Timeline: Your IT Career Progression

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Title: Field Tech
Hour/wk: When Ever
Description: Geek Squad Type of Job + more (as i was the .
Company size:
Age: 18-25
Duration: 8 years
How: Knew The Owner
Certs: NONE
Education: High School
Pay: all depended on how many calls i took (1099)


(contract)
Title: Tier 1
Hour/wk: 40 hours per week
Description: regular tier 1 job ( but because of my previous exp, in a week or so i was the best in the team.
Company size:45k
Age: 26
Duration: 2 years
How: friend hooked me up
Certs: NONE
Education: High School
Pay: 35k + benefits


(same company just moved to another team)
Title: System Admin (Jr SCCM engineer)
Hour/wk: 40 Hours per week
Description: Package and deploy applications using sccm 2012 and troubleshooting applications.
Company size:
Age: 28
Duration: 8 years
How: tier 1 manager hooked me up
Certs: A+, Cloud+, Linux+, Project+, Security+, CCNA RS, CCNA SEC,
Education: BS-WGU (1 class left)
Pay: 52k + benefits

Planning on moving after i finish my BS. hopefully i will be gone in 3-4 months from now. i am underpaid but my team is very good and manager doesn't care when you come in or what you do as long as you are delivering (completing tasks that are assigned to you)

Iristheangel

Title: Jr admin
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Small little job at a small lil company but a decent springboard to other jobs
Company size: Under 25 people
Age: 26
Duration: 1-1.5 years
How: Luck. The co-owner saw I was interested in computers when I showed up for a customer service position and gave me a dual role. It wasn't much in terms of pay but I got a second job during the graveyard shift to earn my A+, Network+, Security+ and Linux+
Certs: Started out with none, left with A+, N+, S+ and L+
Education: High School
Pay: $12.50/Hour




Title: Security Analyst
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Job at a larger hospital system. It wasn't super exciting but it afforded me time to get my degree done and had tuition reimbursement
Company size: 5,000+ people
Age: 27-ish
Duration: 2.5 years
How: Started as a contractor and ended as a FTE
Certs: Started with A+, N+, S+ and L+, Left with MCSE, CCNA and CISSP
Education: High School to start, BS when I left
Pay: ~50K




Title: Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-80 (depending on the week)
Description: Larger property management company with a LOT of different complex network issues. Definitely trial by fireeeeee
Age: 29
Duration: 2 years
How: Started as a contractor and ended as a FTE
Certs: Started with A+, N+, S+, L+, MCSE, CCNA and CISSP and left when I had a couple more CCNAs and a CCNP R&S
Education: BS when I started, MS when I left
Pay: $110K


Title: System Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-60 (depending on the week)
Description: Large fortune 100 company
Age: 31 when I started (33 now turning 34 this year)
Duration: 2 years so far
How: I went to an open house for this company for demoing new products and I hunted down the local manager like a heat sinking missile and got him to interview me If that hadn't have worked, I knew another manager in the company I might have started to have chased after
Certs: Started with A+, N+, S+, L+, MCSE, a couple CCNAs, CISSP, CCNP R&S and have added a CCNA DC, CCNP DC and CCIE DC. Hoping to add a CCIE Security and CCIE R&S to that in the future
Education: BS, MS and I'll probably never chase after another degree
Pay: $180K last year (looking to break $200K this year), great bonuses in general, great benefits, great culture, etc - I honestly don't see myself changing companies in the future since there doesn't appear to be a ceiling I'll be hitting anytime soon with this company.

markulous

Title: Support Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Reset passwords, minor browser troubleshooting
Age: 30
Duration: 3 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $10 an hour

Title: Desktop Support
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Temp job, migrating XP to 7 for a large company
Age: 30
Duration: 3 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $16 an hour


Title: Service Desk Technician
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Remote End-user support
Age: 30
Duration: 8 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $16 an hour


Title: Service Desk Level 2
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Take escalations, Exchange, DNS, firewalls, some end user issues also
Age: 31
Duration: 11 Months
Certs: MTA: OS, S+, N+, CCENT, Project+
Education: AS IT
Pay: 45k

Title: Technical Support Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Desc: Work for VMware supporting various products, mainly View
Age: 32
Duration: Current (6 months so far)
Certs: CCNA R&S, CCNA S, Linux+, N+, P+, S+, MTA OS, etc
Education: BS IT Security
Pay: 65k-70k after bonuses

Trying to transfer to infosec so probably looking at around the same pay for the next job, but should be able to hit 100k within a couple years.

