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Has anyone ever been a "deployment specialist?" What's it like? Wondering if it'll help take me anywhere in the future since i eventually want to become part of an L2/3 support team. Some responsibilities listed for the position.

* Image and configure hardware for new hires and existing employees.
* Set appointments to meet with customers to finish configurations and transfer data.
* Install and configure IP phones, monitors, and computer accessories.
* Retrieve used machines and follow asset tracking procedures.
 
yanky said:
Has anyone ever been a "deployment specialist?" What's it like? Wondering if it'll help take me anywhere in the future since i eventually want to become part of an L2/3 support team. Some responsibilities listed for the position.

* Image and configure hardware for new hires and existing employees.
* Set appointments to meet with customers to finish configurations and transfer data.
* Install and configure IP phones, monitors, and computer accessories.
* Retrieve used machines and follow asset tracking procedures.
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Fancy *** title, but you essentially would be doing a lot of entry level stuff to me.
 
Yea that's what it sounds like to me. Just wondering if this will help me get into other tech roles considering I don't have any tech experience yet.
 
yanky said:
Yea that's what it sounds like to me. Just wondering if this will help me get into other tech roles considering I don't have any tech experience yet.
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Gotta work your way up, so if you lack experience I'd apply and work it for a few months while actively searching for something else.
 
yanky said:
Has anyone ever been a "deployment specialist?" What's it like? Wondering if it'll help take me anywhere in the future since i eventually want to become part of an L2/3 support team. Some responsibilities listed for the position.

* Image and configure hardware for new hires and existing employees.
* Set appointments to meet with customers to finish configurations and transfer data.
* Install and configure IP phones, monitors, and computer accessories.
* Retrieve used machines and follow asset tracking procedures.
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And yeah, like Diginson said this looks like an entry level help desk position with a fancy title.

Good way to build up some starting experience. Don't sleep on getting relevant certs if you want to make that leap to higher level support within your scope.
 
Did one like that before but this job required experienced, engineer level folks for the job and paid for that level. It was legit just reimaging machines, running a script. Easy money but a waste of time. Good for entry level.
 
Top Boy said:
Had a recruiter reach out for a position with Amazon, specifically AWS... Just applied, got my call session with him in a few hours.

Wish ya boy luck.
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Lmk when u get hired. I need me a connect over there for my job :lol:
 
Top Boy said:
And yeah, like Diginson said this looks like an entry level help desk position with a fancy title.

Good way to build up some starting experience. Don't sleep on getting relevant certs if you want to make that leap to higher level support within your scope.
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Think I'm gonna do it only thing is the commute is gonna suck but if the pay is up there why not. I'm working on getting my java/python programming cert from a community college right now but after that probaby ccent/ccna if i decide to go that route.
 
yanky said:
Has anyone ever been a "deployment specialist?" What's it like? Wondering if it'll help take me anywhere in the future since i eventually want to become part of an L2/3 support team. Some responsibilities listed for the position.

* Image and configure hardware for new hires and existing employees.
* Set appointments to meet with customers to finish configurations and transfer data.
* Install and configure IP phones, monitors, and computer accessories.
* Retrieve used machines and follow asset tracking procedures.
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Yo this is my job title.
It’s literally entry level. I went from being a lead on a small contract to being a deployment specialist for a bigger contract closer to home.
But yeah, literally entry level. When I was a lead I had 40-50 year old veterans who had tons of experience and long resumes. They got out the military thinking they would just waltz into an IT career with A+. Nope. Gotta start at the bottom.
Find old computer, unplug it, setup new PC, run USMT, pretend that you’re an IT god to the customer then off to the next.

I’m currently studying for AWS so if ole buddy gets the job up there I’ll be asking for a PM.
 
blackintellect said:
I hear every area is hell at Amazon.
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Im actually 100% okay with this. A lot of people see it as a dream to have a job in which there's so much downtime you get bored of looking for ways to distract yourself.. That's my current job now.

If I can get lost in my work 8 hours a day and time flies because of it im all for it.

kingsteez said:
I’m currently studying for AWS so if ole buddy gets the job up there I’ll be asking for a PM.
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Always willing to assist the fam where I can. Assuming I get the position, it's a lot of competition apparently. Hiring Team was delivered my resume by the recruiter so hopefully i've cut in front of the line significantly.
 
Top Boy said:
Im actually 100% okay with this. A lot of people see it as a dream to have a job in which there's so much downtime you get bored of looking for ways to distract yourself.. That's my current job now.

If I can get lost in my work 8 hours a day and time flies because of it im all for it.



Always willing to assist the fam where I can. Assuming I get the position, it's a lot of competition apparently. Hiring Team was delivered my resume by the recruiter so hopefully i've cut in front of the line significantly.
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You summed up the reason perfectly of why I want a job with more work. I’m going to stay studying and if it works out for you then I’ll try and get in contact with that same recruiter lol
 
yanky said:
Has anyone ever been a "deployment specialist?" What's it like? Wondering if it'll help take me anywhere in the future since i eventually want to become part of an L2/3 support team. Some responsibilities listed for the position.

* Image and configure hardware for new hires and existing employees.
* Set appointments to meet with customers to finish configurations and transfer data.
* Install and configure IP phones, monitors, and computer accessories.
* Retrieve used machines and follow asset tracking procedures.
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If you go this route, become BFF's with the server guy/specialist that is creating those images and packaging the applications. You're not going want to be deploying PC's for long, even if it is an entry level. That **** gets old quick.

I don't know how much longer those "deployment specialists" positions will even last, tbh. My job is trying to go full OOB experience and pushing policies/applications via MDM. A ways away, but I think this is the route companies will pushing moving forward...
 
Super excited to start participating in this thread. After multiple headaches and obstacles I decided to leave the film world and go back to school for I.T.

I have started back school to pursue my B.S in Information Technology and I am in search of internships. I will be keeping an eye out for all of this valuable information in this thread.
 
MaxP_3 said:
Super excited to start participating in this thread. After multiple headaches and obstacles I decided to leave the film world and go back to school for I.T.

I have started back school to pursue my B.S in Information Technology and I am in search of internships. I will be keeping an eye out for all of this valuable information in this thread.
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Do not sleep on internships whatsoever, even if you don't think you're qualified apply anyways as interns are expected to know next to nothing.

And it'll be those internships which greatly determine whether you need to start from the bottom @ help desk or get a significant shortcut in whatever scope you've chosen.
 
My resume has been getting a lot of looks but everyone is asking for Linux experience here in the DMV. What’s the best way to go about getting Linux experience?
 
larryeastwood said:
My resume has been getting a lot of looks but everyone is asking for Linux experience here in the DMV. What’s the best way to go about getting Linux experience?
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learn how to set up LAMP using centOS. Theres a lot of how tos out there in the net on how to set this up but that will be your basic foundation. Also start getting used to using Command Lines. I have certs as a Linux Admin and Engineering sadly i havent use a linux system in 2 years lol.
 
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