-line skills
Basic scripting knowledge (Bash or Python)
Familiarity with infrastructure concepts

Exam Information

Everything you need to know about the RHCE certification exam.

Exam Component	Details
Exam Name	Red Hat Certified Engineer
Exam Code	EX294
Exam Type	Performance-Based (100% hands-on, no multiple choice)
Total Questions	Multiple tasks
Passing Score	210 out of 300
Exam Duration	240 minutes
Language	English
Exam Provider	Red Hat / Kryterion (in-person only)
Exam Focus	Ansible automation, playbook creation, roles, and RHEL system management at scale
Exam Registration	Red Hat Training Portal (training.redhat.com)
Retake Policy	Additional exam purchase required for retake
Certification Validity	3 years