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.

Scope note

Includes people performing managerial activities.

Alternative Labels

network administrators

network manager

networks administrator

network specialist

network support

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

adjust ICT system capacity analyse network bandwidth requirements apply ICT system usage policies define firewall rules design computer network forecast future ICT network needs implement ICT network diagnostic tools implement ICT security policies implement a firewall implement a virtual private network implement anti-virus software install electronic communication equipment integrate system components interpret technical texts maintain internet protocol configuration manage ICT virtualisation environments manage email hosting service perform backups use back-up and recovery tools

Essential Knowledge

ICT network routing ICT network security risks ICT performance analysis methods ICT security legislation ICT system programming cloud technologies computer programming cyber attack counter-measures digital systems internet governance network management system tools network standards procurement of ICT network equipment quality assurance methodologies solution deployment

Optional Skills and Competences

acquire system component apply system organisational policies automate cloud tasks execute ICT audits implement spam protection install signal repeaters maintain ICT server optimise choice of ICT solution prepare licence agreements protect personal data and privacy provide ICT system training provide technical training remove computer virus or malware from a computer use ICT hardware utilise computer-aided software engineering tools

Optional Knowledge

ABAP AJAX APL ASP.NET Android (mobile operating systems) Apache Tomcat Assembly (computer programming) BlackBerry C# C++ COBOL Cisco CoffeeScript Common Lisp Erlang Groovy Haskell ICT system user requirements Java (computer programming) JavaScript Lisp MATLAB ML (computer programming) Microsoft Visual C++ Objective-C OpenEdge Advanced Business Language PHP Pascal (computer programming) Perl Prolog (computer programming) Python (computer programming) R Ruby (computer programming) SAP R3 SAS language Scala Scratch (computer programming) Smalltalk (computer programming) Swift (computer programming) TypeScript VBScript Visual Basic iOS mobile operating systems network engineering operating systems organisational policies proxy servers security engineering

Skills & Competences

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/81480b40-a318-47f3-9b2c-56b69ed67d95

Status

released

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