OmniTech

Iristheangel wrote: »

Title: System Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-60 (depending on the week)
Description: Large fortune 100 company
Age: 31 when I started (33 now turning 34 this year)
Duration: 2 years so far
How: I went to an open house for this company for demoing new products and I hunted down the local manager like a heat sinking missile and got him to interview me If that hadn't have worked, I knew another manager in the company I might have started to have chased after
Certs: Started with A+, N+, S+, L+, MCSE, a couple CCNAs, CISSP, CCNP R&S and have added a CCNA DC, CCNP DC and CCIE DC. Hoping to add a CCIE Security and CCIE R&S to that in the future
Education: BS, MS and I'll probably never chase after another degree
Pay: $180K last year (looking to break $200K this year), great bonuses in general, great benefits, great culture, etc - I honestly don't see myself changing companies in the future since there doesn't appear to be a ceiling I'll be hitting anytime soon with this company.

180K? Jesus... that's awesome. Definitely inspiring.

Danielh22185

Title: Help Desk Analyst
Hour/wk: 40-50
Description: Basic desktop support role involving support with email, passwords, general issues, etc
Age: 25
Duration: 2 years
Certs: Started with CCENT, left with CCNA
Education: 2 years of college focused on Cisco Network topics (Cisco Net Academy)
Pay: $16/hr starting as a front line analyst, ended with $25/hr as a Tier 2 Tech / Team Lead

Title: Enterprise Network Monitor / Team Lead
Hour/wk: 40-55+
Description: Monitor fortune 100 company's network for major alarms, action alarms, do minor level network troubleshooting, also co-managed a team of 8 other network monitor techs.
Age: 27
Duration: 1.5 years
Certs: CCNA
Education: 2 years of college focused on Cisco Network topics (Cisco Net Academy)
Pay: $45/hr starting as a Contractor, settled in at $32/hr as FTE

Title: Network Operations Engineer I
Hour/wk: 40-55+
Description: Formal escalation point for monitor teams, troubleshoot / resolve network issues, mostly hardware replacement and simple fixes, exposure to a vast array to different network platforms such as all flavors imaginable of Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, Citrix Nexscalers, F5 Big-IP, Arista, etc
Age: 29
Duration: 1 year
Certs: CCNA
Education: 2 years of college focused on Cisco Network topics (Cisco Net Acedemy)
Pay: $45/hr starting as a Contractor, settled in at $32/hr as FTE

Title: Network Operations Engineer II
Hour/wk: 40-55+
Description: Formal escalation point for Level 1 Network Ops Engineers, troubleshoot / resolve network issues at higher level, responsible for resolving 95% of all network impacting issues affecting the firm, hardware replacements, OS upgrades, deep exposure to vast array of different network platforms such as all flavors imaginable of Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, Citrix Nexscalers, F5 Big-IP, Arista, etc
Age: 30
Duration: 1.5 years so far
Certs: CCNA Partial CCNP Completion
Education: 2 years of college focused on Cisco Network topics (Cisco Net Academy)
Pay: $35/hr as FTE


The next tier of support for my company is basically in my hands, however this year I need to crack down on learning more at a higher level to secure that. Big money soon to come! LOL!

techfiend

Title: Desktop Support / Sys Admin
Hour/wk: 25-30
Description: Started with desktop support, was doing most of the server work after a month
Age: 34
Duration: 1 year
Certs: A+
Education: AAS
Pay: $18 an hour

Title: Sys Admin / Engineer
Hour/wk: 30-35
Description: vsphere, server 2012, rhel, managed switches
Age: 35
Duration: 2 months in
Certs: VCP-DCV Linux+ MCSA CCNA
Education: BS
Pay: salary that amounts to more than double my previous hourly wage

