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Siliconemelons

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a_skeleton_06 said:
Good example -

SA gig - Pays 80k - Requirements
Responsibilities:
* Manages and maintains all corporate servers running AD, DNS, DHCP with little or no supervision
* Reviews and architects Active Directory design improvements
* Maintains/updates: Exchange 2010, Lync 2010 and SharePoint 2010
* Configures and maintains SAN solution
* Manages Patch management processes

REQUIREMENTS:
* Must have Bachelor's degree
* Understands networking technologies and infrastructure
* Understands Windows infrastructure (AD, DNS, GPO, etc)
* Microsoft technical design and implementation experience
* Exchange 2003/2010
* Lync 2010
* SharePoint 2007/2010
* MS HyperV
* Excellent fundamental problem solving and analytical skills
* Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* PowerShell Scripting
* Experience with clustering

DBA - Pays up to 125k - Requirements

*Provide technical support for warehouse management systems (WMS) including user support and IT system software configuration/maintenance.

*Administration of Microsoft SQL database structure
*Develop and maintain WMS software functionality
*Facilitate problem/issue resolution and business process analysis/ improvements.
*Security and user maintenance for SQL software.
*Highjump software experience is a plus, but not mandatory.
*Education/Certification requirements

BS in MIS, Computer Science or equivalent is required

Core Competencies

*Microsoft SQL database architecture and support
*Knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems
*Understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC)
*Microsoft office proficient (Work, Excel, etc.)
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LOL at the salary difference - and its friggen MS-SQL.

Most Sys Admin jobs nowadays are improperly called Systems Analysts (like my job) - I admin primarily SCCM and our RemoteApp+VDI environment- previously I was the sole admin for our internal employee Learning Management System (and I was called a Sr. Human Resources Specialist, heh)
 
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ZyyzYzzy

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Nerds here acting like they do anything but add printers for me because stupid admin privileges
 
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Tinycoffin

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Daelos said:
Starting a new job on Monday.

I lucked into infosec some 13 years ago when I started my career: I have a degree in CompSci that was very much a Software Engineering-degree, but graduated together with the bubble bursting and there were no coding jobs to be found for months. So I got desperate, and applied for a job in something they called a sock. Which turned out to be a SOC, and started my career on what turned out to be a very useful trajectory.
Some years as IDS/firewall admin, security architecture design, governance/risk/compliance and later security monitoring consultancy later, I'm about to make the next jump.

Since I started my career I've been with small consultancies (30-100 employees), and on Monday I start as an Expert InfoSec Advisor for the biggest bank in Norway. So, it's time to navigate the political side of business as well as just making do with my technical/subject matter knowledge. And I'm more than a bit apprehensive - this is one area where I'll probably discover that I suck. So; learning curve is going to be steep and interesting.

I can't wait, though. Never looked this much forward to starting a new job.
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I took a similar path been in the game for about 17 years now network / firewall engineer > Network Architect > Security Architect. Now I spend my time as pre-sales SME around infrastructure, IT strategy / Business. I wouldn't worry to much about the business side of things, you're probably going to be smarter then 99% of the people in the room. That is one of my biggest challenges dumbing it down to a level a fortune 500 CIO can understand.
 
radditsu

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ZyyzYzzy said:
Nerds here acting like they do anything but add printers for me because stupid admin privileges
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Like i said earlier, Had a fucking spanning tree problem. Idiot bitch fits about her printer not working. Had to go fix the printer. Had hundreds of wifi clients down..had to fix the printer.
 
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Noodleface

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radditsu said:
Like i said earlier, Had a fucking spanning tree problem. Idiot bitch fits about her printer not working. Had to go fix the printer. Had hundreds of wifi clients down..had to fix the printer.
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Was it so she could print out her emails? Please tell me it was to print out emails

Women love doing that shit
 
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Daelos said:
Starting a new job on Monday.

