Is there a future for the network engineer profession?

Question

Computer networks

There are not so many vacancies for "Network engineer" and similar compared to system administrators

Answer 1

as long as the Internet exists, there will be people who will build networks of various levels and maintain them.

Answer 2

There is an interesting video https://events.yandex.ru/lib/talks/2340/
In it, just a person talks separately about NOC (network engineer). Like, that's a different story.

Answer 3

Open a headhunter, look not for vacancies there, but for the name of the organization (megafon, mts, vimpelcom, rostelecom, etc.), look for vacancies in these organizations. In general, network vacancies have long been searched for by the keywords Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, mikrotik, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, ISIS, IPTV, KTV, d-link, DWDM, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE etc. As an option, shift work in IT.
In its pure form, outside the default city, networkers (except for installers) are needed only in operators. But this profession is no longer the same as before, large operators have large networks and everything is divided by function in them. So there is the development and operation of transport, backbone, broadband, satellite, wireless, television, etc. networks. As you can see, "network engineer" does not appear explicitly. In non-operators, either everything is outsourced, or everyone sits at the head office (read MSC). There are individual cases in software offices (networkers write technical specifications for programmers) or in offices where the head office is in another city.
In general, it depends a lot on the city.

Answer 4

Where will networks go in 100 years? They will be replaced by networks of a new level, but the essence of network administration and engineering is unlikely to change :)

Answer 5

Network and telecommunications engineers will not be left without work - that's for sure!
But! The spread of wireless technology, which allows infrastructure to be built without wires, can significantly affect the number of engineers required.
You may have to retrain or unlearn in new areas, especially those related to wireless technologies and communications.

Answer 6

In the future, a variant with SDN and NFV is possible, everything flows to programmers.
In other words, to create the same VPN, it will be enough to press one button, which will be written by programmers.