<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">Although this appears to have gone off on a tangent, to bring it back to Cameron's original question: Where is the best place to get a consensus on the state of the industry with regard to this particular skill set?<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>+1 from someone who considers himself someone with this skill set and is confused by the market :(</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Unless you’re working with a big enough content provider (e.g.: Googles’ “Network Systems Engineer” positions mentioned as AusNOG), people are probably hiring this as “DevOps” with all the pain that comes along with a buzzword title.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>NoOps is the latest one, though I haven’t seen any jobs in AU for this yet - but is probably more targeted towards consumers of networks than anyone on this list.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Otherwise (and more often than not) it sounds like personal connections are still king for this space.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Forget it if you’re looking to be in the architecture/design/leadership side of this (and even more if you’re based in WA).</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">Happy to be proven wrong :) </div><div class="">
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