Design Foundations
Identify requirements, lifecycle approach, and product roles.
JNCIA-Design Certification Training
Design Resilient Juniper Networks From Day One.
Learn network design fundamentals across security, business continuity, automation, campus, WAN, and data center architectures.
Design Blueprint
Topology drafted
Security Zones
Zero-trust mapped
Campus WLAN
RF model ready
Data Center Fabric
Spine-leaf planned
designer@jnx> review design proposal
Redundancy: Validated
Design status: Approved
8Skill domains
JNCIADesign focus
GuidedLearning path
ExpertTrainer support
Course Overview
Associate-Level Skills for Network Design Fundamentals
JNCIA-Design training is designed for networking professionals and designers with beginner knowledge of network design theory and best practices, verifying your understanding of network design fundamentals.
Identify initial design requirements
Map Juniper products to design roles
Apply security design principles
Design for business continuity
Plan campus, WAN, and SD-WAN designs
Design data center fabric architectures
Your Learning Route
Network Design Associate Profile
01
PlanDesign requirements and product mapping
02
SecureSecurity and business continuity design
03
AutomateAutomation and management strategies
04
ArchitectCampus, WAN, and data center designs
A structured path for engineers starting their network design journey.
What You Gain
Practical Network Design Foundations
Hands-on practice across security design, business continuity, automation, campus, WAN, and data center network design.
Security & Resiliency
Apply zero-trust security and high-resiliency design principles.
Campus & WAN
Design campus LAN, WLAN, branch WAN, and SD-WAN architectures.
Data Center Design
Plan IP fabric underlay/overlay and spine-leaf architectures.
Course Curriculum
Eight Domains. One Connected Design Path.
Open each route card to explore the skills and practical concepts covered in the programme.
Juniper Networks lifecycle service approach
Proposal boundaries and considerations
Greenfield and brownfield deployments
Top-down networks
Capacity planning
Routers and switches
Security platforms
WLAN solutions
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Network management
General security design and considerations
Securing a data center
Securing the campus WAN
Zero-trust security
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
High-resiliency design
Link- and device-level redundancy
Multihomed ESI LAGs
SRX firewall redundancy
Virtual chassis
Campus redundancy best practices
Benefits of network automation
Juniper automation products
Junos XML, REST, and JSD APIs
On-box and off-box automation
Network management methodologies
Separation of production and management traffic
Configuration backups and remote console access
Campus LAN design best practices and modular design
Subnet, VLAN, and access control design
EVPN-VXLAN architecture and oversubscription ratios
WLAN design phases and requirements gathering
AP coverage patterns and co-channel contention
RF requirements and modeling
Campus or branch WAN connectivity functions
WAN design best practices and performance
Campus WAN VPN design
Active/active and active/passive HA
SD-WAN devices and assurance models
SD-WAN intersite connectivity
Data center design best practices and traffic patterns
Virtual chassis and environmental considerations
Data center fabric architectures
Benefits and design options with IP fabrics
Spine-and-leaf placement recommendations
Underlay and overlay design
Routing protocol selection and IP fabric scaling
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