Last night marked one complete year at my job w/ Lockheed Martin Automated Flight Service Station. I have been working the service desk and network operation/security center…on 12-hour night watches for most of the last six months. I started as a contractor and got signed on full time w/ LM in late April. The schedule and hard work have payed off. I have been in line for a promotion to a systems administrator type position for a few months now.
I look forward to the change and opportunity to get back more heavily into Windows and Linux systems administration since that is more my background than help desk and NOC support. I also will be glad to get back on to a day schedule that will be mostly Mon-Fri with flex time and telecommuting. The down side is that I will have on call duty but that isn’t anything I haven’t dealt with in previous IT jobs.
My superiors seem to have a lot of faith in me and my coworkers respect me. I hope to be able to return those feelings by helping our group to grow with increased training, organization, and communication. Wish me luck!