I'm a Sr. Network Engineer for an enterprise company in the Pharmaceutical business. As a "Network Engineer" my counterparts and I handle everything from routing, switching (Layer 3), VPN, Firewall, basically all the hardware and appliance devices. Our various "Systems Engineers" are responsible for our Wintel, AS/400, and Unix infrastructure.
I don't believe in "Jack of All Trades" but I want to adapt some nice Unix skills. I like SGI because, like my network equipment I use everyday, they make enterprise products that are robust, solid, reliable, and scalable. Very prestigious in my book. I'm not sure how many Network Engineers have taken the time to learn Irix, but I thought it would allow me to carve a niche for myself. The problem is, where are the Irix jobs? SGI seems to have a smaller presence in the enterprise database market. I know many large SGI systems are used in media, but those companies typically don't need people with large enterprise experience.
Anyone have input?
Regards,
Mark
Sr. Network Engineer
ArcLight Systems, LLC
I don't believe in "Jack of All Trades" but I want to adapt some nice Unix skills. I like SGI because, like my network equipment I use everyday, they make enterprise products that are robust, solid, reliable, and scalable. Very prestigious in my book. I'm not sure how many Network Engineers have taken the time to learn Irix, but I thought it would allow me to carve a niche for myself. The problem is, where are the Irix jobs? SGI seems to have a smaller presence in the enterprise database market. I know many large SGI systems are used in media, but those companies typically don't need people with large enterprise experience.
Anyone have input?
Regards,
Mark
Sr. Network Engineer
ArcLight Systems, LLC