Goal is $100k+ by 2018 or 37 years young

Nightflier101BL

Title: PC Technician
Hour/wk: 40+ on-call
Description: Did everything - network, systems, servers, PC's, etc.
Company Size: 300+
Age: 31
Duration: 2.5 years
How: applied and interviewed
Certs: CCNA R&S, CCENT, Network+
Education: AAS in progress
Pay: $32K


Title: Network/Systems Administrator
Hour/wk: 44
Description: Cisco networking, VMware, Unix/Linux servers, Windows Server, some end-user PC support
Company Size: 100+
Age: 34
Duration: current (9 months)
How: applied and interviewed
Certs: CCNA Security, CCNA R&S, CCENT, Security+, Network+, Project+
Education: AAS still in progress
Pay: 65K no benefits (open-ended contract)

kohr-ah

Title: Jr System Admin
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Desktop work, exchange and Blackberry Server, basic networking work, 1 man team
Age: 26
Duration: 1 years
Certs: A+, N+, CCNA, MCP
Education: Attending college at the time
Pay: $15/hr


Title: System Support Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-60+
Description: Monitor corporate networks, deploy new networks for corporations, created cloud department for MSP
Age: 27 - 31
Duration: 4 years
Certs: CCNA, CCNA+SEC, CCNP Route exam
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: $40k p/yr ended at 55k p/yr


Title: Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Part of 4 man team support global corporation in all network aspects. Cisco, Nexus, Arista, Juniper, CENTOS
Age: 31 - 32
Duration: 3 months (company merged and was letting us go. I left)
Certs: CCNP Route and Switch
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: 65k/yr


Title: Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 50/w
Description: Sole engineer for Fortune 1000 where I control hub and spoke bgp network I created, 8000 pieces of equipment, Aruba, Juniper, CENTOS, Cisco, Nexus, F5, Riverbed, Checkpoint, and more
Age: 32 - 34
Duration: 2 years so far (Looking to leave)
Certs: CCNP, CCDA, CCDP
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: 85k/yer plus 14k bonus per year.

v1ral

Had a "quarter-life Crisis" and went back to school 2 years ago for IT. I have other jobs since I was 19, but totally unrelated to IT.


Title: Systems Admin Intern
Hours/wk: 24
Age: 25
Duration: 6 months
Description: Manage Sharepoint and other CRM servers.
Certs: None
Education: Was working on my AAS in Network Technology and Administration
How: Internship program at my local CC.
Pay: $15/hr


Title: Datacenter NOC/SOC Intern
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 26
Duration: 8 mo
Description: Manage Cisco, F5, Fluke, Zabbix, Checkpoint systems.
Certs: Started with none, after 3 mo I earned my CCNA.
Education: Was working on my AAS in Network Technology and Administration
How: Internship program at my local CC.
Pay: $15/hr


Title: IT Engineer
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 27
Duration: 9 mo so far, this is my current position.
Description: Escalation point for helpdesk and desktop support groups.
Certs: CCNA and Sec+
Education: AAS in Network Technology and Administration
How: Career counselor at my local CC.
Pay: $45k/year + benefits and bonuses. (My 1st job out of school)

no!all!

First IT Position:
Title: Help Desk
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 27
Duration: 1 year
Description: Worked for local county government answering the help desk line
Certs: A+ Net+
Education: Working towards Sec+
Pay: $10/hr

Current Position:
Title: Desktop Support
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 30
Duration: 3.5 years
Description: Provide support for 300+ end users/manage data center redundancy equipment (UPS, ATS, CRAC's)
Certs: A+ Net+ Sec+ CCENT CCNA
Education: none
Pay: Started at $17/hr worked my way to $25 where I'm at currently

and1play5

--Started Bachelors (Computer Science)---

Title: PC Tech
Hour/wk: 30
Description: Basic PC virus removal, part replacement (desktop & laptop)
Age: 18
Duration: 7 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Pay: $10

Title: Mac Specialist/Personal Trainer
Hour/wk: 30
Description: Sold apple computers & gave lessons on them for customers (1hr sessions)
Age: 19-23
Duration: 4 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Pay: $15

--Took about 1.5years off school--

Title: Junior System Admin
Hour/wk: 35
Description: System admin at a local university for the academic tech office
Age: 23
Duration: 1 year
How: Applied and interviewed
Pay: $20

