NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN Specialists have proven skills planning, implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting ONTAP SAN, FC switched fabric's and Ethernet iSCSI/FCoE solutions, and different operating systems (Windows, LINUX, ESX, UNIX) and applications. NCIE—Data Protection Specialists have proven skills in positioning NetApp disaster recovery solutions, assessing customer data storage requirements, and implementing backup and recovery solutions.