Hi folks,
I'm in my mid 30s and have been teaching at primary level for 10 years.
Been looking for a career change and a friend of a friend invited me for an informal chat re the role of IT Operations Engineer at his place of work.
IT was not something I'd considered, presume IT would mean a lot of retraining from the base up, something I'm not that interested in. Tech however always being a vague interest, PC building etc.
However, said contact detailed a staff shortage in the field and that the role was now being aimed at proactive individuals willing to learn on the job with taking on own reading around the relevant subjects and with basic training provided.
Obviously Cloud based incident management, keeping a large organisations online services up and running. Use of AmazonWebServices at it's core and basic Linux command line to restart servers etc. All remote working and a good salary, although shift work 24/7/365.
Said contact implying all the basics needed could be covered in a few 10hr online courses, a few pointed out on LinkedinLearning, Linux Fundamentals, AWS Core Services, Introduction to SQL etc
All sounded very interesting and from what he showed me, looked quite intuitive and logical.
Just wondering if anybody had experience in the role, and, I guess my main question would be, from a beginners perspective, where to begin learning the basics of what's required. What should I be watching/reading up on?
Thanks folks
I'm in my mid 30s and have been teaching at primary level for 10 years.
Been looking for a career change and a friend of a friend invited me for an informal chat re the role of IT Operations Engineer at his place of work.
IT was not something I'd considered, presume IT would mean a lot of retraining from the base up, something I'm not that interested in. Tech however always being a vague interest, PC building etc.
However, said contact detailed a staff shortage in the field and that the role was now being aimed at proactive individuals willing to learn on the job with taking on own reading around the relevant subjects and with basic training provided.
Obviously Cloud based incident management, keeping a large organisations online services up and running. Use of AmazonWebServices at it's core and basic Linux command line to restart servers etc. All remote working and a good salary, although shift work 24/7/365.
Said contact implying all the basics needed could be covered in a few 10hr online courses, a few pointed out on LinkedinLearning, Linux Fundamentals, AWS Core Services, Introduction to SQL etc
All sounded very interesting and from what he showed me, looked quite intuitive and logical.
Just wondering if anybody had experience in the role, and, I guess my main question would be, from a beginners perspective, where to begin learning the basics of what's required. What should I be watching/reading up on?
Thanks folks