--Transferred & Started WGU (IT Network Security)--

Title: System Admin
Hour/wk: 30
Description: System admin for a realty company
Age: 26
Duration: 4 months
How: Friend put me on, applied and got it
Pay: $20

Title: Data Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Data gathering and organization for a University hospital
Age: 26
Duration: 1 month
How: Recruiter contacted me
Pay: $18

--Got my A+, Linux+ (3in1), CCENT, CCNA--
Title: DevOps Engineer
Hour/wk: 40+
Description: DevOps & NOC monitoring & administration (AWS)
Age: 27
Duration: 3 months to current
How: Applied and interviewed
Pay: $37


Never give up!!! I had to lock myself in the crib for about 3years of pure hard study to get where I am...If you want to put in the work, the results are waiting for you.

Mitechniq

I hope this reads well, I am trying to depict how my Civilian Career and my Air Force Career have progressed side by side throughout the years. My next step is to become a Security Solution Architect.


Title: Avionic Technician Air Force (Active Duty)
Hour/wk: 40-60
Description: Communication Equipment on a 747
Age: 17
Duration: 4 Years 8 Months
How: Recruiter
Pay: 23K to 32K



Title: Unit Manager (Call Center)
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Southern California Edison
Age: 22-23
Duration: 1 year 6 Months
How: Applied and interviewed
Pay: 27K a Year
Title: Network Specialist Air Force (Reserve)
Hour/wk: Weekend
Description: Radio, Network, Satellite
Age: 22-27
Duration: 5 Years
How: Palace Chase, Transfer from Active Duty
Pay: 5k a Year



--AAS Information Technology Central Texas College—
--MCP, CompTia A+, Network +--

Title: Red Hat Linux System Admin (Junior to Senior)
Hour/wk: 40-50
Description: Linux
Age: 24-27
Duration: 3 years and 8 Months
How: Applied and interviewed, they needed a person with a clearance. I had no Linux experience
Pay: 48K – 67K (Lots of Overtime to Support Military Exercises)

--BS Information Technology WGU—
--RHCSA--




Title: Oracle DBA
Hour/wk: 40-50
Description: Pretty much a JOAT but
focused on Oracle/Linux/WebSphere
Age: 28 - 32
Duration: 4 and 6 Months
How: Recruiter/HR saw my resume on WorkinTexas.com
Pay: 76K – 84K
Title: Cyber Officer Air Force (Guard)
Hour/wk: Weekend
Description: Radio, Network, Satellite
Age: 28-33
Duration: 5 Years
How: Applied, Interviewed, Commissioned
Pay: 10k a Year



--MS Information Assurance WGU—
--ISC2 CISSP—



Title: Senior Security Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Research, Design and Implement New Security Technologies
Age: 33
Duration: Present
How: Internal Recruiter/HR from my previous company
Pay: 106K
Title: Cyber Warfare Officer Air Force (Guard)
Hour/wk: Weekend
Description: Cyber Protection Team
Age: 33
Duration: Present
How: Applied, Interviewed
Pay: 12k a Year
Title: Adjunct Faculty Computer Science (Security)
Hour/wk: 10-15
Description: Teach Firewalls, IPS, Security +
Age: 33
Duration: Present
How: Applied, Interviewed, Same college I got my Associate from 10 years ago
Pay: 8k a Year

jcundiff

Title: Sports Editor/Editor
Hour/wk: 60+
Description: Weekly newspaper sports writer/editor, extra duties were keeping two offices computers up and working in order to meet publication deadlines
Age: 24-25
Duration: 1.25 years
Certs: None
Education: Some college
How: Applied and Interviewed
Pay: $250 / week plus limited expenses


Title: Tech Support Analyst > Tech Support Supervisor
Hour/wk: 40+
Description: Tech support for major PC manufacturers and promoted to supervisor
Age: 26-30
Duration: 4 years
Certs: A+, Network+, Server +, Project+, eBiz +, iNet+, MCP, MCSA(W2K), MSCE(W2K)
Education:Some college
How: Applied & Interviewed
Pay: $10/hour start, 28K/year end


