The BEA 8.1 Certified Architect Certification is applicable to those architects overseeing the design of enterprise applications and infrastructure that leverages BEA technologies. Architects are responsible for performing technology due diligence and trade-off analysis, designating key design and implementation guidelines, overseeing project implementation and defining implementation success criteria.

The BEA 8.1 Certified Architect Certification has one specific designation. This designation serves as an area of "specialty" for the participants and allow for a focused certification path.

BEA 8.1 Certified Architect: Designations

Enterprise Architecture: An architect who is capable of managing multiple and strategic enterprise wide projects, team management, selecting and evaluating new technologies, designing new systems and integrations with legacy assets. An Enterprise Architecture designation proves proficiency in the workings and understandings of the BEA product stack and fluency in service oriented architecture. They also have strong architectural skills and the ability to think abstractly, while focusing on the concepts of the project rather than the implementation.