My recommendation is to slide into either networking or security. In both of those your software experience will be a useful advantage. On the network side stu

My recommendation is to slide into either networking or security. In both of those your software experience will be a useful advantage. On the network side study for the CCNA to easily slide into jobs. You might take a temporary pay cut for that move but should be back to normal once you become a senior with a CCNP. Once you can write automation to configure switches or write automation improve routing table you will be worth far more than your peers. Using your software experience to forensic tools, footprint automation, and better reports is huge and takes more experience than you would think from the outside looking in.