Title: Client Services >Production Environment Manager (Incident, Problem, & Change Management)
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Service Restoration, Problem Management, Enterprise Change Manager for Voice and Data delivery for 59 global contact centers
Age: 30-38
Duration: 8 years
Certs: none added
Education:Some college
How: Internal interviews from previous position
Pay: 35K-45K


Title: Incident Manager
Hour/wk: 40+
Description: Lead Incident Management process, facilitated service restoration, responsible for NOC BC/DR plans
Age: 39-40
Duration: 15 months
Certs: ITIL Foundations V3
Education:Some college
How: Headhunter called, I interviewed
Pay: $52,700 - $59,500


Title: Lead ITIL/Governance Advisor (GRC Lead)
Hour/wk: 40+
Description: PCI/FFIEC/SSAE-16/SOX/etc, Vendor Security reviews (offshore & domestic), Risk Acceptances, Archer eGRC developement, BC-DR,etc
Age: 40-42
Duration: 3 years
Certs: PCIP, RSA Archer
Education:Some college
How: Internal interviews
Pay: $71K -$83K (Variable comp included for both)


Title: Lead Threat Intelligence Analyst
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Gather Intelligence (IOCs, TTPs, etc) on APTs and other threats to the firm/industry (Financial Services), produce daily information security briefing for C-Level and Sr Leaders, produce threat intelligence reports within CSO org and LoBs, etc
Age: 42-44
Duration: 1.75 years
Certs: CISSP, CRISC soon (application submitted and in process)
Education:Some college, starting WGU 07/01/16 pursuing BS IT-Sec
How: Told CSO that I wanted the open slot, he said "It's Yours!"
Pay: $91K (Variable Comp included)

jabokim

First IT Position:
Title: Remote Services Technician
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 27
Duration: 2 months
Description: For Support.com; fixing customers issues with their WAPs
Certs: A+
Education: Working towards Bachelors degree and Network+
Pay: $9/hr

Title: Help Desk / Jr. Network Administrator
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 27
Duration: 1 year
Description: Started off as help desk but then got promoted.
Certs: A+, Network+
Education: Working towards Bachelors degree, Security+, CCENT/CCNA
Pay: $12.50, then after promotion it was 35k salary

Title: Network Engineer II
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 28
Duration: 1 year
Description: Real estate company. Supporting the network all the branches of the business.
Certs: A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA R&S
Education: Working towards Bachelors and CCNA Security
Pay: $57k salary

Current Position:
Title: Network Engineer V
Hours/wk: 40 (all work from home)
Age: 29
Duration: Just started
Description: Working for a large bank with network projects.
Certs: A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA R&S, CCNA Security
Education: Working towards Bachelors and CCNP R&S
Pay: $70k salary

catscaps

Career Change at the age of 37 years old, with no certifications or IT background. Came up with a plan, and it is working out. Not the easiest, but with discipline, you can move forward.

Title: Social media/Technology Support
Hours/wk: 15-20
Age: 37
Duration: 1.5 years
How: emailed and asked if they were looking for help
Description: Started off social media, and soon managed computer and network setup
Pay: $14

While working part time, I studied and was certified A+, Network+, MTA Server 2008, Mac Integration

Title: IT Tech
Hours/wk: 40
Age: 38
Duration: current
How: Indeed.com, Applied and interviewed
Description: Desktop support with patchmanagement and Jr Sys Admin responsibilities
Certs: MCSE Win 7 Desktop
Education:
Pay: $22 with full benefits

Kinet1c

Originally worked in finance, retrained in IT through an unemployment service here in Ireland. Obtained A+ and Network+ certifications during this and got exposure to windows server. I took self employed route initially and outlined progress from there. Money is in euros.

Title: Self employed
Hour/wk: Anything from 20 - 60 hours per week
Description: SME support and PC Tech
Company size: 1
Age: Mid-late 20s
Duration: 3 years
How: Built a website, used adwords
Certs: A+/Network+
Education: High school equivalent
Pay: Anything from 0 to 400/day



Spoke with a contractor I knew who recently gave up self employment and I was having doubts of my own at the time about working for myself so gave it a shot.


