devnet-1125partner case study - “project hybrid engineer”

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Partner Case Study: Project “Hybrid” Engineer

DEVNET-1125

Salman Asadullah CTO, Americas Partner Organization Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems

June, 2015

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IoT, IoE, Fog

DC, Cloud, SDx, NFV

DevOps , NP Apps

Mobile Big Data, Analytics

50B Connected Devices by

2020

80% of enterprise apps were deployed in the Cloud in

2014

300K apps available in

2010–>2M+ in 2014

More data created in

2012 than the past 5000

years

Connected devices

outnumbered people in 2014

Pace of Change is Accelerating


Changing Role of IT

The Only Constant Is Change

Business Implications

Technology Transitions

Agility & SpeedGrowth & Innovation

Security & Privacy

MobileDevOps, NP,

Apps DC, Cloud, SDx, NFV

New Business Models

Experience Expectations

Big Data, Analytics

IoT, IoE, Fog


What's the challenge?


IT View: Application Architect vs. Network Architect


App Developers don’t speak “network”!

App Developers and Architects

Transactions

Network Teams

VLANs

Subnets

QoS

Ports

Developer and infrastructure teams must translate between disparate languages.

Queries

SLAs

Policies

Challenge (i.e. Opportunity): Need “common language”

Application Architect Network Architect


What skills are required?


InformationArchitecture

Business Architecture

Technology Architecture

Systems Integration Operations & Management

Governance, Processes, Org Data & Application Arch Boxes, Tech Solutions

Enterprise Architectures





Sample Skills

Business Consulting, Operational Processes

Application Design, Systems Integration, DevOps

Network Design, Network Programmability, Cloud





New Roles ( functional )

Business Consulting SpecialistOperational Process/ Workflow

SpecialistBusiness Consulting, Operational Processes

New Skills Required

Application Design, Systems Integration, DevOps


Systems Integration Specialist Application Specialist

Product Specialist Architecture Specialist


Where should I start?





Roles required ( functional )

Business Consulting SpecialistOperational Process/ Workflow

SpecialistBusiness Consulting, Operational Processes

Evolved Skills Required

Application Design, Systems Integration,DevOps


Systems Integration Specialist Application Specialist

Product Specialist Domain Specialist


• Select leadership team to build evolution plan• Members from both Sales and Operations

• Define Baseline• Decide on roles needed to support desired business models• Determine time frame to meet market and customer demands

• Build Recruitment plan for missing skills/roles• Target Systems Integration Specialists and Application Specialists (In-Organic)• Provide guidance to engineering management on key skills profiles

• Enhance Existing Engineer Skills• Conduct engineering skills assessment “Software Skills” survey? • Identify current skills gaps

Skills Evolution Roadmap


• Where should I start? • Data Center, Cloud, SP, Collaboration, Enterprise Networking• Startout with Data Center & Cloud• Why? Evolve or Die : Fastest changing architecture • Automate Everything DevOps Expertise?

• Execute the Plan• Run as a dedicated program• Need a Program manager to execute / track• Possible collaboration and cross pollination with local universities

• Measure and improve the process• Lessons learned : what works , what doesn't • Incorporate and improve the overall process• Incorporate the other architectures

Skills Evolution Roadmap Cont.


Hmm … develop “hybrid” engineer?


The “hybrid” Engineer• Programming and API knowledge are common themes across key technology

transitions (Open, SDN, NFV, Cloud, DC, IoT, etc.)

• The ability to read and write code is not unique to a specific technology

• As we focus more on software, we will see a proliferation of APIs and a need to understand programming and DevOps

• An effective engineer tomorrow will have both solid networking skills as well as an understanding of programmatic concepts


“hybrid” Engineer Enablement Activities: Agile!

DevNet

Learning Labs, Skills Surveys,

Industry Events .Launched in Dec.

