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IBM Certified watsonx Orchestrate AI Engineer v1 – Associate

IBM's agent credential: designing and managing agent orchestration on watsonx Orchestrate.

What it signals

Practical assessment: Scenario-based multiple choice (2 of 4) Practical assessment
Scenario-based multiple choice. Proctored, predominantly multiple-choice.
Identity assurance: Proctored with identity verification (4 of 4) Identity assurance
Proctored with identity verification. Proctored via Pearson VUE
Depth: Associate (2 of 4) Depth
Associate. Associate level.
Experience expected: Under 6 months (1 of 4) Experience expected
Under 6 months. Six months expected.
Portability: Mostly vendor-specific (1 of 4) Portability
Mostly vendor-specific. Centred on one IBM product.
Verifiability: Public badge or registry (4 of 4) Verifiability
Public badge or registry. Public Credly badge.

For hiring managers

  • New in March 2026. IBM's agent-focused credential; product-specific (watsonx Orchestrate) though it includes MCP tools, Langflow and multi-agent orchestration.

Verifying it

Credly digital badge issued by the IBM Professional Certification Program (public badge URL).

What it covers

Published exam outline

  • Platform Architecture and Core Concepts 13%
  • Agent and Assistant Integration 20%
  • Workflow and Orchestration Design 14%
  • Agent Development 18%
  • Model Management 14%
  • Security, Compliance and Observability of watsonx Orchestrate 11%
  • Deployment, Scaling, Optimization, and Resiliency 10%

By topic

GenAI apps: Some (10 to 20%) (2 of 4) GenAI apps
Some (10 to 20%). Model Management (model selection, AI Gateway) is 14%.
Agents: Core focus (over 35%) (4 of 4) Agents
Core focus (over 35%). Agent integration 20% + workflow/orchestration 14% + agent development 18% = 52%.
Classical ML: Not covered (0 of 4) Classical ML
Not covered. Not covered.
Operations: Substantial (20 to 35%) (3 of 4) Operations
Substantial (20 to 35%). Deployment/scaling 10% plus observability and CI/CD content.
Data: Not covered (0 of 4) Data
Not covered. Not in blueprint beyond knowledge bases.
Responsible AI: Some (10 to 20%) (2 of 4) Responsible AI
Some (10 to 20%). Security, Compliance and Observability is 11%.

Exam details

Who the provider says it is for. Engineers who design, implement and manage AI agent orchestration solutions on watsonx Orchestrate.

Format
Multiple choice; IBM's exam record also flags build-list and hot-area item types
Delivery
Proctored via Pearson VUE
Prerequisites
None formal
Recommended experience
At least six months of practical hands-on experience with the product
Price notes
$200 in developed markets; $100 emerging markets (IBM pricing list)

Preparing

Not confirmed

These details were not available from an official source at the time of research.

  • validity period / recertification policy
  • Whether code snippets appear in questions
  • Online-proctored vs test-centre options (Pearson VUE delivery confirmed, modes not)
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