DEVNET-1115Learning@Cisco: Developers + IT Professional: The Future of the IT Workforce

DEVNET-1115Developers + IT Professionals: The Future of the IT Workforce

David Mallory, CCIE 1933

CTO, Learning@Cisco

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Agenda

• Challenges and Opportunities of an evolving IT industry

• Shift in New Skills requirements

• The training and Certification Journey

• Questions & Answers

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Digitization Is Changing The World

Point-of-SalePrint

AdvertisingCarHotel

Bookstore Taxi Music

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Products and Services

Agile development Customer success

management Adoption services Productive and responsive

Automated selling Consultative approach Customer insight Personalized just-in-time

offers

Sales

Social recruiting Digital brand management Mobile customer Location-based promotions

Marketing

Digital Business Drives the New Digital Business Skills

IoEData

New Digital Business Skills

IT Rapid business outcomes Agile service architecture Business/IT partnerships Team-based execution From builders to service

orchestrators


College students are studying to prepare for jobs that do not exists ….yet

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Data Scientist

Innovation Specialist

Cloud Security Specialist

Mobile Application Developer

Process Control Engineer

Cloud Architects/BrokersNetwork Programmer

Business Solution Architect

Customer Outcome Manager

Social Scientists

Source: IT Career Finder, May 2012, Info World, June 2011, Network World, August 2013, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2013

Emerging Jobs of the Future


Knowledge and Skills Gaps are Constraining LoB Results

Source: GartnerSource: Capgemini and MIT Center for Digital Business


How Will Education and Careers Change?The Future Networker Career

Architect

CCIE

CCNP

CCENT

CCNA

Solutions Consulting Business Transformation

Outcome Specialists

Adoption

Advocates

Usage

Monitoring

Secure Mobile Services

Cloud Brokers

Cloud Integrators

Automation

Data Analytics

Specialists: Cyber Security, Data Center,

Wireless, Collaboration, IoT Control Engineers, SP, Cloud, Network Automation, Data Architect

Architect

CCIE

CCNP

CCNA

CCENT


Analyst

Architect

App Developer

Administrator

AfterBefore

Evolution of Major IT Roles in the IT DevOps World Orchestrating for Outcomes

Business support Systems efficiency Infrastructure protection

IT segment design Technology-driven Resource avail/access

Single work function view Delivery focus Network agnostic

Silo view Hardware-centric Deploy and operate

Business transformation Systems analysis Process optimization

Enterprise system view Business-driven Resource optimization

Business workflow view Outcome focus Network aware

Holistic system view Software-centric Innovate and optimize


The Cloud shift


Cloud Talent Gap

Source: IDC’s Cloud Employment Model, 2012

New Cloud Related Jobs by Role, 2011-2015

Developed Markets

Emerging Markets Total

Management functions 428,670 366,174 794,845

Business analysts 266,351 236,612 502,962

Project and program managers 288,269 267,322 555,591

Application development & maintenance 298,235 227,594 525,829

Help desk and end-user support 313,107 236,094 549,201

IT systems and operations 361,407 269,007 630,414

Network, telecom, security & web mgmt 256,793 224,618 481,411

Other 104,569 86,538 191,107

Total 2,317,401 1,913,958 4,231,359

2011–2015 CAGR (%) 22.3% 34.4% 26.4%

Cloud Admins, Cloud Designers

Cloud Managers, Analysts

Cloud Developers


Cloud Domains

Storage Platform

DC Infrastructure (Compute & Physical Network)

Hypervisor

Virtual Network Infrastructure

Cloud Automation

Cloud Orchestration / Management

Element Managers

3. DC/Cloud Infrastructure

2. Virtualization and Virtual Infrastructure

1. Cloud Automation and Management

PSC, CIAC

UCS, Nexus 1K-9K, MDSASR 9K (Edge)

vASA, AVS for ACI, vNAM, VSG, vWAAS, NetScalar, CSR 1KV, Nexus 1KV

NetApp/EMC Storage, ESXi/HyperV

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VM

DC

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HC

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ility

UCS Director, Intercloud Fabric

DCNM, UCSM, NSM, VNMC, ASDM, vCM

Technology Stack Products & Solutions Learning Domains

APIC/ACI, VACSApplication Profiles / Containers

Cloud apps / workloads


Cisco Cloud CCNA/CCNP Certifications – EC’d

Implement/Troubleshooting the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure

Building the Cisco Cloud with ACI

Designing the Cisco Cloud

Automating the Cisco Enterprise Cloud

Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration

Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals

CC

NP

CC

NA

Infrastructure: Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualization

ACI

All of above

UCSD, ICFB, PSC, VACS

UCSD, PSC

Infrastructure: Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualization

Technology Alignment Exam Name

CLOUDINFRA

CLOUDACI

CLOUDDESGN

CLOUDAUTO-E

CLOUDADMIN

CLOUDFUNDA

Acronym


Programmability


The Hybrid Engineer• DevOps Mindset

• Some Programming Skills (C, Java, Python) – Not Necessarily an Expert

• Virtualization, Hypervisors, Operating Systems, Applications, Databases

• Can Advise Dedicated Programmers on Networking

• Not Stuck on 1:1 CLI – Interacts at Scale

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ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS EVOLVING?ARE YOU EVOLVING?


Who Will be the Network Programmer?

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ApplicationsThat WHOCreates? DeveloperNetwork Engineer

Network, IOS Skills

Scripting Skills

Programming Skills

ExpertiseNetwork-centric use casesScripts, PoCs, HA networks

Application-centric use casesScalable, HA applications

Team

Effort

Define Use Cases

Generate Specs

Test/Validate

App Design

Code

Test/Validate


Development Curriculum

Design Curriculum

Operations CurriculumSupport Engineer

Networking Engineer

Traditional Networking Infrastructure

Business App Dev

System Engineer/Network Designer

Software Enabled Network Roles

Network Programmability Engineer

Business Application Developer – network

Programmability aware

Network Programmability Designer

Network Programmability Developer

New

Network Programmability Certifications and Curriculum

Network Programmability Fundamentals Curriculum

Network Programmability Industry Job Role Evolution

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Q & A

Thank you
