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Stefanos Evangelou

Cloud architect, certified trainer and author

The landscape of IT in secondary education

# IT
  • Mostly related to software development and algorithm design
  • Robotics in education
  • In most cases, there is lack of laboratory sessions and linkage to real-life technical and business scenarios of Information Technology usage

 

The landscape of IT in higher education

# IT
  • Plenty of university and college degree options
  • Academic research mindset vs IT industry mindset
  • Problem solving and computer engineering skills
  • Interpersonal skills

1

Administrator / Systems Engineer / Infrastructure engineer

 

    Administrators implement, monitor, and maintain IT solutions.

2

AI engineer/MLOps engineer

 

AI engineers use Cognitive Services, Machine Learning, and Knowledge Mining to architect and implement AI solutions.

3

App maker

App makers build apps with low-code techniques to simplify, automate, and transform business tasks and processes.

5

Data scientist

Data scientists apply machine learning techniques to train, evaluate, and deploy models that solve business problems.

4

Data analyst/engineer

 

Data analysts make data easy to understand through designing and building data models to drive meaningful business value.

6

Project manager

Manages full cycle of IT projects

Modern information technology professional roles (1)

7

Application Developer

 

Developers design, build, test, and maintain cloud, on-premise and hybrid solutions.

8

Devops engineer

 

DevOps engineers combine people, process, and technologies to continuously deliver  services that meet end user and business objectives.

9

Functional consultant

Functional consultants leverage ERP, CRM and automation applications to anticipate and plan for customer needs.

 

11

Solution Architect

Solution architects have expertise in compute, network, storage, security. They design and implement cloud, on-premise and hybrid solutions.

10

Security engineer

 

Security engineers implement security controls and threat protection, manage identity and access, and protect data, applications, and networks.

12

Presales engineer

 

Presales engineers design and prepare solutions and coordinate the presales lifecycle.

Modern information technology professional roles (2)

# IT
  • Infrastructure/systems engineer
  • Cloud engineer
  • Hybrid cloud infrastructures and points of presence
  • Internet of things (IoT) and satellite networks
  • On-board equipment technical support and monitoring
  • Data/ML/AI engineer
  • Application developer / Devops engineer

IT industry vertical (shipping)

# IT
  • Practical placement and early employment at intern-level positions
  • Do a rotation in various roles to determine your favorite job roles on the field and gain broad IT knowledge (big picture)
  • Promote yourself through your free-time IT projects
  • Invest in natural language learning early, fluent English is a must
  • Understand that the only constant is change
  • Embrace life-long learning
  • IT is fast-paced but very rewarding and in high demand, if you love what you do

Career tips (1)

# IT

Career tips (2)

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