Title: 3rd Level Desktop Support
Hour/wk: 40/week. On call too but only got 2 calls in a year
Description: Desk side support, 99.999% Win7 based but a little mac support too.
Company size: 40k+, my location had about 500.
Age: 30
Duration: Just over a year
How: Referred by a contractor I knew
Certs: A+/Network+ - worked on CCNA, JNCIA and ITIL-F while here.
Education: High school equivalent
Pay: 40k plus bonus plus oncall - total was over 50k.

Not enough networking experience was coming my way in my role as most of it was being managed in another country so I started looking elsewhere.


Title: NOC
Hour/wk: 12 hours shifts, 4 on - 4 off (nights included)
Description: Monitoring about 5000 servers for alerts in an online company, highly sensitive to outages
Company size: 4000
Age: 31
Duration: 1 year
How: Applied directly as it was a company I was interested in joining.
Certs: A+/Network+/CCNA/JNCIA/ITIL-F - Obtained Linux+/LPIC1 while here
Education: High school equivalent
Pay: 45k

Night work for a year was hell and a recruiter got in touch, I took a chance - no more night shifts and more money



Title: NOC
Hour/wk: 40/week - 4 on-3 off
Description: Monitoring about 3000 devices
Company size: 2000
Age: 32
Duration: 11 months
How: Approached by a recruiter on linkedin
Certs: A+/Network+/CCNA/JNCIA/ITIL-F/Linux+
Education: High school equivalent
Pay: 57k


While night work was gone, even irregular shift work was taking it's toll and there was no option for mon-fri so I started looking for a job in a very small company which would get me exposure to a lot of technologies while being fun also.

Title: Operations Engineer
Hour/wk: 40/week
Description: AWS, scripting, monitoring, chef
Company size: 200
Age: 33
Duration: Present
How: Applied directly having searched for smaller company as I wanted a lot of exposure to different things. Rigorous interview process but got through it.
Certs: A+/Network+/CCNA/JNCIA/ITIL-F/Linux+
Education: High school equivalent
Pay: 65-70k


New job is great, team is great, work is great. I have a lot *understatement* to learn but In excited about it.

jeremywatts2005

I started out when I was 20 yrs old and salary was vastly different in the 90's then now. It has taken a bit for my salary to grow over time because of how low I started at in the 90's but in the 90's 55K was great right out of college with an AAS.

1998 - 2001

Customer Service Rep II ACD Systems 55K

2001

Laid off did independent consulting and I made 45K

2002 - 2005

Customer Engineer IBM E-Servers and ATM 50K

2005-2006

Technical Lead Server Tech and other contracts 65K

2006

Technical Instructor in College part time 40K

2007

Security Consultant 55K

2008 - 2013

Dean and Director of Education Multiple Colleges 75K a year

2013 - 2014

Info Sec Analyst II 68K

2014 -First Half

Incident Response Contractor Lead 80K

2014 Second Half

IR Contractor Senior 112K

2015 First Half

IR Contractor Senior 112K

2015 -2016 First half Second Half

Perm Digital Forensics 120 K

New 2016 Job

125K plus 20% bonus for a grand total of 150K if I hit my bonus

jws86

Got a long way to go....Looking to obtain a cert or two and then start applying for more advanced roles if there are no promotion opportunities at the same company.

Title: Help Desk Support Tech.
Hour/wk: 40 + OT if needed and on-call rotation
Description: End user support, patch management, network tasks, deployments, onsite and global support.
Company size: 250 + global
Age: 29
Duration: 1yr, 10mths
How: Applied online through company website found on Monster.
Certs: None, starting study for CCENT
Education: AAS Information Technology (did not have when started, finished about 8 months after employed)
Pay: $19 plus OT depending on work load

TechGromit

Title: Computer Operator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Computer operator for AS/400 mid-frame computer
Company size: 3,000
Age: 20-something
Duration: 15 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None
Education: High School, Technical school certification in programming
Pay: $7.85/hr

Title: Senior Computer Operator / Hardware tech / System Administrator
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Various titles I held while employed at the same company over 15 years
Company size: 3,000
Age: late 30's
Duration: 15 years same company as above.
How: Promoted within same company I started with over 15 years
Certs: A+, Network +
Education: Some college, no degree.
Pay : 43k salary when I left.

