ICT network administrator
ICT network administrators maintain operation of a reliable, secure, and efficient data communications network, including LAN, WAN, intranet, and internet. They perform network address assignment, management and implementation of routing protocols such as ISIS, OSPF, BGP, routing table configurations and certain implementations of authentication. They perform maintenance and administration of servers (file servers, VPN gateways, intrusion detection systems), desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, IP communications, personal digital assistants, smartphones, software deployment, security updates and patches as well as a vast array of additional technologies inclusive of both hardware and software.
Also called: network administrators, network support, network manager, network specialist, networks administrator
- 34
- essential skills
- 64
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2522
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- ICT network architectWhat changes?14 skills in common
- ICT network technicianWhat changes?13 skills in common
- ICT system administratorWhat changes?13 skills in common
- ICT network engineer9 skills in common
- ICT technician8 skills in common
- telecommunications engineer8 skills in common
- ICT security administrator6 skills in common
- embedded systems security engineer5 skills in common
Essential skills
34- adjust ICT system capacity
- analyse network bandwidth requirements
- apply ICT system usage policies
- cloud technologies
- computer programming
- cyber attack counter-measures
- define firewall rules
- design computer network
- digital systems
- forecast future ICT network needs
- ICT network routing
- ICT network security risks
- ICT performance analysis methods
- ICT security legislation
- ICT system programming
- implement a firewall
- implement a virtual private network
- implement anti-virus software
- implement ICT network diagnostic tools
- implement ICT security policies
- install electronic communication equipment
- integrate system components
- internet governance
- interpret technical texts
- maintain internet protocol configuration
- manage email hosting service
- manage ICT virtualisation environments
- network management system tools
- network standards
- perform backups
- procurement of ICT network equipment
- quality assurance methodologies
- solution deployment
- use back-up and recovery tools
Optional skills
64- ABAP
- acquire system component
- AJAX
- Android (mobile operating systems)
- Apache Tomcat
- APL
- apply system organisational policies
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- automate cloud tasks
- BlackBerry
- C#
- C++
- Cisco
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- Erlang
- execute ICT audits
- Groovy
- Haskell
- ICT system user requirements
- implement spam protection
- install signal repeaters
- iOS
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- maintain ICT server
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Visual C++
- ML (computer programming)
- mobile operating systems
- network engineering
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- operating systems
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- organisational policies
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- PHP
- prepare licence agreements
- Prolog (computer programming)
- protect personal data and privacy
- provide ICT system training
- provide technical training
- proxy servers
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- security engineering
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- use ICT hardware
- utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
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