You’ll be sorry if you miss CCNA

Scope of Work

You’ll be sorry if you miss CCNA to climb your IT career ladder. Your career in networking begins with CCNA. The Cisco certification program was drastically changed on Feb. 24, 2020. There are no longer multiple different CCNA exams and certifications – only a single, comprehensive exam is available. The new exam’s code is 200-301 CCNA and its full name is Implementing and Administering Cisco Networking Technologies. According to Cisco, the new exam “covers a broad range of fundamentals based on the latest technologies, software development skills, and job roles “. The modules include the new CCNA training path are:

• Network Fundamentals – routers, switches, cabling, TCP and UDP, IPv4 and IPv6
• IP Connectivity – IP routing, OSPFv2
• IP Services – NTP, DHCP, QoS, SNMP
• Security Fundamentals – VPNs, wireless security, port security
• Network Access – VLANs and Trunking, EtherChannel
• Automation and Programmability – REST APIs, Ansible, JSON, SDN

The following topics have been removed but we are going to strive towards them:

• Network fundamentals – OSI model, IP subnetting / CIDR / VLSM
• LAN Switching – Frame, VTP, Switch stack
• Routing – EIGRP, RIPv2, OSPFv3, Inter-VLAN routin
• WAN – PPP, MLPPP, PPPoE, GRE, BGP, WAN access

Purpose

Passing the Cisco Certified Network Associate exam is the quickest way for you to climb the IT career ladder.

Why should you become a CCNA engineer? That’s a landmark for deciding.

First and foremost, having a CISCO certificate proves that you have the knowledge and skills to design, build, and maintain a network. 

This can lead to career opportunities in various industries, including networking, telecommunications, information technology, and more.

For more you should get noticed that the Cisco Certified Network Associate credential is popular, with over 6,000 job postings on Glassdoor and 12,000 in the US as of June 2021 that mention it, you’ll find job options pretty easily.

Additionally ask yourself; do you want a more interesting and better paid job? You would definitely find your path in your response.

I heard that cloud means we don’t need network engineers anymore?

I beg to differ, let’s see, wow even ITjobswatch.co.uk totally disagree with that, however this is the core skills you require even you have a road map to reach yourself as a cloud engineer.

I’ve heard from Neil Anderson some where I’d like to share you his attitude in order to encourage you the way you are going through.

I’ve been hearing so much recently that “there’s no jobs for network engineers anymore because everybody is using cloud”.

OMG, I want to face palm every time I hear that!

Some people seem to think that cloud is a magic wand that somehow connects a company’s staff, offices and servers together automatically without needing a network engineer to plan, configure and secure the connections.

As if a company can deploy a three-tier server farm application in the cloud with a snap of their fingers and nobody to configure it.

Cloud services are great – they reduce the time to deploy new services because there’s no need to physically install the equipment, but companies still need professionals to make them work. To connect them in a secure way so that the application works, and only the people who should be able to connect to that application can.

The fact is that running services in the cloud is just like running them in the company’s own remote data center – the connections between the servers, offices and staff need to be planned, configured and secured. And it’s especially important that’s done by a professional when they’re sitting in a public cloud rather than the company’s own private building.

There’s actually higher demand for network engineers since the introduction of cloud. Cloud has made enterprise class data centers more affordable to more companies, and they all need qualified network engineers to support them. And if you go on to specialize in cloud, networking is one of the core skills you’ll need.

So please just roll your eyes the next time you hear that cloud is killing the network engineer role, and don’t let that lie hold you back from passing the CCNA and getting the job you want.  

Last but not least, Cisco Says there are some possible jobs regarding CCNA considerable skills acquired, so they need you, start from here 😊 SMENode.com

·       Entry level network engineer

·       Network administrator

·       Network support technician

·       Infrastructure Specialist

·       Help desk technician

Proceed…

CCNA Exam v1.0 (200-301)

Exam Description: CCNA Exam v1.0 (CCNA 200-301) is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNA certification. This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation and programmability. The course, Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA), helps candidates prepare for this exam.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.