Trends in talent and IT skills
New skills for modern network management.
“By 2025, 75% of networking teams will spend less than one-third of their time on maintaining the network status quo and two-thirds on innovation and creating value for the business.” – Joe Clarke, distinguished engineer, Cisco
New technologies are eliminating many manual tasks in many industries, and IT is no exception.
The good news for IT is that job demand remains high for those acquiring new in-demand skill sets, such as network programming capabilities.
As network operations become more automated, network administrators will assume roles that align with new operational practices related to network lifecycle management, policy and assurance.
Network strategists will take on high-value roles aimed at improving business alignment, integrating IT processes, improving security and making better use of data.
In the next two years, advanced network technologies will disrupt nearly every network function. With IT taking a more central role in business transformation, IT professionals must adapt.
Whether a line of business is implementing a new IoT application, a new cloud service or a new compliance policy, IT professionals must understand what is required of the network and what its role will be in order to deliver the necessary network services on time and securely.
In this part of the report CISCO examines how three key IT roles(network strategist, network professional and IT leader) are changing and we will identify the new skill sets these professionals will need to oversee a rapidly evolving enterprise networking environment.
Network Strategist
Responsible for defining the network strategy, roadmap, architecture and technology preferences.
Titles: network strategist, IT/network architect, network administrator
- Business integrator. Aligning IT performance with the company’s business objective:
- User Experience Manager
Business skills: Determine business requirements and convert them into network requirements.
DevOps skills: understand how network platform APIs and natural language processing (NLP) technologies can bridge business intent and IT.
- Network Integration Architect. Network integration focused on the integration of network and IT domains:
IT Process Reengineering and Integration
ITSM Service Operations
DevOps Skills
- Network watchdog. Bridging network and security architectures:
Security skills
DevOps skills
- Network Data Architect. Focused on leveraging network analysis and artificial intelligence:
AI and analytical skills
Business knowledge
Network professional
Responsible for implementing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting the network.
Titles: Network Engineer, Network Administrator, Network Support Engineer
- The network commander. Focused on network lifecycle management.
- The network orchestrator. Focused on policy enforcement and automation.
- The network detective. Focused on network and service security.
IT Leader
– Overall IT and network oversight
– Oversee network strategy and budget.
Titles: CIO, vice president of IT infrastructure, IT manager
Recommendations for IT leaders: how to build the network team of the future: five strategies can help leaders build a network team equipped to drive a digitally transformed business.
- Cultivate a culture of continuous learning.
- Find the balance between recycling and hiring.
- Invest more in training and development.
- Rotate talent to increase insight into the company’s business objective.
- Foster an inclusive work environment.
“We need network and infrastructure engineers who are motivated to design, build and operate mission-critical infrastructures. We need software developers who are driven to write innovative applications that run on infrastructure and automate workflows and tasks. The most effective organizations will have teams of domain experts in software and infrastructure that can work together effectively.” – Susie Wee, SVP and CTO, Cisco DevNet
Read the CISCO 2020 Global Networking Trends Report:
Trends in network talent-2020 global Networking
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