Certification exam is intended for developers who have 12 months or more experience of developing & maintaining OCI applications. They should have a solid understanding of cloud native fundamentals & in-depth knowledge of at least one programming language. They should demonstrate knowledge of developing, securing, testing and operating applications in OCI & ability to use the OCI service APIs, CLI, & SDKs to write applications. Hands on knowledge of OCI architect, use cases, are best practices.