Career Paths for IT Graduates
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The IT industry is a diverse one, with numerous job roles for young graduates to choose from. This presentation, delivered at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in March 2016, maps out some of these career paths
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- 1. Career paths for young IT graduates Savant De Silva Senior Software Engineer Mobile – +94788811529 LinkedIn – https://lk.linkedin.com/in/savant-de-silva-08378234 Email – savantdesilva@yahoo.com
- 2. What are we? • Students with Computer Science major • Student with IT/Computer Science as a subject • Who are willing and having the passion to build a career in IT.
- 3. Typical organizational structure CEO CFO VP Finance COO VP Marketing VP HR CIO VP Support VP Engineering Software Engineer QA Engineer Business Analyst Systems Engineer Project Manager User Experience Engineer Management Operations
- 4. Paths for building a career in IT • What career options are available for young IT graduates? • Software Engineer • Software Quality Assurance Engineer • IT Support Engineer • User Experience Engineer • Business Analyst • Management Trainees (MIS & Project Management)
- 5. Career path of a Software Engineer Associate/Trainee Software Engineer Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer Associate Technical Lead Technical Lead Senior Technical Lead Associate Architect Architect Senior Architect VP Software Development Corporate Management
- 6. Competencies required for a Software Engineer • Knowledgeable in basics such as concepts, principles, patterns and best practices. • Be knowledgeable and confident in technical discussions to guide the team • Passionate in delivery, quality and proactively take part in related activities such as automation • Thoroughly tests own work before completing and do not expect external reviews • Understand the domain and the end-user, to actively engage in requirement discussions • Ensure the solution artifacts are properly organized for maintainability • Competent in relevant project tools such as management, delivery, configuration, design • Follow up technical debts in the project and promote re-factoring actions as required
- 7. Competencies required for a Security Engineer • Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate security-focused tools and services including project leadership roles • Evaluate and recommend new and emerging security products and technologies • Develop and interpret security policies and procedures • Develop and deliver training materials and perform general security awareness and specific security technology training • Establish Security Requirements • Perform Supply Chain & Complexity Analysis • Measure Software Program, System Product Security Risks • Perform Mission Thread Analysis for Security • Validate Security Requirements • Monitor Evolving Threats
- 8. Career path of a QA Engineer Associate/Trainee QA Engineer QA Engineer Senior QA Engineer Associate QA Lead QA LeadSenior QA LeadConsultant Specialized Service Consultant Service Manager VP Specialized Services Corporate Management Business Consultant Product Manager VP Product Management Corporate Management
- 9. Competencies required for a QA • Knowledgeable in basics such as concepts, principles, patterns and best practices • Thoroughly tests own work before completing and do not expect external reviews • Adheres to the agreed project constraints such as standards, design, processes • Planning and executing Functional, Smoke, Regression, Acceptance tests • Ensure the solution artifacts are properly organized for maintainability • Be well motivated with a great team spirit to achieve the common goals • Competent in relevant project tools such as for management, delivery, configuration, design, etc. • Understand the domain, thinking of end-users and actively engage in requirement discussions • Provide constructive feedback to team members on appreciations and improvements • Competency on test tooling for performance, security, usability, interfacing, compliance
- 10. Career path of an IT Support Engineer Associate/Trainee IT Support Engineer IT Support Engineer Senior IT Support Engineer Associate IT Support Lead IT Support Lead Senior IT Support Lead Associate IT Manager IT Manager Senior IT Manager VP MIS Corporate Management
- 11. Competencies required for IT Support Engineer • Systems Administration and Support • Help desk Operations and Service Delivery • Maintain Inventory and IT Fixed Assets Register • User Training • Best Practices, Contingency plans and Compliance • Disaster Recovery Planning
- 12. Career path of an UX Engineer* Associate/Trainee UX Engineer UX Engineer Senior UX Engineer Associate UX Lead UX LeadSenior UX LeadConsultant UX Consultant UX Research Consultant HoD UX R&D VP R&D Corporate Management CA/Marketing Consultant Sales Development Manager VP Marketing Corporate Management
- 13. Competencies required for an UX Engineer* • Understand the domain, thinking of end-users and actively engage in requirement discussions • Follow Up with customers/end users through early prototypes to verify the solution design • Knowledgeable on end user behavior tracking methods/tools and promote practice of the same • Educate team and customer on UX methods and practices early in the process
- 14. Career path of a Business Analyst Associate/Trainee Business Analyst Business Analyst Senior Business Analyst Associate Business Consultant Business Consultant Senior Business Consultant Associate Product Manager Product Manager Senior Product Manager VP Product Management Corporate Management
- 15. Competencies required for a Business Analyst • Understand the domain, thinking of end-users and actively engage in requirement discussions. • Competent in relevant project tools such as for management, delivery, configuration, design, etc. • Guide the team and lead by example on standards such as quality, security, compliance • Follow Up project risks collaboratively with stakeholders and escalate as necessary • Competency in product backlog management and release planning
- 16. Career path of a Project Manager Management Trainee Associate Project Manager Project Manager Senior Project Manager Associate Delivery Manager Delivery Manager Senior Delivery Manager VP Product Delivery Corporate Management
- 17. Competencies required for Project Manager • Competent in relevant project tools such as for management, delivery, configuration, design, etc. • Follow Up project risks collaboratively with stakeholders and escalate as necessary • Follow-up non functional requirements to ensure stakeholder needs are met • Drive the customer and the team to focus on the business value over technical biasness • Take a pulse of stakeholder satisfaction day-today and do account management • Be knowledgeable and confident in technical discussions to strategically guide the team • Provide leadership in review activities such as code, design, quality, process, etc. • Strategically drive technology platform migrations and new technology introductions
- 18. Choosing the best path which suites you! • Seek where your passion is… • Assess your competencies… • Work on the required core competencies… • Test your personality… • Accept the challenge, never judge without trying… • Never fear to switch paths… • Look up to a role model and be inspired….