MEMBER BENEFITS
BIT members enjoy the benefit of leveraging a global community to receive discounts on training and certifications, technical products and services, access to career resources, and exclusive professional networking and social events.
BIT Member Programs
Featured Partnerships & Programs
Program: Linux Foundation Scholarship Program
Audience: All
Requirements: None
Cost: $0
Blacks In Technology and the Linux Foundation have partnered to offer free Linux training and certifications vouchers. A $500 value.
All training and certification testing is available online. The certifications supported include:
Beginner
Intermediate
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
- Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer (CHFD)
- Certified Hyperledger Sawtooth Administrator (CHSA)
- Certified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (CHFA)
- OpenJS Node.js Services Developer (JSNSD)
- OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD)
- Cloud Foundry Certified Developer (CFCD)
Advanced
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Program: US State Dept. Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship
Audience: Prospective Fall 2021 College Juniors & First Year Grad Students
For college students who aspire to a technology career that makes a difference in the world, this two-year Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of State, is an opportunity of a lifetime.
Seeking to attract top tech talent to the Foreign Service that reflects the diversity of the United States, the State Department encourages women, members of minority groups underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need, to apply to this fulfilling and rewarding program.
The Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship program provides a path to an exciting career in the U.S. Foreign Service through academic funding (up to $75,000), internships, professional development, and ultimately, an appointment (full-time position) as a Foreign Service Information Management Specialist (IMS).
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Program: ITIL 4 & PRINCE2 Certification
Audience: All
Blacks In Technology and PeopleCert have teamed up to provide BIT members with discounted training and certification testing for Axelos ITIL 4 and PRINCE2 certifications.
Each course comes with the following:
- High-quality, on-demand videos
- Downloadable PDF study guide
- Practice quizzes after each section of the course
- Multiple practice exams at the end of the course
- Certification exam voucher (for testing online with PeopleCert’s web proctoring service)
- 100% Pass Guarantee (If the student buys the course, completes it within 60 days, and then fails their official exam – we buy their retake voucher)
- All courses can be bought/taken at any time, 24 hours a day. Within minutes of purchase, the students are automatically enrolled and ready to begin their online courses.
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