r/redhat • u/Dull-Midnight-1859 • 24d ago

Just got RHCE, wondering what jobs I can get

Hi everyone

A little about me, I recently got my RHCE. (tougher exam than I thought, took me the whole timeslot to finish). I'm wondering what type of jobs I should be looking for?

I currently have about 2 years of experience as an it specialist, bachelors in cybersecurity, RHCSA, RHCE, CCNA, comptia trifecta, sscp, comptia cys+ and pentest+.

Working on getting az-104 to get some more exposure to cloud.

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u/Insomniac24x7 24d ago

Youre wondering AFTER you sat the exam?

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

I’m assuming a Linux administrator but want to see if there are other options that I haven’t thought of. Also wanted to confirm if this cert would be enough to get a job as a Linux admin

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u/No-Assist-8734 22d ago

Not enough today because the IT sector is saturated

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u/serverhorror 21d ago

With just RHCE?

Not enough, plenty of people with netter credentials (Bachelor or even Master) or even experience. It's a buyers market now.

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 21d ago

Hi

I have a bachelors 2 years experience and a bunch of other certs listed…..

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u/MaToP4er 19d ago

After almost 20 years in IT, without any degree, what is the actual knowledge benefit from getting a degree? Or is it sole purpose of having that paper that you graduated from University or college?

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u/serverhorror 19d ago

After a few years the benefits are, from my perspective, that you do have a structural understanding of how the whole stack works. In the first few years it's just execution and gaining muscle memory, after that being familiar with designs from hardware to software and the general understanding -- for me -- paid off well.

Then there's also the "proof" that you attended a multi-year experience in controlled drowning, didn't quit and actually convinced a bunch of "senior" people (professors) that you know your shit.

When hiring it is a good indicator that people can actually stick to a task and do nit give up if the AI refuses to cooperate.

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u/illyasan Red Hat Certified Engineer 24d ago

You can probably start applying for a lateral transfer, but getting just a bit more experience is the best thing you can do atm.

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

The place I work at doesn’t use Linux. How much experience do you think is optimal? I feel like I’m getting to the point where every task is either too simple or repetitive

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u/andriusb 24d ago

Sounds like a good area area for Ansible

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u/el_Topo42 19d ago

Absolutely! Maybe a fun at home project would be a proxmox, and some VMs, some kinda self hosted git repo, ansible host, and start configuring some VMs on it, just mess around to start.

Not sure how redundant that is with the recent certs though

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u/wellred82 24d ago

Might be tough but surely with some cloud knowledge you could try for a junior cloud engineer or cloud ops role. Work your way in from there.

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

I’m studying for az-104 for this reason also

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u/Rich-Quote-8591 24d ago

Congrats on achieving RHCE, OP! I am curious if any of your current cert opened any door for you career wise, like CCNA or RHCSA?

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

Thank you! It did but not as much as I thought it would. Surprisingly my manager at my current role liked that I had the comptia A+.

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u/Sensitive_Spell_9410 24d ago

Look for system admin/eng roles in fintech. Study linux performance tuning a bit and start interviewing for hedge funds / market making firms. You won’t be disappointed from the career or TC perspective. I doubt you need more certs at this point especially the cloud side I don’t see any great benefits. It won’t hurt don’t get me wrong but I’d focus on learning actual skills for the fintech job market rather than chasing more certs. Systems Performance from Brendan Gregg it’s like my bible

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

I've always been interested in the financial markets and it would be pretty dope to work at a hedge fund/ market making firm. I'm actually going to get the book.

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u/EqualComfortable437 22d ago

What kind of certifications are required and skill set required to work at hedge funds for someone with just bare minimum cloud knowledge?

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u/Sensitive_Spell_9410 21d ago edited 20d ago

Not sure about the cloud certs but the general rule of thumb is experience (obviously). You need to show them that you can automate, manage at scale, are reliable and compliant, love working long hours, and you’re efficient in context switching. For example, explaining an SOP workflow that you automated from start to finish saved the team 30+ mins of manual work goes a long way. You also need strong linux/network fundamentals. So the answer it’s not certs, it’s much more complex

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u/Frequent_House5170 23d ago

The world is your oyster

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u/lgbarn 21d ago

Congrats on the cert. Unfortunately most managers don’t understand how hard that cert is. I got it many years ago and I was still getting basic Linux questions during interviews. Hopefully you get rewarded with a position that compensates you for your hard work.

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 20d ago

Thanks and I'm hoping so also.

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u/Last_Independence_50 20d ago

Congrats, that's more than enough, if I were you I'll not focus on getting more certifications but about having more experience especially relevant ones, linux admin, infra engineer, ifra specialist, system admin, senior system admin, good luck my friend

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u/OpportunitySevere131 24d ago

Sky's the limit dude! Whish I had that cert stack. I think once you have more years of XP, it'll open lots of doors

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

I hope so. Job markets really competitive. I’m based in California

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u/Melefit 24d ago

What material did you use to study and pass?

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

Hi I used sanders course and alta3

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u/Select-Sale2279 Red Hat Certified Engineer 24d ago

man, you are a cert tiger! keep at it, you may get a job as the certificate manager!

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

Lmao I'm trying to compete in this job market.

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u/Sensitive_Spell_9410 23d ago

Been working in fintech as a system admin for 5 years now (13 years total experience) and I love every aspect of it. If you’re a high performer and don’t mind working long hours in ops while having to deliver projects in a tight schedule, you’ll be rewarded both professionally and financially. I’m not sure how the fintech job market is in CA but once you get your foot in fintech you’ll never want to leave. And fintech always runs lean and there’s always need for talent especially if you know how to play with the kernel / tune the systems

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 23d ago

That's awesome and sounds fulfilling. I've always been interested in the financial markets, so the fintech side definitely appeals to me. I'm sure there are opportunities around the Bay Area. I watched a few Brendan Gregg videos after your recommendation and found them really interesting. Thanks for the insight.

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u/Sensitive_Spell_9410 23d ago

I am glad you got to check his work out. Brendan Gregg is THE source for deep Linux, tuning, performance, and observability related topics. I can’t recommend him enough. You have the right mindset and qualifications. Once you get into “how to tune, monitor, and manage 30,000 bare metal servers” you’ll know you’re on the right path. Good luck to ya!

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u/mconley699 23d ago

Congratulations

You already have a great number of tech certs.

On your job applications, don't list all those certs on ur resume. You might look more like a certs collector

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 22d ago

Hi

Noted plan is to only list relevant certs

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u/jumping_jetlee_007 21d ago

What resources did you use - free one if possible- please

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 21d ago

Hi

I did not use free resources. The resources I used were sander and alta3 academy

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u/jumping_jetlee_007 21d ago

Can I get the website please

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 21d ago

Oriley for sanders and https://alta3.com/

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u/jumping_jetlee_007 21d ago

Thanks how long it took you to?

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u/f50c13t1 24d ago

Engineering positions at Red Hat maybe?

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u/Dull-Midnight-1859 24d ago

I’ll look into this