Wow! That's great. You interviewed and got the job (the same day you interviewed?) due to your knowledge of many different aspects of networking along with security, wireless, databases, programming. There may be a lesson for us all here about the need to know many different aspects of the IT world.
Great salary, by the way! Congratulations. Priscilla adrian jones wrote: > > All, > > I am happy to report that my luck has changed for the better. > > Yesterday (Saturday), I had an interview with a manager of a > tech consulting > > company which I find kinda strange; however, I was told that > the company > > has contracts with other companies that they work mostly on > weekends > > to upgrade the system infrastructure. So I went. > > At the interview the manager told me that they are a consulting > company > > which requires the employees to have a broad knowledge with both > > networking skills, database and programming background. > Instead of throwing > > technical questions at me, the manager asks me to show him the > skill > > so that I can convince him that I am the right person for the > job. He also > > told me that he interviewed five other CCIEs ealier during the > week and > > he wasn't impressed will all of them because they don't have the > > database and programming skills. > > Well, I told the manager that besides what I am doing at my > current job > > (which I told him that I will be layoff from the job due to the > downsizing > > of the company) as a network engineer, I also know Oracle. > Furthermore, > > I also have a lab at home which includes a few "franken" pix > firewalls that > > I build to prepare for my CCIE Security lab that function just > like a Pix525 > > that I built with "cheap" hardware. I also told him that I > have experiences > > with setting and configuring TACACS and RADIUS using Cisco > Freeware > > TACACS and FreeRadius and that my experience with Pix firewall > is > > rock solid. The TACACS and RADIUS logging is imported to an > Oracle9i > > database for auditing purposes. Last but not least, I also > told him that > > I have experience with Wireless LAN using Extensible > Authentication > > Protocol with Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) using > FreeRadius and > > Public Key Infracstructure and Smart Certificate. To make the > wirless > > network to be extremely secure, I implement IPSec over EAP-TLS. > > I gave him a demonstration by logging back to my home network > and > > show him my skill. The manager was very impressed with my > skills > > especially with the wireless, TACACS and RADIUS that he offers > me a > > job on the spot. He is even more impressed that I learn these > skills > > on Unix/Linux platforms which the cost of the software is > essentially > > free and that since I have the programming skill, I know how to > customize > > the source code. Needless to say, I get the job with a pay of > $100k/year. > > My responsibility at the new company is to train other > employees what > > I know about Pix Firewalls, Wireless security (EAP-TLS, LEAP, > PEAP), > > building TACACS and free RADIUS on Solaris, BSD and linux > platform, > > perl programming and Oracle9i and MySQL database. Two of the > people > > whom I will train are CCIEs. Now, I can really concentrate on > my R&S > > lab in Dec and Security in Jan. > > I would like to thank eveyone in this group for encouraging me > with your > > wisdom in the past few days. Hopefully, I will pass the lab in > my first > > try. > > Adrian > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58048&t=58013 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
