Career development direction of network engineers
What is a network engineer? Network engineers are network technicians who have mastered the theoretical knowledge and operational skills of network technology through study and training. Network engineers can engage in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of computer information systems. Specifically, we can learn something from the post system of enterprise informatization. Enterprises (or governments) need the following four kinds of people in the process of informatization. ......
First, the professional advantages of network engineers
1, the occupation with the most value-added potential, has an irreplaceable competitive advantage by mastering the core network architecture and security technology of the enterprise.
2. There is a big talent gap in the new network. The growth rate of 27% in the industry leads to a shortage of 300,000 network talents every year, so it is inevitable to have high salaries and high benefits.
3. You can enter the business with zero foundation, and after 4- 10 months of intensive training and professional guidance, you will become a skilled network talent urgently needed by enterprises.
4. Wide range of employment and multiple functions, and practical experience is applicable to all fields.
5. There is great appreciation potential. With the rich experience and the maturity of the project operation, the appreciation space has been rising all the way.
6. The career development prospect is broad, and the network engineer is only one step away from the project manager, and he is promoted to the manager calmly.
Second, the interpretation of network engineers
What is a network engineer? Network engineers are network technicians who have mastered the theoretical knowledge and operational skills of network technology through study and training. Network engineers can engage in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of computer information systems.
Specifically, we can learn something from the post system of enterprise informatization. Enterprises (or governments) need the following four kinds of people in the process of informatization:
1, director of enterprise informatization: responsible for the decision-making of objectives and schemes in informatization construction and the direction research in informatization construction;
2. Engineering technicians: responsible for the design and construction of information systems, including the construction of equipment, systems, databases and application systems;
3. Operation and maintenance personnel: responsible for the operation, maintenance, management and basic development of the information system;
4. Operators: mainly use information systems to do their own work.
Generally speaking, IT technical posts in IT enterprises can be divided into management posts according to their functions: CIO, director, IT manager, project manager, etc. Engineering and technical posts: planning designer, network engineer, system engineer, software engineer, database engineer, etc. Operation and maintenance posts: database administrator, system administrator, network administrator, server administrator, etc. Operating positions: office clerk, CAD designer, web page production, multimedia production, etc.
According to the size of the enterprise, a small-scale enterprise may cover several positions, and the system administrator should be responsible for system management and network management at the same time; Large enterprises will be more professional, including network designers, system integration engineers, network installation engineers, integrated wiring engineers and system test engineers.
The career planning process of network engineers mainly includes the following steps:
Small enterprises with more than two years → medium-sized enterprises with about four years → large enterprises or multinational companies.
The first step, the network administrator (system administrator) of small enterprises;
The second step is to enter large and medium-sized enterprises, and the salary of the same network management job may be completely different, generally more than 3,000 yuan. When you become a department manager, your income can be as high as 5000 yuan or more;
The third step is to learn more comprehensive knowledge and become an ordinary network engineer with a salary of more than 3,500 yuan;
The fourth step is to learn more comprehensive knowledge and become a professional network engineer. For example, the salaries of network storage engineers and network security engineers can reach more than 8,000 yuan, and the salaries of IT managers in large enterprises or professional network companies are even higher, basically more than 10,000 yuan.
The following details the career development of network engineers from three aspects:
(1) Administrator
■ Title: Junior year.
Working in small and medium-sized enterprises, covering network infrastructure management, network operating system management, network application system management, network user management, network security management, information storage and backup management, and network computer room management.
These management involves many fields, and the management of each field has its own specific tasks.
■ Main position: network administrator (system administrator)
■ Description of job responsibilities:
1, the management of the network itself;
2. Management of operating/application systems in the network (commonly known as "MIS (Manager Information System)" in large enterprises, foreign capital and joint ventures.
The main difference between them is that network administrators focus on the next three layers of OSI, while system administrators focus on system maintenance and corporate information system management.
■ Employment prospect: it is the primary stage that a professional network personnel must go through.
(2), engineers
■ Title: Intermediate
Working in a network company or a large or medium-sized enterprise. The main task in the network company is to design and build; The main task in large and medium-sized enterprises is operation and maintenance.
Network engineer is actually a profession, including many types of work. Different types of network engineers have different requirements for employees, and the requirements for their network management level are also quite different. Professional network engineers mainly include: network system designers, network engineers, system engineers, network security engineers, data storage engineers, etc.
1, general network engineer
■ Description of job responsibilities:
(1), a senior network administrator, works in a large enterprise or network company.
(2) Maintain the company's network equipment and ensure the normal work of the company's backbone network.
(3), very familiar with mainstream network equipment.