Title: Engineer Specialist 4
Hours/wk: 40
Description: WSUS system Administrator
Company size: 47,000 +
Age : late 30's
Duration: 7 years
How: Former co-worker/friend recommended me.
Certs: A+, Network +
Education: Some College
Pay : $48k start, mid 60's when I left.

Title : PC Tech
Hours/wk: 50
Description: Contractor for a windows 7 deployment project
Company size: 30,000
Age: 42
Duration: 8 months
How : Job website, staffing agency I will not name
Certs: A+, Network +
Education: Some college
Pay : $20 a hour, no benefits

Title : Senior Cyber Security Analyst
Hours/wk : 40
Description: Cyber security at a major utility
Company size: 30,000
Age : Still in my 40's
Duration: 18 months and counting
How: Client employee recommendation to the right manager
Certs: A+, Network +, obtained GSEC, working on GCIH
Education: Some College
Pay: More than I ever earned before with bonuses and great benefits.

renacido

Update to mine:

Title: Information Security Manager
Hours/week: 40
Description: Manage enterprise security department for large company
Age: 41
Certs: MCSA, MCSE, MCSE:S, Sec+, ITILv3, CEH, CISSP
Pay: $132,000/yr
Years experience in IT: 24
Years experience in infosec: 15

mistabrumley89

Title: IT Specialist (25B)
Hour/wk: 60+
Description: US Army, JOAT
Company size: 1,000,000+?
Age: 21-25
Duration: 5 years
How: Volunteered
Certs: A+/N+/Sec+/CCENT/BCNE/CCNA/CCNA:V/CCNA:S/BCNP/CCNP/CISSP/ITIL:F
Education: High School
Pay: 20k-25k

Title: Network Controller
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Networking
Company size: 5,000-10,000
Age: 26
Duration: 6 Months
How: Contractor
Certs: A+/N+/Sec+/CCENT/BCNE/CCNA/CCNA:V/CCNA:S/BCNP/CCNP/CISSP/ITIL:F/CCDA/CCDP
Education: High School, Started BS last month there
Pay: $70k

Title: Managed Network Services Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Networking
Company size: 1,000+
Age: 26
Duration: 1 Month
How: Applied on company website
Certs: A+/N+/Sec+/CCENT/BCNE/CCNA/CCNA:V/CCNA:S/BCNP/CCNP/CISSP/ITIL:F/CCDA/CCDP; Starting CCIE: R&S
Education: High School, 48% BS completed
Pay: $80k

Hope to hit 6 figures in the next year or two

broli720

Title : Project IT Intern
Hours/wk: 30
Description: Internship
Company size: 50k+
Age: 22
Duration: 10 months
How : Career website at school
Certs: none
Education: Super Senior in College
Pay : $21.70 a hour, no benefits

Title : Technology Associate
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Fulltime position same company (was brought on full time)
Company size: 50k+
Age: 23
Duration: 1 year
How : Previous Internship
Certs: Security+
Education: BS in IS some masters
Pay : $59k

Title : Information Systems Security Officer
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Full time position same company
Company size: 50k+
Age: 26
Duration: 3 years
How : A few Internal promotions
Certs: CISSP, CCNA, CCNA Security
Education: BS in IS & MS in Info Sec
Pay : $73k

Title : Security Consultant
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Fulltime position (first job hop)
Company size: 200
Age: 27
Duration: Current
How : Appied on company website
Certs: CISSP, CCNA, CCNA Security
Education: BS in IS & MS in Info Sec
Pay : $115k

NetworkNewb

broli720 wrote: »

Title : Information Systems Security Officer
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Full time position same company
Company size: 50k+
Age: 26
Duration: 3 years
How : A few Internal promotions
Certs: CISSP, CCNA, CCNA Security

An officer in a 50k size company at 26, crazy

broli720

NetworkNewb wrote: »

An officer in a 50k size company at 26, crazy

ISSO is not really a big position; it's not like an executive officer like you're thinking.

philz1982

Title : Missile Technician
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Internship
Company size: US Navy
Age: 20
Duration: 5 years
How : Applied
Certs: none
Education: High School
Pay : $14k to $50k

Title : Controls Technician
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Managed HVAC Controls Projects
Company size: 200
Age: 25
Duration: 1 year
How : Applied
Certs: none
Education: High School
Pay : $60k

