Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

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Its the complete opposite here in the cleared world. These defense contractors are hiring like crazy. They can't outsource these jobs so no FOB Panjeets/Changs to worry about and there ain't enough cleared folks to replace these boomers. If you are in networking/cyber, an American citizen, and you have a clean record...come get this contractor money brehs:blessed:


Booz Allen/Leidos/Lockheed/GDIT/AWS Cleared/Rtx/etc. All have thousands of postings.
 

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Its the complete opposite here in the cleared world. These defense contractors are hiring like crazy. They can't outsource these jobs so no FOB Panjeets/Changs to worry about and there ain't enough cleared folks to replace these boomers. If you are in networking/cyber, an American citizen, and you have a clean record...come get this contractor money brehs:blessed:


Booz Allen/Leidos/Lockheed/GDIT/AWS Cleared/Rtx/etc. All have thousands of postings.


How can I get cleared? I am in the DMV and have a lot of cyber security experience. I see tons of jobs.
 

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Its the complete opposite here in the cleared world. These defense contractors are hiring like crazy. They can't outsource these jobs so no FOB Panjeets/Changs to worry about and there ain't enough cleared folks to replace these boomers. If you are in networking/cyber, an American citizen, and you have a clean record...come get this contractor money brehs:blessed:


Booz Allen/Leidos/Lockheed/GDIT/AWS Cleared/Rtx/etc. All have thousands of postings.
What locations?
Obviously D.C, but any other locations
 

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Its the complete opposite here in the cleared world. These defense contractors are hiring like crazy. They can't outsource these jobs so no FOB Panjeets/Changs to worry about and there ain't enough cleared folks to replace these boomers. If you are in networking/cyber, an American citizen, and you have a clean record...come get this contractor money brehs:blessed:


Booz Allen/Leidos/Lockheed/GDIT/AWS Cleared/Rtx/etc. All have thousands of postings.

How can I get cleared? I am in the DMV and have a lot of cyber security experience. I see tons of jobs.

Same question? How you get cleared? I think I've had my resume auto ejected a few times for not having one?

I asked a SWE at Lockheed what the time complexity of a merge sort is and he told me O(N), working with trash engineers like that I'd be a Director in no time.
 

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Same question? How you get cleared? I think I've had my resume auto ejected a few times for not having one?

I asked a SWE at Lockheed what the time complexity of a merge sort is and he told me O(N), working with trash engineers like that I'd be a Director in no time.
Pretty much you need the company that is hiring you to sponsor you for a clearance. With a lot of jobs being remote, if a job has been on the market for a long time and you are the only applying for it, they may give you a shot if accessing classified terminals is not required often. Another way, is to take a job with a gov contractor company that doesn’t require a clearance. After a while, ask them to sponsor you. I know GDIT had a few jobs like that. The easiest way is to join the military. Not Active Duty, but either the National Guard or Reserves and taking a cyber job. You’ll get a clearance, plus certain jobs will pay for Sec+ which is often a requirement for many jobs in government contracting. Linux and Cloud experience is in high demand right now as well.

Once you get a security clearance, the job market opens up a lot. If they bump you up to a higher clearance, you should be golden when it comes to finding jobs anywhere in the government world.

Take it from me, I only had a clearance and security + when I applied to my current job. No real IT experience, and I got hired for a good paying job first try.
 

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Pretty much you need the company that is hiring you to sponsor you for a clearance. With a lot of jobs being remote, if a job has been on the market for a long time and you are the only applying for it, they may give you a shot if accessing classified terminals is not required often. Another way, is to take a job with a gov contractor company that doesn’t require a clearance. After a while, ask them to sponsor you. I know GDIT had a few jobs like that. The easiest way is to join the military. Not Active Duty, but either the National Guard or Reserves and taking a cyber job. You’ll get a clearance, plus certain jobs will pay for Sec+ which is often a requirement for many jobs in government contracting. Linux and Cloud experience is in high demand right now as well.

Once you get a security clearance, the job market opens up a lot. If they bump you up to a higher clearance, you should be golden when it comes to finding jobs anywhere in the government world.

Take it from me, I only had a clearance and security + when I applied to my current job. No real IT experience, and I got hired for a good paying job first try.
Did you go on clearance jobs to apply for your current job?
 
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