科斯蒂·麦金(Kirsty McGing)在享受了一段远离工作世界、照顾家庭的长假后，澳门十大正规赌博娱乐平台了Informed Solutions. Now a critical part of our Corporate Technology Services team, 她作为基础设施工程师的角色是协调和维护关键的内部部署和云系统.
Here, Kirsty describes her journey from when she first discovered her interest in computers and IT, to excelling in a challenging and interesting role, all whilst balancing a work life balance to care for her young family.
Career/Life Balance
当我年轻的时候，我想做很多事情，很幸运地被鼓励去探索我的兴趣. My ideas on what I wanted to do with my life were constantly changing, but I always had a passion for computers, science, 在六年级的时候，我在十大网博靠谱平台大学天文学系的工作获得了科学奖, I’ve always played computer games for as long as I can remember, and I love puzzles and problem solving.
After College, I started an Electronics and Electrical Engineering course at the University of Manchester. It was during my studies that I discovered I was pregnant with my first child. 这让我和我的伴侣大吃一惊，我的生活很快就从考虑电路板变成了考虑组建家庭!
I was concerned that if I tried to excel at being a student and a new mother at the same time, I would likely burn myself out and probably judge myself to be doing terribly at both, so I decided to dedicate myself to family life.
Balancing Work and Family Life
在接下来的10年里，我很幸运能够让我们的家庭成长，并有了三个漂亮的孩子, with most of my energy given to being a full-time Mum. Over time, as my kids began to grow up and join nursery groups and start primary school, I was able to start shifting more focus back onto my career. Once the time was right, 我开始急切地申请职位，发现自己的年龄不适合当学徒，也缺乏直接进入技术岗位的培训.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t far into my search when the pandemic hit. Suddenly, I had all three of my children at home again, so any plans of job hunting were set aside once more. During lockdown, 我意识到我有一个自我教育的绝佳机会，于是找到了一个在线IT技术员培训课程, which allowed me to fit my studies around my family life, and once qualified, I was able to return to job-hunting equipped with appropriate qualifications and knowledge.
Discovering the Perfect Role
我记得我读了Informed Solutions的实习基础设施工程师的招聘启事，立刻意识到这对我来说是一个合适的机会. 通过与团队的交谈和面试过程，我们可以清楚地看到Informed非常欣赏学习, curiosity, and dedication to your craft, which resonated with my own values. Since joining in March 2023, 我一直得到一群人的支持和指导，他们真正关心我的职业和个人幸福.
Reintegrating into Working Life
Once the euphoria of being offered the role and accepting had initially passed, I felt a little apprehensive at the thought of coming into a new, challenging, and fast-paced environment after a break from the world of work. This apprehension quickly faded as I was quickly made to feel extremely welcome, whilst transitioning into the role. 我的团队为我准备了一份精心设计的入职计划，帮助我站稳脚跟，我和一个朋友配对，帮助我融入公司.
As I grew into the position, I felt truly valued to be trusted with the responsibilities that come with such a challenging, dynamic, and critical part of the business, and my confidence and knowledge have increased significantly with the help of my team.
Leading New Projects and Advancing My Career
我的第一个项目是将Informed的内部企业技术服务服务台转移到Jira服务管理上. This was a large and complex task, 这需要快速学习一些我以前从未遇到过的平台的技术，但我很享受开发的挑战和机会. 我还参与了升级微软敏感分类器和惊呼云签名的计划, both of which I led and successfully rolled out to colleagues across the company.
To further my technical skills, 我定期参加我们的学习和发展计划提供的培训和资源 InformedACADEMY™我经常被鼓励去寻求培训，为我不断增长的能力增加一些技能. So far, I have gained access to training in AWS Fundamentals, Microsoft Azure, and Intune. 我还被分配了一名职业教练，以确保我有一个清晰的发展道路和一个支持框架来帮助我实现我的目标.
Alongside this, 我能够灵活地在团队中工作，以适应不可预测的育儿需求, meaning I don’t have to worry about not being able to look after my family.
Looking Forward
I am extremely motivated by my team having faith in my ability. Being at Informed has given me a huge boost of self-worth and pride in what I can accomplish.
我非常感谢公司为我的职业发展提供了机会，为我的培训提供了投资，并为我提供了一个温馨的环境，让我适应并茁壮成长. 我非常期待能够在一个为我做了很多的地方进一步提升我的技能和经验, and I look forward to continuing to pay back to others for the opportunity I have been given.
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