5 Weird Job Roles and What They Do
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Job positions have changed a lot in the last 30 years. If someone asked you what a cloud architect was in 1990, you'd probably imagine someone designing houses in the heavens. It is important to keep up with the latest trends, skills and job titles as the job market adapts and changes very quickly.
We take a look at the five weirdest jobs on Job Board House of Talent. If you haven't heard of these roles, give them a chance. You might find your dream career.
1. Cyber Threat Hunter
This is a specialist area where you will need three to five years of previous experience leading a team of threat hunters or threat detection engineers and proven expertise in cyber threat detection, malware analysis and reverse engineering, cyber threat intelligence and digital forensics and incident response.
2. Enterprise Architect
An enterprising architect? Not that unusual, sure. Ah, enterprise architect, so what is that? In a nutshell, an enterprise architect oversees corporate networks and IT services. They are responsible for monitoring, improving and updating enterprise software and hardware. It is one of the most senior positions in the IT department.
To apply for this role, you will need to have five or more years of experience working in one or more domains of architecture (organisational, business, information, application or technology), either as a team member or team leader. You will also need certifications in enterprise architecture and cloud, agile or platform solutions are a strong plus.
3. The Happiness Engineer (or Manager)
Happiness engineer or manager roles are in customer service and these are the people involved in determining the best methods for maintaining revenue and customer loyalty. Their task is to surprise and delight customers so that they are really satisfied with a particular brand, product or service.
4. Recruitment Evangelist
Despite the religious connotations, this is essentially a recruiting insight consultant, so you need to be a believer of a different kind. Recruitment evangelists generally work with clients, often in advisory roles, to help them solve any recruitment issues they may have. They are often industry veterans and industry experts, so we often find them speaking at industry conferences and webinars.
This is a senior role that requires extensive experience in talent acquisition strategy and recruitment marketing. Knowing your employer's brand is important as recruitment evangelists like to meet the public and present to different audiences. They facilitate close relationships with sales, marketing, engineering, client success and many other internal teams. Data and insights are key in this role as they drive business success.
5. Lean Sensei
Sensei, an honorific term used in Japanese and Chinese, translates as "teacher". Lean itself is a very well-known methodology in the technology industry, which is a process of continuous improvement of techniques and activities.
A Lean Sensei is also known as a Lean Master and his role is to work with his team to manage the company's Lean efforts, including developing training materials and instructing Lean Leaders and practitioners. They also mentor projects, manage the project stack and lead larger projects.
Did any of these roles interest you? Would you like to work in an unusual position? Share your opinions with us in the comments or send us an email.