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So, a couple months ago, the managers of the ITSD at The Client announced they needed another member of the "ITSD 1.5" team. 1.5's rule is essentially that of supervisor. While 1.5 is in, all trouble tickets from ITSD are routed to them first, and then either sent out to the appropriate support team, or sent back to the ITSD person who created it with a "try this first" message.
Not wanting to be stuck doing the same thing for years on end like I was at the wholesale club, I put my name in the hat.
I didn't get that job, however, because they decided to give it to "ARC," an ITSD guy who had previously been 1.5 before being downgraded due to the new contract with The Client. I wasn't mad about it because ARC is good at his job, and I understood management's point of view-- it will cost less money and time to prepare ARC for the job, since he's already familiar with it.
However, today my team lead came to me and asked if I wanted to be a TDP (Transfer of Data Professional) [NOTE: not the actual title/acronym due to obfuscation]. A TDP's job is essentially to maintain security of The Client's systems by being responsible for transferring data and files from one network to another. The Client restricts what users can send "up" from the non-secure networks to the secure networks, and prohibits (except with authorization from the high muckety-mucks) sending data/files "down" from secure to non-secure. Removable storage media is prohibited for all users except TDPs.
There are some automated transfer systems in place, but these don't allow everything to be transferred. If the automated systems won't work, a user submits a request for a TDP to assist.
So when Team Lead sent me an IM on our internal system asking if I wanted to be a TDP, I said certainly. She had me take an online course on The Client intranet and send me the completion certificate, and she'll be putting in my access waiver tomorrow.
So, yeah!
Not wanting to be stuck doing the same thing for years on end like I was at the wholesale club, I put my name in the hat.
I didn't get that job, however, because they decided to give it to "ARC," an ITSD guy who had previously been 1.5 before being downgraded due to the new contract with The Client. I wasn't mad about it because ARC is good at his job, and I understood management's point of view-- it will cost less money and time to prepare ARC for the job, since he's already familiar with it.
However, today my team lead came to me and asked if I wanted to be a TDP (Transfer of Data Professional) [NOTE: not the actual title/acronym due to obfuscation]. A TDP's job is essentially to maintain security of The Client's systems by being responsible for transferring data and files from one network to another. The Client restricts what users can send "up" from the non-secure networks to the secure networks, and prohibits (except with authorization from the high muckety-mucks) sending data/files "down" from secure to non-secure. Removable storage media is prohibited for all users except TDPs.
There are some automated transfer systems in place, but these don't allow everything to be transferred. If the automated systems won't work, a user submits a request for a TDP to assist.
So when Team Lead sent me an IM on our internal system asking if I wanted to be a TDP, I said certainly. She had me take an online course on The Client intranet and send me the completion certificate, and she'll be putting in my access waiver tomorrow.
So, yeah!
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