Carrier advice ( CCNA+Degree+2yrs experience )
Viktorius
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Hi all,
I'm here to ask advice on my carrier. Sorry for the long post.
I have been working for a Microsoft company for the past 2 years, however my 2 year old contract as a junior consultan has came to an end.
They specialised in Azure and in the Cloud platform, however I have joined the networking team since I have a Bachelor degree in computer networking.
During the 2 years I have completed my CCNA certification and was involved in 2-3 major projects where we implemented networking infrastructures (cisco) in data centres and also
managing them afterwards using a ticketing support system. These were really good experiences especially as a graduate, however 70% of the times I was working from home
doing basic stuff (enabling ports for VLAN's, doing backups, upgrades for devices etc..).
I feel that my work experience is too far behind even for a CCNA certification, because as I said I was doing very basic and simple stuff.
I'm not really sure where to go next. My aim is to gain as much experience in networking as I can and doing it on a daily basis.
I have looked at some 1st and 2nd line network support roles, because they require basic troubleshooting and configuring skills so I might learn a lot there.
I don't care about salary, I still live at home I just want a job where I can really progress and improve my skills. I'm based in London.
So if anyone has been in a similar situation or can give any useful advice for me on which type of jobs would be ideal for me based on the above, I would really appriciate it.
Thanks
I'm here to ask advice on my carrier. Sorry for the long post.
I have been working for a Microsoft company for the past 2 years, however my 2 year old contract as a junior consultan has came to an end.
They specialised in Azure and in the Cloud platform, however I have joined the networking team since I have a Bachelor degree in computer networking.
During the 2 years I have completed my CCNA certification and was involved in 2-3 major projects where we implemented networking infrastructures (cisco) in data centres and also
managing them afterwards using a ticketing support system. These were really good experiences especially as a graduate, however 70% of the times I was working from home
doing basic stuff (enabling ports for VLAN's, doing backups, upgrades for devices etc..).
I feel that my work experience is too far behind even for a CCNA certification, because as I said I was doing very basic and simple stuff.
I'm not really sure where to go next. My aim is to gain as much experience in networking as I can and doing it on a daily basis.
I have looked at some 1st and 2nd line network support roles, because they require basic troubleshooting and configuring skills so I might learn a lot there.
I don't care about salary, I still live at home I just want a job where I can really progress and improve my skills. I'm based in London.
So if anyone has been in a similar situation or can give any useful advice for me on which type of jobs would be ideal for me based on the above, I would really appriciate it.
Thanks