What You'll Do

  • Adjust network sizes to meet volume or capacity demands.
  • Communicate with customers, sales staff, or marketing staff to determine customer needs.
  • Communicate with system users to ensure accounts are set up properly or to diagnose and solve operational problems.
  • Coordinate installation of new equipment.
  • Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.
  • Coordinate network or design activities with designers of associated networks.
  • Design, build, or operate equipment configuration prototypes, including network hardware, software, servers, or server operation systems.
  • Design, organize, and deliver product awareness, skills transfer, or product education sessions for staff or suppliers.
  • Determine specific network hardware or software requirements, such as platforms, interfaces, bandwidths, or routine schemas.
  • Develop and implement solutions for network problems.

Essential Skills

Critical Thinking 4.12/5
Reading Comprehension 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.88/5
Programming 3.88/5
Systems Evaluation 3.88/5
Active Listening 3.75/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.75/5
Systems Analysis 3.75/5
Writing 3.62/5
Speaking 3.5/5
Coordination 3.5/5
Active Learning 3.25/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Analytical Thinking, Dependability, Initiative, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 4.0/5
Written Comprehension 4.0/5
Written Expression 4.0/5
Problem Sensitivity 4.0/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Information Ordering 4.0/5
Category Flexibility 4.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Access management software Adobe ActionScript Adobe After Effects Advanced business application programming ABAP AirMagnet Enterprise AJAX Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Amazon Redshift Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation Amazon Web Services AWS software Ansible software Apache Ant Apache Cassandra Apache Groovy Apache Hadoop Apache Hive Apache HTTP Server Apache Kafka

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.65/5)
  • Analytical Thinking (High importance: 4.4/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.2/5)
  • Initiative (High importance: 4.1/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.1/5)

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How to Become One

Most employers require a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Some positions may also require experience through internships, co-ops, or entry-level work to strengthen your candidacy.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Cloud Architect Cloud Network Engineer Computer Network Analyst Computer Network Engineer Computer Network Technologist Data Communications Analyst Enterprise Architect Internetworking Technician (Internetworking Tech) IT Analyst (Information Technology Analyst) IT Network Engineer (Information Technology Network Engineer) Network Analyst Network Architect Network Computer Consultant Network Consultant Network Control Analyst Network Control Analyst Assistant Network Designer Network Developer Network Operations Analyst (Network Ops Analyst) Network Operations Specialist (Network Ops Specialist) Network Security Analyst Network Security Systems Analyst Network Specialist Network Systems Analyst Network Systems Consultant Network Systems Engineer Network Systems Integrator Networking Engineer Networking Systems Engineer NOC Engineer (Network Operations Center Engineer) PC Network Engineer (Personal Computer Network Engineer) Platform Architect Principal Network Engineer Server Engineer Solutions Architect Solutions Engineer System Programmer Systems Engineer Target Network Analyst Telecommunications Analyst (Telecom Analyst) WAN Engineer (Wide Area Network Engineer) Wireless Engineer Wireless Network Engineer