impossible job opportunities

[deanwebb]

Go you!

[deanwebb]

Gotta gravedig this thread... I had showed my son a NOC Analyst job description that was actually "You're going to be the one IT guy for the whole company". Because of that, I got an email with a few more suggestions for Tier I positions, which included this gem:

https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/security-operations-center-noc-analyst-worldlink-JV_IC1140053_KO0,38_KE39,48.htm?jl=1667161048&utm_source=employerInterest&utm_medium=email&utm_content=employer-interest-jobclick-jobtitle&utm_campaign=employer-interest-jobclick



I'd like to see the guy with 2 years of experience that also has a CISSP, which requires 5 years of experience. Lolz.

Now, *this* job description for a Tier I rile makes a lot more sense:

https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/tier-i-noc-analyst-masergy-communications-JV_IC1140045_KO0,18_KE19,41.htm?jl=1669408183&utm_source=employerInterest&utm_medium=email&utm_content=employer-interest-jobclick-jobtitle&utm_campaign=employer-interest-jobclick

Says the guy is going to label gear, do basic troubleshooting, and answer the phone a lot. Now THAT is a Tier I job desc that's written right.

Discuss.

[dlots]

That's one hell of a new guy, when I had 2 years of experience in IT I could barely turn on a computer.

[jay9821]

I got a Job at Barracuda Networks about 4 months ago and the job description was very much like the top one. Luckily, I only deal with basic mail protocol, mail encryption like an to over tls, Linux command line, Nat rules, ports 22, 25, 80, 443,  8000 along with everything else a entry level tier 1 should know.

But hiring process was intense!

It was a 4 hour first interview. I was interviewed by 3 tier 2s and 2 tier 3s and was grilled on everything you could imagine. Friends of mine That I thought would be shoe ins failed the interviews.

Come to find out the HR team writes the job descriptions lol.

[icecream-guy]

https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/security-operations-center-noc-analyst-worldlink-JV_IC1140053_KO0,38_KE39,48.htm?jl=1667161048&utm_source=employerInterest&utm_medium=email&utm_content=employer-interest-jobclick-jobtitle&utm_campaign=employer-interest-jobclick

if the company knew any better, they'd have known that what they were hiring for was known as a SOC not a NOC.

Who does security in a NOC?

[Otanx]

The best part is they call it a security operations center (NOC) analyst. So apparently someone there does not know how abbreviations work?

-Otanx

[icecream-guy]

Find a nice senior network engineer position


then you read the privacy policy on the site to apply for the job

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[flushing sound]

[jay9821]

Omg, I thought this forum died.

Update: I am now a Tier 1 Network Support Engineer at Barracuda Networks.

[jay9821]

Find a nice senior network engineer position


then you read the privacy policy on the site to apply for the job

excerpt
Behavioral Information. We also collect behavioral information regarding how you use the Site, the areas of the Site you visit, what services you access, and information about your computer hardware and software, including your IP address, geolocation, browser and operating system type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is necessary for analyzing the use of resources, troubleshooting problems, preventing fraud, improving our services and other lawful purpose. We may use and disclose behavioral information for any purpose.


[flushing sound]

Jesus, that is scary.

[deanwebb]

Yeah, don't want that job...

And the forum did die for about a week and a half a few months ago, but we got a new host that is rated #1 for uptime, so we should be good for a long time.

[ggnfs000]

I have seen in my group people with good amazing resume but can not read and write proper English has been hired for six-figure. It is a mess out there.

[ggnfs000]

I'd hire who has none of this technical experience but can:
- can read/write proper english.
- can read e-mails from the beginning to end.
- if e-mail contains 3 questions can respond to all 3 of them not 1 or 2 them.
- attention to detail, humility.
- logical approach to problem solving.
- does not go off the topic in discussion and start talking about something completely unrelated.

if these skills are possessed by anyone without degree or some irrelevant degree i.e. English major, I'd prefer it over some asshole with M.S. in Computer Science who does not possess all these.

[deanwebb]

I saw one for an entry-level guy yesterday... it ran like a description for a CIO role... $45/hour...

[ggnfs000]

i dont think there is ever a candidate that matches 100% of req-s. I think if 70% of match or above, I would say go ahead and apply. If 50% or much lower than that, one is simply doing scamming and wasting recruiter's time and thus also dashing more qualified individual's opportunity.

[mlan]

Here is a classic posting for an IT job at a beer pub chain in Portland, OR: