Future jobs in light of the Internet of Things-Part 3

Writer: Fahame Mohamady

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Future jobs in light of the Internet of Things

Part 3

The Internet of Things (IoT) offers a variety of tools that help people improve the way they monitor and troubleshoot. The Internet of Things, as part of the world's great technologies, provides an efficient solution for monitoring and managing information in computer networks.

As mentioned in the previous posts, expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) has created many new job opportunities. Stay with us until the end of this blog to continue introducing jobs in this field and to learn more about other Internet of Things (IoT) job positions.

DevOps Specialist

A DevOps engineer is actually an IT specialist who interacts with programmers, software engineers, system operators, and other people active in the IT field. This person must have high technical and specialized skills. DevOps creates interaction between the product development teams and the company's operational team. Some of the benefits that we get by hiring DevOps experts are:

Predicting the failure or success of a DevOps product: greatly reduces the probability of new software failures.
Repeatability: having different versions, makes it possible to restore old versions at any time.
Maintenance: It is very easy to restore previous versions in case the new version crashes.
Higher quality DevOps: helps the team to keep the quality high while increasing the speed.
K. Risk reduction: DuPont takes care of security issues in the software delivery cycle.
Flexibility: Using this technique helps the software's stability, security, and changeability.

Some of the responsibilities and skills that a DevOps engineer should handle include:

Ability to fix common problems in different systems
Familiarity with soft skills and the ability to quickly learn serious topics
Design, analysis, and evaluation of systems automation issues
Having a lot of experience in programming scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl
Mastery of CI and CD topics and the ability to work with tools such as Maven, Jenkins
Mastering the use of configuration management software such as Puppet, SaltStack

Figure 1 - A DevOps engineer is actually an IT specialist who interacts with programmers

System Administrator

A system administrator or SysAdmin is an expert who manages a system or a computer network. The complete management of servers, switches, clients, and the entire set of computer networks is the responsibility of the system administrator.

The skills that a system administrator should have include:

Familiarity with a scripting language
Mastery of configuration management tools
Skill in documenting and presenting technical reports
Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Zabbix
Mastering the main concepts of the network and services based on it
The ability to schedule and plan and coordinate activities in the field of work
Mastery of virtualization technologies and familiarity with Docker virtualization software

The most important responsibilities of a system administrator include the following:

Fast management and coordination for hardware repair when hardware failure occurs
System updates as soon as new versions of operating systems and applications are available
Implementing policies to use computer and network systems
Checking the correct operation of other system equipment
Implementation of security policies for users
Managing the installation and maintenance of user accounts
Maintenance and monitoring of systems performance
Defining backup and recovery policies
Documentation as an internal wiki
Password management and authentication
Creating file systems

Intelligence consultant

Smart consulting is done with the aim of choosing the best smart system and preventing wrong decisions. A competent smartening consultant selects and presents the appropriate strategy for smartening by assessing the needs and considering the priorities of the customers, the type of building, and the initial capital.

As with other essential jobs in the world of information technology, an intelligence consultant is expected to have the following general and specialized skills:

Familiarity with different verticals of the Internet of Things and the challenges ahead in each of the applications of the Internet of Things such as building, home, engineering, health, automobile, agriculture, etc.
Complete familiarity with the technical basics of the Internet of Things (communication technologies used in different verticals, famous platforms, communication and data protocols, legal and security basics.
Familiarity with the Internet of Things ecosystem (experts and start-ups, companies and scientific and academic societies, science and technology parks active in this field, committees, forums, manufacturers and suppliers of hardware, software, platforms, test and training service providers
Full familiarity with telecommunication services and products as well as the trends facing them
Finding possible and potential customers
Answering and advising customers

Figure 2- It is possible to choose the best intelligent system with the help of intelligent consultants

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