Network world has examined a list of Today’s hot IT jobs those that can help satisfy growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills. They have listed 10 IT jobs that could gain traction in 2010 as new technology demands require evolving IT skills
1. Security specialist/ethical hacker
IT training and employment industry specialists report that interest in acquiring new security skills continues to grow among IT pros and hiring managers who seek the latest skill sets to better secure their environments.
2. Virtual systems manager
Virtualization and automation technologies are directly related to the cloud. Virtual servers comprise the computing environment and automation is responsible for the cloud being monitoring, management, secured and made compliant. Virtualization not only impacts current data center plans, but also future cloud computing efforts and while companies look to adopt such technologies, they will expect staff to be versed in the tools required to support new environments.
3. Capacity manager
Capyacity manager will be in demand for companies looking to optimize resources and accurately assign financial values to technology resources.
4. Network engineer
The future of IT and enhanced competitive advantage requires social interactions and greater collaboration and that is why the importance of the network continues to grow
5. Open source specialist
"We are seeing a ton of demand for skills around open source technologies and frameworks. Demand for Python, Ruby on Rails and PHP development skills far exceeds the number of people available with skills," said Michael Kirven, co-founder and principal of IT resource firm Bluewolf. Dice.com also reported seeing an increased interest in open source skill sites. Dice’s Silver said in late 2009: "There are about 1,000 jobs open looking for such skills and we expect open source technologies are an area employers will be looking to hire."
6. Service assurance manager
The premise of IT service assurance isn’t entirely new and until recently was more commonly a concern for service providers, but enterprise IT organizations have started to evolve into service providers in their own right. Vendors such as BMC, CA, HP, IBM and now EMC are touting the ability to provide insight into the life cycle of an IT service, and enterprise IT departments want to establish themselves as internal service providers. That means IT staffers would be wise to also embrace the skills required to track services from start to finish across a distributed and diverse environment.
7. Electronic health records systems manager
CompTIA anticipates some 70,000 new IT positions in the next 12 months in the healthcare industry. The expected uptick in demand is driving industry organizations such as CompTIA to find the best ways to educate and train IT workers on healthcare specific skills.
8. Sourcing specialist
Outsourcing is going to continue to be a trend, and the skill sets to manage vendor relationships and contract performance will be highly valued.
9. Service catalog manager
A service catalog manager can play a significant role as a change agent from a utility IT organization to a service-focused IT organization."
10. Business process engineer
Companies will seek business process engineers for re-engineering projects in the coming year.
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