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