Cisco CCNP Automating and Programming Service Provider Solutions (300-535 SPAUTO)

Manual changes in service provider environments increase the risk of configuration drift, slow incident response, and make automation initiatives harder to standardize. IT Directors and Team Leads can assign this intermediate Cisco course to network admins with roughly 3–5 years of Cisco experience who are moving into service provider automation or preparing for the 300-535 SPAUTO exam path toward CCNP Service Provider or Cisco Certified DevNet Professional. The curriculum is about 20 hours per learner, so it fits a focused upskilling sprint or a longer certification plan. For change management, teams should align on Git workflows, API conventions, and model-driven configuration practices before applying automation broadly. CBT Nuggets capabilities such as Playlists and Team Reporting help Training Managers assign the sequence and monitor progress; Virtual Labs and Practice Exams can be paired where available to reinforce hands-on readiness and exam preparation.

IT teams complete this training to turn service provider network automation from an ad hoc scripting effort into a more repeatable operating model. The course connects foundational programming skills with Cisco-focused automation protocols and tools used to configure, validate, and monitor network devices.

• Standardize automation work with Git version control before changes reach production networks.
• Build shared fluency in APIs, HTTP authentication, Python fundamentals, JSON, XML, and YANG data models.
• Deploy and validate device configuration using tools and protocols such as Ansible, Puppet, RESTCONF, NETCONF, YDK, and Netmiko.
• Improve operational visibility with gNMI, XPath, gRPC telemetry streams, and Cisco NSO automation concepts.

Knowledge

• Git version control concepts for network automation work.
• API fundamentals, common HTTP authentication mechanisms, and core data types.
• Python fundamentals, including conditions, loops, functions, and classes.
• JSON, XML, YANG, and XPath concepts used in model-driven networking.
• RESTCONF, NETCONF, NETCONF datastores, gNMI, gRPC telemetry, and Cisco NSO concepts.

Ability

• Write and interpret basic Python logic used in automation workflows.
• Compare and identify JSON, XML, and YANG data in network automation contexts.
• Implement network management tasks with RESTCONF and NETCONF.
• Deploy and validate device configuration with Ansible and Netmiko.
• Validate operational state using Ansible and apply automation concepts with Cisco NSO.