Title : Service Technician
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Integrated different Building Control Systems
Company size: 120k
Age: 26
Duration: 2 year
How : Applied
Certs: none
Education: High School
Pay : $80k

Title : Installation Manager
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Managed Project Managers and Technicians
Company size: 120k
Age: 28
Duration: 2 year
How : Applied
Certs: none
Education: High School
Pay : $95k

Title : Project Development Engineer
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Designed Projects for a Cloud Solution Offering
Company size: 120k
Age: 30
Duration: 2 year
How : Applied
Certs: none
Education: BS in Business Admin
Pay : $110k

Title : Integration Program Manager
Hours/wk: 60
Description: Design Integrated Solutions, Oversee multiple offerings, Oversee Sales Messaging around Integration
Company size: 120k
Age: 32
Duration: 2 year
How : Applied
Certs: CCNA, CCDA, TOGAF Certified, CISSP
Education: BS in Business Admin
Pay : $150k

NetworkNewb

broli720 wrote: »

ISSO is not really a big position; it's not like an executive officer like you're thinking.

nah, not even exec officer position. I've just never seen it used at company for less than a senior management position.

philz1982

Ya,

Don't confuse ISSO with CISO. ISSO is mainly a term that came out of the military to represent a general duty IS officer.

-Phil

kohr-ah

Title: Jr System Admin
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Desktop work, exchange and Blackberry Server, basic networking work, 1 man team
Age: 26
Duration: 1 years
Certs: A+, N+, CCNA, MCP
Education: Attending college at the time
Pay: $15/hr


Title: System Support Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-60+
Description: Monitor corporate networks, deploy new networks for corporations, created cloud department for MSP
Age: 27 - 31
Duration: 4 years
Certs: CCNA, CCNA+SEC, CCNP Route exam
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: $40k p/yr ended at 55k p/yr


Title: Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Part of 4 man team support global corporation in all network aspects. Cisco, Nexus, Arista, Juniper, CENTOS
Age: 31 - 32
Duration: 3 months (company merged and was letting us go. I left)
Certs: CCNP Route and Switch
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: 65k/yr


Title: Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 50/w
Description: Sole engineer for Fortune 1000 where I control hub and spoke bgp network I created, 8000 pieces of equipment, Aruba, Juniper, CENTOS, Cisco, Nexus, F5, Riverbed, Checkpoint, and more
Age: 32 - 34
Duration: 2 years so far (Looking to leave)
Certs: CCNP, CCDA, CCDP
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: 85k/yer plus 10% bonus per year.

Title: Sr. Network Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: Sr Network Engineer for Fortune 250 (Super close to home)
Age: 34 -
Duration: just started
Certs: No new ones this year (have CCNP, CCDA, CCDP)
Education: 2 years of college with AAS in Networking
Pay: 100k/yr.

renacido

philz1982 wrote: »

Ya,

Don't confuse ISSO with CISO. ISSO is mainly a term that came out of the military to represent a general duty IS officer.

-Phil

ISSO is essentially the infosec manager of a small network or of a network/site that is part of a larger enterprise network. The title mainly designates them as responsible for compliance with applicable security directives (NIST, DIACAP, DCID 6-3, DISA STIG, Service/Command policy, etc).

ISSO's work under the oversight of an ISSM or IAM (Info Assurance Mgr) who is the security manager of the enterprise network or subordinate networks within a command.

9emin1

interesting thread

Title: Sales Associate (Part-time)
Hour/wk: 18-24
Description: Part time sales retail job selling networking products (routers, nas, switches, ip cams)
Age: 17-20
Duration: a few years on and off
Certs: none
Education: pursuing diploma in info sec related
Pay: $5/hr with comm. ($1-$5/unit depending on what product)

Title: Internship
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Web developer in a team of 3
Age: 20
Duration: 3-4 months
Certs: none
Education: pursuing diploma in info sec related
Pay: $400/month

Title: Associate Security Analyst
Hour/wk: 36 or 48
Description: Security Operation center environment, monitor/analyze stuff
Age: 23-24
Duration: > 1 year
Certs: Diploma in info sec, some network fundamental certs, GCIH
Education: diploma (planning to take a part-time degree)
Pay: $26-$30k annual