Python

Coursera 9-Week Interactive Online

Course with Partner Community Support

Hackathons

Hackathons Contests at Partner

SE Event

Trainings, Rotations & Certifications

DevOps, Network Programmability, L@C Webinars & Specializations

Step One

Step Two

Step Four

Step Three

APO DevOps Forum


DevNet: 2014-2015

• Dedicated DevNet Zone @ TLC South Geekfest event in Jun

2014 for Cisco Partner developers and network engineers • Pre-cooked DevNet API/Programming Learning Labs• APO “Software Skills” Survey• Industry events with Partner participation

Step One


Python Interactive Course: 2014-2015

• 9 weeks Python course for Cisco Partners and APO SEs• 1st Class: ~ 200 Cisco Partners and Cisco SEs enrolled• 2nd Class: ~ 150 Cisco Partners and Cisco SEs enrolled• Support Mailer • Partner Support Community• Weekly Support Calls

Step Two


Hackathon @ Partners SE Events: 2014-2015

• APO’s “Hackathon in a Box”• 12-24-48 hours hackathons• 2 technology tracks: SDN/DC and Mobility/IoT • 10 teams composed of 100 hackers• 10 apps and scripts • Hackers pulls all-nighters (Killer “App”: Pizza & Red-bull!!!) • Two winning teams, one from each track • Yield unique solutions to monetize!

Step Three

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=VJSSskwPdsf97M&tbnid=sWtIZwa3KRTXrM:&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://techtalk.e-conomic.com/e-conomic-hackathon-2013-competing-collaborating-and-being-creative/&ei=ea0tVP7QAYHmoATJwYCABg&bvm=bv.76802529,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNFXjn6gjIfu9sZzhdfMuJvo88GyRw&ust=1412366037525192


ACI Partner Rotation Program : 2014-2015

• APO team in collaboration with the ACI Engineering team has launched a two weeks ACI Partner Rotation Program

• Selected Partner SEs will work on-site with ACI Engineering team on application development and integration

• Enabling Partners to build DevOps practices and add programmability to their portfolio of skills and yield unique solutions to monetize!

Step Four (a)

Open Source Open APIs

RESTful APIs ( XML / JSON )

PowerShell /Python Clients


Trainings, Certifications, Roadshows: 2014-2015

One day online course Technical Webinars NP Designer NP Engineer

Step Four (b)

• Network Programmability (NP) Specialist Certifications• Business Application Engineer• NP Developer, NP Designer, NP Engineer

• One day Prerecorded Online Video Course• Introducing Network Programmability Fundamentals

• Technical Webinars• 10 Sessions/3,820 Registrations/4.47CSAT

• 8 City Roadshow with over 300 participates

Business App Engineer

https://learningnetworkstore.cisco.com/skillsoft/introducing-network-programmability-fundamentals-ctod-sdn-1-0-017141https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/sdn_live_seminars

http://ecmx-wip.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/specialist/index.html#net


• APO Partners & Cisco Collaboration Platform & Community

• APO Partner DevOps and Application Development Event• June 7, 2015, San Diego, CA

• A showcase for Cisco & Partner based integrated solutions, integrated suite of tools, DevOps and application Sandboxes and support capabilities

• Keynotes, Panel Discussions, Breakouts, Workshops, Hackathons

APO DevOps Forum: 2015 Kick-off!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://servicevirtualization.com/profiles/blogs/on-the-road-to-devops-virtual-summit-assessment-tool-can-help-gau&ei=948ZVdyLCtKzogSmqIH4DQ&bvm=bv.89381419,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNHN0J1esHfQXaaalqNIw5W8t32kCA&ust=1427825013021888


Any thing more than ?


• Python (Across the board)

• Puppet/Chef (DC)

• REST API/XML/JSON (DC)

• Shell Scripting/BASH (DC)

• Cobbler/CFEngine (DC)

• OpenFlow (DC)

• Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat)(DC/Cloud)

• OpenStack (DC/Cloud)

• OpenDaylight (DC/Cloud)

• JAVA (DC/NMS/Collab/Security)

• XMPP/Jabber (IoT)

“hybrid” Engineer Skills & Priorities …

Open

Daylight


Key Takeaways • Continue to promote learning and development of programmatic skills and build

out a diverse group of “hybrid” engineers

• Continue to encourage development of programming, automation, scripting, virtualization, and Linux/OS skills across teams

• Make sure skills are being grown across technology teams• As we have seen, these open and SDN technologies will touch multiple areas• Grow teams around skills (organically vs. In-organically)

• Make sure new hiring is done considering the upcoming set of open and SDN technologies• Not everyone needs to be a developer, but having programming skill is an

important asset• Continue to fold new technology introductions into training programs


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