Introduction

On November 11, 2025, during KubeCon North America, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the global availability of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) certification.

As with all CNCF Certifications, before the official launch, there’s a beta tester release. The idea is that people with skills and backgrounds aligned with the certifications take the exam before the global launch to analyze difficulty, question comprehension, and even find bugs or issues with the environment or exam questions.

Introduction

For those unfamiliar, the Kubestronaut Program is a CNCF initiative that recognizes individuals who have passed all 5 available Kubernetes certifications.

For complete information about the program, visit: https://www.cncf.io/training/kubestronaut/.

My Journey

Before discussing my Kubestronaut journey, I’d like to briefly talk about my journey with Kubernetes.

I’ve been working with Kubernetes for approximately 6 years, so I had a solid foundation for most certifications.

My Journey with Kubernetes

I’ve worked with Kubernetes in bare metal, Azure, AWS, and OpenShift implementations, across Banking, Telecommunications, E-commerce, Logistics, and Food industries.