Comment Network Operations (Score 1) 215
One of the entry level jobs at my company is working in our Network Operations Center. This job is part system administration, part customer service and part security guard
The hours can be challenging since the NOC is staffed 24/7. But the shifts are regular and predictable, and more desirable shifts open up after some time on the job. The best NOC engineers are resourceful and reliable, which seems achievable by retrained elderly workers. You can learn quite a bit on the job as well, since there are so many different ways that systems can fail