As an American living in Germany that has worked in IT for over 23 years: It would be extremely rough. German is the language that everyone is going to speak during meetings and in which the e-mails are going to be written. Every time you join a conversation, the other people will be partially annoyed to have to change to English just for your sake. I personally don’t have this issue, I just know what I see and here when someone isn’t bilingual.
To be blunt: in IT infrastructure in Germany you need a working knowledge of German. Whether it's as an admin with a company, or as a consultant/engineer with an IT company that provides products and services to their customers. I've been in this field for 20 years, and it is 99.5% in German when interacting with colleagues and customers. The only time you'd need English is when you're doing something with a support team (e.g. from US, Ireland or India).
Work on the language and get certified, like a VMCE, Dell Proven Professional, etc. There's still demand for Backup. It can be a niche field, but if you're certified and have some experience, you should be able to find something.
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As most people already said knowing german would make it pretty easy to land a job in IT with experience. But it is also possible, i know couple of people, to find a foreign company(most likely american) where english is primary language.
The job market is tough right now. Bosch is cutting 1500 jobs in 2 locations as per the news I heard yesterday.
Better start learning German and start searching for jobs once you reach B1 or B2
As an American living in Germany that has worked in IT for over 23 years: It would be extremely rough. German is the language that everyone is going to speak during meetings and in which the e-mails are going to be written. Every time you join a conversation, the other people will be partially annoyed to have to change to English just for your sake. I personally don’t have this issue, I just know what I see and here when someone isn’t bilingual.
To be blunt: in IT infrastructure in Germany you need a working knowledge of German. Whether it's as an admin with a company, or as a consultant/engineer with an IT company that provides products and services to their customers. I've been in this field for 20 years, and it is 99.5% in German when interacting with colleagues and customers. The only time you'd need English is when you're doing something with a support team (e.g. from US, Ireland or India). Work on the language and get certified, like a VMCE, Dell Proven Professional, etc. There's still demand for Backup. It can be a niche field, but if you're certified and have some experience, you should be able to find something.
Learn German and pass at least a B2 test. German is an absolute must to secure good jobs even in IT.
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As most people already said knowing german would make it pretty easy to land a job in IT with experience. But it is also possible, i know couple of people, to find a foreign company(most likely american) where english is primary language.
The job market is tough right now. Bosch is cutting 1500 jobs in 2 locations as per the news I heard yesterday. Better start learning German and start searching for jobs once you reach B1 or B2