2degrees is looking for Network Engineers

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#288790 23-Jul-2021 15:23

Hey GZ,

You guys are the brainiest of the internet, the first to tell us when things need a fix, and the go-tos for others that do. It’s called Geekzone for a reason, huh 😊 I thought you’d be keen on hearing that we’ve got Network Engineer vacancies at the moment.

Based on my interactions with you so far, I’m sure there are a bunch in here that would fit these skills! 😉 2degrees is an awesome place to work, I mean, you might even get paid to be here on GZ to help us keep improving our network and systems!

Some of the perks of working at HO at 2degrees are:

Flexible working (including finishing up at 1pm before a long weekend)
Working from home 2 days a week
Shiny new office in town
Free mobile plan
Discounted broadband plan and devices
Free fruit
Health & wellness programmes
Purchased annual leave
Bonus and competitive salary
Best in class parental leave policies
Birthday off - paid!
Bring your dog to work on Friday

Sing out if you want any more info and happy to share with you, otherwise give my colleague Lily a bell at lily.lyons@2degrees.nz

Apply here: https://careers.2degreesmobile.co.nz/jobdetails/ajid/aM1V8/Network-Engineer,38132

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#2748826 23-Jul-2021 17:13

Same with probably 100% of NZ IT companies. There are practically no applicants, especially for this type of technical role at the moment. Your best bet is to pressure the NZ government to provide border exemptions and decent MIQ options so migrants can come and fill these.

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#2748829 23-Jul-2021 17:22

Zeon:
Same with probably 100% of NZ IT companies. There are practically no applicants, especially for this type of technical role at the moment. Your best bet is to pressure the NZ government to provide border exemptions and decent MIQ options so migrants can come and fill these.

We really need to build this capability in NZ

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#2748913 23-Jul-2021 19:54

A certain Telco with an office on Victoria street west definitely doesn’t offer some of these benefits unless something has radically changed lately.

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#2748916 23-Jul-2021 20:14

Stu1:
Zeon:

Same with probably 100% of NZ IT companies. There are practically no applicants, especially for this type of technical role at the moment. Your best bet is to pressure the NZ government to provide border exemptions and decent MIQ options so migrants can come and fill these.

We really need to build this capability in NZ

As someone who had hopes of getting back into studying and wanting to go into the IT industry(specifically mobile and networking spaces), the lack of support for welfare for student in universities makes it really damn hard, the cost of living makes it harder.

I want to study now to try but because I didn't finish NCEA level 3, my closest uni will not look at me. I don't come from a middle class uprising either and I suffered greatly in high school so I will probably never get close.

It sucks. I don't want to do crappy low end jobs. I'd like to fill this role but I cannot for the reasons above. And my harsh criticism of 2degrees(probably, sorry Morgan).

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#2748928 23-Jul-2021 20:50

Finding people with specialist technical skills is really, really difficult at the moment. My company would hire 20 cloud engineers if we could find them, but there are not many competent people in the marketplace.

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#2748933 23-Jul-2021 21:02

timmmay:

Finding people with specialist technical skills is really, really difficult at the moment. My company would hire 20 cloud engineers if we could find them, but there are not many competent people in the marketplace.

What is your company doing in the way of training new engineers?

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#2748939 23-Jul-2021 21:33

SATTV:
timmmay:

Finding people with specialist technical skills is really, really difficult at the moment. My company would hire 20 cloud engineers if we could find them, but there are not many competent people in the marketplace.

What is your company doing in the way of training new engineers?

We're training many engineers. We take experienced engineers and train them in cloud. There's a limit to the ratio that is practicak, and how many juniors can be on a project.

Funny thing is senior people are 10X more productive than standard engineers, who are 10X more productive than juniors.

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#2748940 23-Jul-2021 21:34

timmmay:

Finding people with specialist technical skills is really, really difficult at the moment. My company would hire 20 cloud engineers if we could find them, but there are not many competent people in the marketplace.

My son is finishing up his cloud systems engineering degree this year, I guess I steered him it the right direction then.

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#2748944 23-Jul-2021 21:57

Yeah. Professional industry certifications are more relevant than a degree, but a degree is a good background. Most cloud engineers have a decade or more of engineering experience, but big companies take a few graduates. Graduates tend to take many months to become productive. The best cloud people have 20 years experience. Cloud tends to require a variety of skills, like Windows, Linux, programming in multiple languages, pipelines, security, networking, etc, etc. Versatility.

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#2748957 23-Jul-2021 23:30

timmmay: Yeah. Professional industry certifications are more relevant than a degree, but a degree is a good background. Most cloud engineers have a decade or more of engineering experience, but big companies take a few graduates. Graduates tend to take many months to become productive. The best cloud people have 20 years experience. Cloud tends to require a variety of skills, like Windows, Linux, programming in multiple languages, pipelines, security, networking, etc, etc. Versatility.

Interesting thing is they don't seem to teach Linux at all, makes no sense to me.

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#2749653 26-Jul-2021 08:43

@MaxineN

Hey! Sorry to hear this, definitely know the feeling of how expensive things are, having studied myself. When there's a will, there's a way! And criticism is good by the way, it helps us be better :) Cheers

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#2749928 26-Jul-2021 14:02

MaxineN:

As someone who had hopes of getting back into studying and wanting to go into the IT industry(specifically mobile and networking spaces), the lack of support for welfare for student in universities makes it really damn hard, the cost of living makes it harder.

I want to study now to try but because I didn't finish NCEA level 3, my closest uni will not look at me. I don't come from a middle class uprising either and I suffered greatly in high school so I will probably never get close.

There are plenty of certifications relevant to networking/IT you can study for in your own time and simply book an exam. Juniper for example. Correspondence learning via a polytech is also an option. You don't always need a university degree to get into the industry.
I know a bunch of people in the industry (telco/networking/IT) that worked entry-mid level jobs to get experience on their CV while studying and once openings became available, they had the appropriate certs, experience and it snowballed into a career from there.
Not saying that this the only way to get into the field but it's one I've seen quite a few folks take. Myself included.

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#2750095 26-Jul-2021 17:43

duffles:

MaxineN:

As someone who had hopes of getting back into studying and wanting to go into the IT industry(specifically mobile and networking spaces), the lack of support for welfare for student in universities makes it really damn hard, the cost of living makes it harder.

I want to study now to try but because I didn't finish NCEA level 3, my closest uni will not look at me. I don't come from a middle class uprising either and I suffered greatly in high school so I will probably never get close.

There are plenty of certifications relevant to networking/IT you can study for in your own time and simply book an exam. Juniper for example. Correspondence learning via a polytech is also an option. You don't always need a university degree to get into the industry.
I know a bunch of people in the industry (telco/networking/IT) that worked entry-mid level jobs to get experience on their CV while studying and once openings became available, they had the appropriate certs, experience and it snowballed into a career from there.
Not saying that this the only way to get into the field but it's one I've seen quite a few folks take. Myself included.

Cheers

...if I could actually get a job in the first place(been out of work for a year so I'm screwed). Thanks for the info on Juniper though. The actual exams don't actually seem that expensive.

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#2750096 26-Jul-2021 17:45

Best of luck, hiring engineers takes up so much time these days. There are some damn good Network Engineers out there that came from 2d a year or so ago though....

noroad:

My son is finishing up his cloud systems engineering degree this year, I guess I steered him it the right direction then.

Already? that feels far too fast! I have gotta come catch up at some stage, place just up the road is on the hunt for cloud engineers..

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