Network engineers today need to be flexible and adaptable, understand the new infrastructure-as-code paradigm, and stay on top of the latest developments in cloud, security, and AI. Organizations are looking for employees with skills across a wide variety of technologies and who are constantly looking to broaden their areas of expertise. Jeff Sangillo, vice-president of technology engineering and operations for QTS Data Centers, manages both internal network connectivity between the company’s 30-plus data center locations, as well as customer-facing networking services and products. He expects networking employees to be strong in the fundamentals, such as the common routing protocols, IPV4 and IPV6, as well as high-level skills, such as software-defined networking. He is looking for people who are able to keep evolving and investing in their own continuous learning. Hot skills today include infrastructure-as-code, cloud networking, and network layer concepts.
