#M365 #Entra #Intune #Autopilot #Tier2 #TechJob #Salary #Outrageous
Location: Durham-Raleigh-Chapel Hill area NC.
Like, seriously? I’m mid-senior level with over 10 years of IT experience (close to 15 at this point) and THIS is the best that they are offering people? I was making that back in 2018. WTF is going on in this job market. This is brutal.
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That’s pretty entry level experience honestly… You can have exp in all of those within 6-12 months of your first job. The pay is on the lowest side of the scale, but it’s on the scale for sure.
That experience could be as barebones as basic user administration, ie. Onboarding devices, resetting passwords and MFA, revoking access.
They’re not really asking for architect level experience.
$26/hr is not bad for the low-end of experienced T2 positions depending on your jurisdiction.
For NC, depending on who you ask, $29/is about the average wage.
Why are you a Mid-Senior chasing a Tier 2 role?
I should clarify here, this position was asking for at least five years experience, someone who can, and I quote “Develop and enforce software standards for servers, operating systems, and end-user workstations, optimizing the performance and efficiency of all computer systems.
Maintain the operational integrity of virtual, web, and client systems to guarantee availability, including building and upkeep of web, virtual, and client server environments.”
I.E. A sysadmin in work but without the title or compensation.
Unfortunately using those tools and standing them up for an enterprise environment are two separate things completely. One is easily learned on the job in a week or two, one is not. You were offered the former but they want you to already have the skills. For someone with the skills the pay would be closer to 20.00/hr. This is just the state of the industry in today’s world, tech was too big for too long. I say this as a relatively fresh professional with 3-4 years experience and I use Entra/Intune daily for a whooping 20.50 an hour, getting tuition reimbursement so is worth it to me.
wtf in FL that position would have been gobbled up in 2 seconds.
I’ve been using all those applications since my tier 1 days. And I’m at exactly $25 an hour. The job market in FL is seriously messed up.
I’m in NC. The MSP I work at starts tier 2 out at like $20/hr, so this actually seems like a sweet gig tbh.
Man. I do that in the disgustingly balls deep south for like $20ish an hour. Not proud, just don’t know how to get better pay.
If this was the 2010s 54k annually wasn’t a bad wage. Pretty obvious this company is refusing to accept that inflation has skyrocketed.
Also having that experience and managing these platforms is a skill within itself. I wish them luck actually getting a good admin with that wage
I think starting pay of that caliber is fine for a job that expects one to use, learn, and get a handle on those portals and their features.
I make $28 and have a great handle on these things (setting up Autopilot and Intune for the company I work at actually, long time coming for them for sure). I wouldn’t say I’m proficient or an expert, but if I was I’d want $30+ *at a minimum*
$26 an hour is not really a livable wage if you are on your own now. People are almost making that as assistant managers at burger king. The job market is unbelievably poor.
There are people that can make $30/hr doing jobs that require no brains or certs.
If you’re willing to relocate in Charlotte I just quit my sysadmin job that’s basically the same requirements paying 105k. I can refer you
I have friends in NC and the wages make no sense when compared to the rents. 17 dollars an hour in a place where the rents are 1400+? That is why tech/IT professionals flee the South or are so desperate for remote work. You can either have shit wages and low rent like it used to be or high wages and high rent not low wages and high rent.
I do this including elevated tickets and more like cisco switch configuration. Only 3 years experience and still in school. I am getting paid 56,000 salary am I getting robbed? This post makes me feel like I am.
I’m in Oregon making $25 an hour, and am in *middle* of an M365 migration using all of these programs. The kicker? They’ve been doing this migration for a year and *I’m* the one who ended up figuring this stuff out *for* them. Before this, I only had AD experience. Some of these people just blatantly don’t know what they’re doing or why they’re paying someone to do it.
Lol cause everyone thinks they’re worth $30. Someone else will take it if you don’t and will be happy with $26 an hour
That’s in the NC tech triangle.
Might be because that experience is easy to come by there.
Did it say how much experience? I’ve used admin access I’m Entra, Intune before. That technically is ‘experience’. I could take the rest enough to satisfy the person hiring for a $26/hr position.
The way I read the description of the posting: they are looking for entry level with just a little bit of exposure. I.e. doesn’t need to be experience measured in years.
You will always find those that are trying to find someone that will take the low-ball offer. It doesn’t matter if the market is good or bad.
You can ask and want to pay something, how many people that actually meet that criteria is another question. They will either settle eventually or it will go unfilled until someone desperate comes along who will then leave in short order afterwards.