The Evolving Role of a Network Engineer
For as long as we can remember, the world of networking has focused on mastering command line interfaces to configure complex features and troubleshoot network issues. While this will continue to be a big part of network engineering, the network is evolving beyond traditional CLI-driven network devices and moved toward network solutions managed by controllers, orchestrators, and APIs. The introduction of cloud has really shaken up the world of networking. This means that network engineers must evolve their skillsets to take advantage of new technologies and opportunities to get the most out of their networks.
Network engineers who embrace this new world and develop their skillsets to become the master of their entire network, automating more and more will become valuable assets for their organizations.
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The Rise of Network Automation
With the rise in technology, also comes the rise in automation. With so many changes required to keep your network running optimally, backlogs are only growing. The question network engineers face the most – How do I do more in less time?
Relying on CLI or script-based automation will only get you so far. That’s why network engineers are looking for tools to overcome that backlog so they can do more for their networks. Adopting a solution that fits automation not only where it is today, but also where it’s going is going to be key as network engineers continue to evolve.
The Itential Automation Platform helps network engineers get started with capabilities that help leverage your team’s existing skillsets (without having to reskill or retrain) including a low-code workflow canvas, the ability to onboard and extend your existing automation assets, codeless integrations to your entire ecosystem, and more.
What We Discuss in this Route to Networking Episode
Itential’s Director of Technical Marketing, Rich Martin joins James Dean on The Route to Networking podcast to discuss how Network Engineers can start to expand their skill set to include cloud networking and automation, and how Itential is helping network teams quickly make the transition into automating both traditional and modern network solutions. Rich and James dive into:
- The history of networking, where we’ve been and where we’re going.
- The driving forces behind the network evolution and it’s need for modernization.
- Why network teams should learn cloud networking techniques.
- How to get started automating as a network engineer.
- How Itential’s simplifies network automation for network engineers and their teams.
