NOC level 3 vs Network Engineer 1
Hello Guys, I am currently working as a Network Engineer 1 in my current role where its equivalent to like Junior Engineer. The work is pretty much handon. We have a pretty small team of engineers whom we support 3 call centre sites totalling to around 10000 users which means the work is pretty handson and doesnt feel like a junior role. So recently I've gotten another opportunity to be NOC Engineer 3 which on Job description, yes it is a Noc role where its mainly monitoring and escalations but also it requires someone with routing knowledge, firewalls, switches. The pay for the NOC role is such a significant increase. Is it worth going for it or it might seem like a backwards move?
Posted Feb 18, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC
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