Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure out what steps should I take to get a Virtualization Admin/engineer job. I currently work for a small non profit ( about 80-110 users) as the sole IT for the department. They have my job listed as "IT Support" but I have my own budget, do tier 2 support, and manage file servers. My current job environment is one of those "what you put into it" places. That being said, I recently purchased a Dell Poweredge Server and installed Windows Server 2012 and Hyper V. I am in the process of migrating our old file servers ( mac computers) to Hyper V and looking to set up a domain for the organization.
I have my A+ cert, 3 yrs of desktop support exp and am working on obtaining Microsoft 74-409 Server Virtualization Hyper V System Center certification. If you are curious as to why I am not using VMWare or Citrix, it's because we are a non profit and I have an extremely small budget, so Hyper V is the most cost efficient. Who am I fooling, we can't afford VMware
My questions are:
1. What skillsets and certs would I need to get a job in virtualization and am I heading on the right path?
2. Is a Cisco CCNA cert required or some sort of Network certification?
3. How do I market myself to a larger corporation? When I look at virtualization jobs, I notice they will say things like " Must have experience managing 100s-1000s of servers or VMs." Unfortunately, because I work at a small environment, we only have about 6-8 servers.
Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.