I lucked into infosec some 13 years ago when I started my career: I have a degree in CompSci that was very much a Software Engineering-degree, but graduated together with the bubble bursting and there were no coding jobs to be found for months. So I got desperate, and applied for a job in something they called a sock. Which turned out to be a SOC, and started my career on what turned out to be a very useful trajectory.
Some years as IDS/firewall admin, security architecture design, governance/risk/compliance and later security monitoring consultancy later, I'm about to make the next jump.

Since I started my career I've been with small consultancies (30-100 employees), and on Monday I start as an Expert InfoSec Advisor for the biggest bank in Norway. So, it's time to navigate the political side of business as well as just making do with my technical/subject matter knowledge. And I'm more than a bit apprehensive - this is one area where I'll probably discover that I suck. So; learning curve is going to be steep and interesting.

I can't wait, though. Never looked this much forward to starting a new job.
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Can you get me a similar job there with relocation for my family from the Midwest? :D

I had a similar path... 5 yrs doing Unix server support (and firewall and desktop and everything else) for a small business, then I moved to megacorp and did 18 months doing desktop support, then 18 months Unix server support, then 2 years in our SOC (doing incident response and forensics), then 15 months doing enterprise security consulting, now 2 years doing data center security infrastructure, and I should be moving into Security Architecture in the next month or so.
 
Noodleface

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Just confirmed with Raytheon that I'll be getting the official offer next week, they have to write it up and work out the salary/benefits.

That's 3/3 for job interviews and offers, must be lucky or a good talker - @Cad dad
 
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Big_w_powah

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Can you get me a similar job there with relocation for my family from the Midwest? :D

I had a similar path... 5 yrs doing Unix server support (and firewall and desktop and everything else) for a small business, then I moved to megacorp and did 18 months doing desktop support, then 18 months Unix server support, then 2 years in our SOC (doing incident response and forensics), then 15 months doing enterprise security consulting, now 2 years doing data center security infrastructure, and I should be moving into Security Architecture in the next month or so.
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Shit, if we're asking for jobs---I'll take anything anywhere but fucking Texas. Hell, anywhere but shit ass Dallas--Like, Fort Worth or some shit.
 
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Noodleface

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Stupid question but if I need clearance for this job do they typically have you still work there waiting or do they not hire you until you get it?

I'd assume the latter
 
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I have limited experience with this, but at Lockheed (contract position YEARS ago) they gave you other duties for a bit til you got clearance, but being able to obtain it was a requirement, and if you were denied you were canned.
 
Vinen

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Noodleface said:
Stupid question but if I need clearance for this job do they typically have you still work there waiting or do they not hire you until you get it?

I'd assume the latter
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They give you shit-work. Depending on the level of clearance you could get an interim within a week or two.

My only regret was if I had joined Raytheon after college I would have been grandfathered into the pension system they had due to my internships. I actually had my clearance get fucked up due to an incompetent security officer (I later heard he was fired) the first time.

I wasn't as driven then so chances are I'd have stayed their my entire life.
 
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alavaz

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Noodleface said:
Stupid question but if I need clearance for this job do they typically have you still work there waiting or do they not hire you until you get it?

I'd assume the latter
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If it's just a secret they'll have you do HR stuff and other little tasks until you get your interim which should only take a couple of weeks assuming you don't have any big issues like extensive foreign travel to enemy countries, a foreign wife from enemy countries or a criminal background.
 
Vinen

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alavaz said:
If it's just a secret they'll have you do HR stuff and other little tasks until you get your interim which should only take a couple of weeks assuming you don't have any big issues like extensive foreign travel to enemy countries, a foreign wife from enemy countries or a criminal background.
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I can never go back to a Defense Contractor (not that I want to)
 
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Hah he scared me when he said "do you talk about overthrowing the govt on facebook" and I thought jesus did I post any weird conspiracy theories years ago
 
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My last go around with DoD contracting I had to take a polygraph which was quite the dog and pony show. They spent most of the time saying the computer was broken and leaving the room for extended periods leaving me all hooked up to the contraption. I think it was just so they could see if my stats changed but who knows.
 
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