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S1E6: IT Career Paths Pt. 1


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Starting Out 

Junior Level : 

  • ISP Phone Support   
  • Field Tech   
  • Help Desk   
  • Desktop Support Specialist  
  • Junior Developer  

Intermediate – Mid Level:  

  • NOC/SOC 
  • Jr. Sysadmin  

Mid to Senior Role:  

  • Sysadmin/Infrastructure Support 
  • Jr. Devops Engineer 
  • Cloud Engineer 
  • Security Analyst 
  • Network Admin  

Senior Role:  

  • Senior Systems Engineer  
  • Senior Network Engineer  
  • Senior Security  Engineer / Pentest / Malware Analyst 
  • DevOps Engineer 

God Mode: 

  • Consultant 
  • Architect 

 

Certifications 

CompTIA 

  • Big Three: A+, Network+, Security+ 

 

*Syadmin Certs* 

Microsoft 

 

MCSA 

  • Server 
  • Win10 
  • Office 365 
  • SQL 
  •  

MCSE 

  • Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (no more server infrastructure or private cloud) 
  • Data Management and Analytics  
  • Business Applications 
  • Mobility 
  • Productivity  

 

Linux 

Linux+/LPIC 

RedHat 

  • RHCSA/RHCE 

 

*Dev Certs* 

Oracle 

Java 

  • Java SE 8 Programmer I and II 
  • Oracle Database Administrator 

 

*Networking Certs* 

Cisco 

CCNA or CCENT + CCNA 

  • Two tests or one big test 

CCNP 

 

Security variants  

  • CCNA 
  • CCNP 

 

CCDA 

CCDP 

CCIE 

 

*Security Certs* 

  • CISSP 
  • GSEC 
  • CEH 

 

*VMware Certs* 

VCA6 

VCP 

 

Citrix 

Not sure off the top of my head 

 

Choose Your Destiny 

Servers 

Databases 

Networking 

Development 

Infrastructure 

...more
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