Cisco 350-401 ENCOR V1.2 Exam

This exam is ideal for a wide range of IT professionals looking to advance their careers in enterprise networking. This includes:

• Mid-level to senior network engineers
• System engineers
• Network administrators
• Network support technicians
• Anyone pursuing the CCNP Enterprise certification
• Those on the path to becoming a CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certified professional

While salaries can vary significantly based on location, years of experience, specific job role, and company, professionals with a CCNP Enterprise certification (which requires passing ENCOR) typically earn a competitive salary. In the global market, particularly in the United States, an average salary range for a Network Engineer or a similar role with this certification often falls between $90,000 and $130,000 per year. More senior roles or those with extensive experience can command higher salaries, potentially exceeding $150,000 annually.

Cisco certifications, including those achieved by passing the ENCOR exam, are valid for three years. To renew your certification, you must meet one of the following requirements before your certification expires:

• Pass any one professional concentration exam.
• Pass any one expert-level written exam (e.g., CCIE written).
• Pass any one CCIE lab exam.
• Earn 80 Continuing Education (CE) credits to recertify a professional certification.
• Complete an approved Cisco-published training course with the corresponding number of CE credits.
• Combine various activities: completing courses, attending events, or passing exams to earn the required CE credits.

The initial version of the Cisco 350-401 ENCOR exam (v1.0) was released in February 2020. It subsequently received updates to v1.1 in October 2022 and the current v1.2 in September 2023. Cisco typically updates its certification exams every 2 to 3 years to ensure they remain current with evolving technologies and industry best practices. While there is no fixed schedule for the *next* version, candidates should anticipate a potential update around late 2025 or early 2026, depending on technological advancements and market needs. Cisco generally provides ample notice before retiring or updating an exam version.

The Cisco 350-401 ENCOR exam covers a broad range of core enterprise network technologies, divided into six main domains:

• Architecture (15%): Enterprise network design, WAN technologies, wireless, and network programmability.
• Virtualization (10%): Virtual networking components, data path virtualization, and infrastructure virtualization.
• Infrastructure (30%): Routing (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), switching, Layer 2 technologies, IP services (DHCP, NAT, NTP, QoS), and IP addressing.
• Network Assurance (10%): Monitoring tools, data collection (syslog, SNMP, NetFlow), troubleshooting, and device monitoring.
• Security (20%): Device access control, infrastructure security, REST API security, wireless security, and network security design.
• Automation (15%): Network programmability, SDN concepts, controller-based networking, and automation tools (Python, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).