When
it comes to the care and feeding of modern networks, there's quite a lengthy
list of tools and technologies that qualified IT professionals must master –
especially those who aspire to work as network administrators. In addition to
the servers and clients that make up the endpoints in such environments,
there's a lot of network infrastructure to worry about. This includes switches
and routers (both physical and virtual), plus a raft of appliances and services,
such as unified threat management (UTM), next-generation firewalls (NGFs),
software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions, virtualization (NFV)
components and WAN optimization, as well as spam, email, and content filtering.
Wrapping
your head around all these certification options and specialties can be
challenging, but knowing where to start can help. We looked at five networking
certifications (in their order of appearance in the job boards table that
follows) that we consider leaders in the field of networking for 2019 and
beyond.
To
pick our leaders, we looked at the state of networking certification, examined
various market and salary surveys, and performed an informal job board survey
that revealed the number of job posts across the U.S. in which our featured
certifications were mentioned on a given day.
Making
its first appearance on the leader board this year is the SolarWinds Certified
Professional (SCP). It replaces the Juniper Enterprise Routing and Switching,
Expert (JNCIE-ENT) credential. While the JNCIE remains a great credential, job
board numbers for the SCP were stronger, earning it a slot in the top five.
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