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18–19 Nov 2021
Europe/London timezone

An evolution of the Network Engineer

18 Nov 2021, 15:30
30m
Charter 1, 2, 3 ( )

Charter 1, 2, 3

Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX, United Kingdom
Standard Presentation Main Session

Speakers

Elena Sanchez Jose Leitao

Description

We’ve designed a talk to explore what happens when a business grows, and the role of the network becomes critical: you have more servers to connect, more data to transport, more services reliant on each other. You can’t afford to provide a bad experience to your customers, nor “throw more people at the problem” to solve it. You have to move fast and be reliable in today’s world — even when sharks eat your fiber cables.

Your knowledge and skills will be the tools to approach the growth, but you will deal with never-seen-before challenges — including esoteric ones. You will also begin to realise that 1% means thousands, millions or hundreds of millions of people, and indeed, you won’t have time for manual fixes.

We identified common knowledge and skill gaps that Network Engineers have when faced with the challenge of operating a large-scale network. We will explain why they are important and give an approach to bridging them to prepare yourself for a future ahead.

Summary

We’ve designed a talk to explore what happens when a business grows, and the role of the network becomes critical: you have more servers to connect, more data to transport, more services reliant on each other. You can’t afford to provide a bad experience to your customers, nor “throw more people at the problem” to solve it. You have to move fast and be reliable in today’s world — even when sharks eat your fiber cables.

Your knowledge and skills will be the tools to approach the growth, but you will deal with never-seen-before challenges — including esoteric ones. You will also begin to realise that 1% means thousands, millions or hundreds of millions of people, and indeed, you won’t have time for manual fixes.

We identified common knowledge and skill gaps that Network Engineers have when faced with the challenge of operating a large-scale network. We will explain why they are important and give an approach to bridging them to prepare yourself for a future ahead.

Talk Duration 25 Minutes Presentation (+5 Minutes Q&A)
Presentation delivery Remotely / pre-recorded (you will need to appear live on screen for Q&A)
Your consent for us to publish your name and affiliation as a Speaker on the UKNOF48 website Yes

Primary authors

Elena Sanchez Jose Leitao

Presentation materials