Training to Jumpstart Your Cloud-Native and AI Innovations

The Rafay Platform Training and Certification Program equips platform teams, cloud engineers, SREs, and application developers with the skills to confidently deploy, operate, and monetize GPU- and CPU-based infrastructure using the Rafay Platform.

With courses spanning cloud-native orchestration, multi-tenancy, AI/ML workload management, and Rafay’s GPU PaaS capabilities, participants gain practical experience operating and scaling AI infrastructure across any environment.

Become a Certified Rafay Expert

The Rafay Certification Program is the industry’s first and only multi-cloud Kubernetes and GPU PaaS™ operations certification. Participants receive comprehensive instruction on how to deliver enterprise-wide Kubernetes and GPU-based services with enterprise-grade controls and security. By completing Rafay certification courses, customers’ teams learn how to:

Deliver governed, self-service Kubernetes and GPU PaaS™ environments
Enable developers and data scientists to access compute, notebooks, and AI services on demand
Support multi-tenant, revenue-ready GPU clouds that meet enterprise governance requirements‍

‍Availability: Rafay certification is currently offered to Rafay customers and their technical teams operating the Rafay Platform.

Why Get Rafay Certified?

The Rafay Certification Program and partner enablement curriculum deliver immediate business and technical impact:

‍Accelerate Innovation: Quickly operationalize GPU and cloud-native infrastructure to speed digital transformation and AI adoption. ‍
‍Improve Utilization: Apply best practices to gain efficiencies from Kubernetes and GPU PaaS™ environments while keeping operating costs low.
‍Boost Marketability: Certified practitioners and partners demonstrate proven expertise with the only NVIDIA-validated GPU PaaS™ reference architecture in the industry.
‍Drive Revenue Growth: Partners expand their solution capabilities to launch, operate, and monetize GPU-as-a-Service environments in weeks.
‍Build Confidence: Platform teams and SREs develop advanced competency in application modernization, infrastructure governance, and workload orchestration across hybrid and sovereign environments

Partner Training & Enablement

Rafay’s Partner Enablement Program helps system integrators, channel partners, and OEMs accelerate their go-to-market efforts by training both technical and sales personnel on the Rafay Platform and its GPU PaaS™ capabilities.

Partner Sales Training: Designed for cloud provider and technology partner sales teams, these courses focus on identifying customer pain points, articulating the value of Rafay’s GPU PaaS™ offering and orchestration platform, and positioning Rafay for enterprise and cloud-provider use cases.
Partners completing sales enablement training can: Confidently sell Rafay’s GPU PaaS™ and infrastructure orchestration solutionsMap customer challenges to Rafay use cases (CSP-grade infrastructure, multi-tenancy, monetization, and app delivery)Accelerate time to revenue by aligning to Rafay’s NVIDIA-validated reference architecture
Partner Technical Training: Engineers and platform specialists learn to deploy, configure, and operate Rafay’s multi-tenant GPU PaaS™ offering — including cluster lifecycle management, SKU creation, and NVIDIA NIM/Run:AI integrations — using hands-on labs and guided architecture modules.

This track enables partners to expand their service portfolio and support customers delivering GPU clouds or AI marketplaces powered by Rafay.

Rafay Customer Certifications

Rafay Certified Associate

Earners of this certification have demonstrated the basic concepts and competencies associated with the Rafay Cloud Automation Platform. They understand and are able to perform basic Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management, achieve compliance and governance requirements, and achieve automation goals. Additionally, they have demonstrated the ability to leverage Rafay’s services, such as the GitOps service for application developers and the Network Policy service for platform teams.

Rafay Certified GPU Cloud Professional

Earners of this certification have demonstrated the basic concepts associated with Rafay GPU PaaS. They understand the challenges with GPUs, such as limited access, long wait times, high cost, and inefficient utilization, as well as the various approaches to GPU sharing. They have demonstrated how to share System Templates, use the PaaS Studio to design Compute and Service Profiles, and use the Developer Hub to provision and use Compute and Service Instances.

Rafay Partner Certifications

Rafay Certified Partner Sales Professional

A non-technical, sales-focused accreditation for Partners. This is applicable if you are one of these: Value Added Resellers (VARs), System Integrators, Managed Service Providers. Earners of this accreditation have demonstrated the basic concepts associated with Rafay Systems, and meet and maintain defined criteria required to successfully resell Rafay. In order to obtain this badge, the individual will have successfully completed Rafay Sales Fundamental training.