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Elastic · professional
Elastic EngineerElastic Certified Engineer
Stands up and operates Elastic Stack clusters — search, observability, and security-analytics workloads on a real cluster.
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› Cost
Exam fee
Elastic Engineer$500
Exam fee
$500
Annual maintenance fee
Elastic Engineer—
Annual maintenance fee
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3-year cost of ownership
Elastic Engineer$500
3-year cost of ownership
$500
› Exam mechanics
Pass mark
Elastic Engineer—
Pass mark
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Retake policy
Elastic Engineer—
Retake policy
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Study time
Elastic Engineer80–160 hrs
Study time
80–160 hrs
Validity
Elastic Engineer2 yrs
Validity
2 yrs
CPE / yr
Elastic Engineer0 CPEs
CPE / yr
0 CPEs
Delivery
Elastic Engineerpractical lab
Delivery
practical lab
› Salary signal (US base)
Range
Elastic Engineer—
Range
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Median
Elastic Engineer—
Median
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Premium %
Elastic Engineer—
Premium %
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Role context
Elastic Engineer—
Role context
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› Quality (4-axis rubric · 0–10)
Schema quality
Elastic Engineer7.5
Schema quality
7.5
Practice evidence
Elastic Engineer8.5
Practice evidence
8.5
Maintenance
Elastic Engineer7.0
Maintenance
7.0
Market recognition
Elastic Engineer6.0
Market recognition
6.0
Average
Elastic Engineer7.3
Average
7.3
› Recognition & lifecycle
Recognition
Elastic EngineerGlobal · US · EU · UK
Recognition
Global · US · EU · UK
ISO 17024 accredited
Elastic Engineer—
ISO 17024 accredited
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DoD 8140 baseline
Elastic Engineer—
DoD 8140 baseline
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Holders worldwide
Elastic Engineer5,000
Holders worldwide
5,000
Current version
Elastic Engineer—
Current version
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› Domain coverage
A10Security Operations
Elastic Engineer● core
A10Security Operations
● core
A11Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
Elastic Engineer● core
A11Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
● core
A5Cloud Security
Elastic Engineer○ touched
A5Cloud Security
○ touched
A8Threat Intelligence
Elastic Engineer○ touched
A8Threat Intelligence
○ touched
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