I am a deskside support engineer working on a financial industry for almost 3 years. I have exposure with Hardware, software and networking technologies. But I want to dive into Cloud networking and Azure Network Engineer sparks my interest. Is it feasible to take the exam without prior experience?
I am currently working as a Desk-side support engineer for more then 2 years with some exposure with Layer 1 and Layer 2 network troubleshooting and configuration of access switches on an enterprise environment.
My passion is really to be a Network Engineer. Due to high expectations in the job market today, I am having a hard time applying for a network engineer role. Even Junior Network Engineers needs a qualification of 3-5 years of experience, with SD-WAN, Cloud, SD Access knowledge. I really want to break into Network Engineer which is why I have decided to level up my skills with CCNP ENCOR alongside EVE-ng labs which would give me deep understanding of Networking without taking CCNA. However, I used to watch Udemy courses by Neil Anderson to study for CCNA just to grasp fundamental knowledge about network. But now, I'm preparing myself to CCNP ENCOR with CBTnuggets' course.
Would these suffice to pass CCNP ENCOR and would it help me land a network engineer job?
I need your insights about this.
Will appreciate your kind responses!