■ Job requirements:
? Solid and comprehensive network knowledge.
? Years of professional network management experience.
? Familiar with product performance and latest technology.
Employment prospects: technicians from domestic network companies or professional IDC centers and large ISP service providers.
2. General System Engineer
■ Description of job responsibilities:
(1), senior network administrator
(2) Working in a large enterprise or network company.
(3) Maintain and ensure that the system works normally.
(4), very familiar with the popular OS
(5) Have rich experience in solving system faults.
■ Job requirements:
? Solid and comprehensive network knowledge.
? Years of professional network management experience.
? Good grasp of the new OS system and the latest technology.
■ Employment prospects:
? Technical personnel of domestic network companies
? Technical personnel of large companies
? outsourcing company
3. Network system designer
■ Description of job responsibilities:
(1), the company needs to build a network, which is mainly designed according to the requirements, and customers can be satisfied.
(2) The design scheme is comprehensive, practical and effective.
(3) The network system designer is a comprehensive job.
(4) Good network and system experience.
■ Job requirements:
? Solid and comprehensive network knowledge.
? Years of professional network management and design experience.
? Master network core technology
■ Employment prospects: There are few real designers in China, and the salary is over 10,000 yuan.
4. Network storage engineer
■ Description of job responsibilities:
(1), mainly working in some large companies with large data requirements, such as banks, TV stations and IDC centers.
(2) Effectively manage the company's massive data, including storage equipment testing, environmental assessment, system consultation, implementation guidance, testing, training and related solutions.
(3) Disaster recovery
■ Job requirements:
? Have many years of experience in network management.
? Familiar with some commonly used database software
? Theoretical knowledge of network storage, including storage foundation, technology and advanced technology of network storage.
? Familiar with the product lines of mainstream storage and backup manufacturers; Such as IBM/HP/SUN.
? Proficient in using backup software tools such as veritas, legato, tsm and dp.
? Good writing skills in requirements analysis, solutions, PPT, system software and hardware configuration, etc.
■ Employment prospects:
The country needs more than 600,000 network storage talents every year, but at present, the domestic network storage talents can only provide about 1 10,000 at most, which is a huge gap. With the increasing popularity of network economy, the demand for such talents will continue to rise in the next few years, and the salary standard of professional hardware servers and network storage talents may be much higher than that of software and hardware developers.
5. Network security engineer
■ Description of job responsibilities:
(1), mainly to protect network security.
(2) Protect the security of servers such as websites and mailboxes.
(3) Reasonable arrangement of network structure and network products.
(4) Enterprises can conduct safety assessment and protection.
■ Job requirements:
? Have many years of experience in network management.
? Familiar with various network security technologies, and have a good theoretical foundation and practical experience in various mainstream security products (such as firewall, anti-virus, intrusion detection, etc.). ), and understand the characteristics, usage and common debugging skills of various security products (such as firewall, VPN, anti-virus products, IPS, etc.). );
? Proficient in Windows, Linux and other system environments, able to carry out maintenance management and fault analysis.
■ Employment prospects: At present, the most urgently needed talents have a large salary increase.
(3), experts
■ Title: Senior
Work in a big internet company or research institute.
Mainly technical director, project manager and technical expert.
1, technical expert
■ Job description:
(1), an expert, consultant and authority figure in a certain industry;
(2) If you really like technical work, but you are not good at communicating with people, you can concentrate on your own field and take developing into a senior expert in the industry as your direction and goal.
(3) The development process is relatively long, and top technical talents in any field need long-term industry experience accumulation and personal tireless investment;
(4) The advantage is that the older you get, the more popular you become. When others start to worry about their jobs as they get older, you will gradually get better and enter the golden age of career development.
■ Job requirements:
? Integrated network technology
? I have a deep understanding of new technologies, so I need a strong learning ability.
■ Employment prospect: High salary is one of the development goals of technicians after 30 years old.
2. Project manager
■ Work content:
(1), a compound talent integrating technology and management.
(2) Participate in project negotiation.
(3), project objectives and financial indicators of the project
(4), divide the work content and reasonable distribution.
(5), guide the network engineer
(6) Control the work progress and complete the project as planned.
(7) Organize project meetings
■ Job requirements:
? Years of experience as a network engineer
? I hope to be a manager.
? Need to self-study project management knowledge.
■ Employment prospects:
One of the development goals of technicians after the age of 35.
High salary, can be promoted to the core management of enterprises.
3, technical director
■ Description of work tasks:
(1), leading the technical team to create more value.
(2) Participate in the company's information planning and planning.
■ Job requirements: comprehensive technology; Have management ability
■ Employment prospect: After the age of 30, it is the development direction of network engineers.