Occupation AtlasICT network administrator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/81480b40-a318-47f3-9b2c-56b69ed67d95
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.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CIRConventional · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.45
- I Investigative4.61
- R Realistic4.38
- E Enterprising2.64
- S Social2.28
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Computer Network Support Specialists (15-1231.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (34)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT network routing
- ICT network security risks
- ICT performance analysis methods
- ICT security legislation
- ICT system programming
- 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
- 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
- internet governance
- interpret technical texts
- maintain internet protocol configuration
- manage ICT virtualisation environments
- manage email hosting service
- 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 (64)
- 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
- acquire system component
- apply system organisational policies
- automate cloud tasks
- execute ICT audits
- iOS
- implement spam protection
- install signal repeaters
- maintain ICT server
- mobile operating systems
- network engineering
- operating systems
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- organisational policies
- prepare licence agreements
- protect personal data and privacy
- provide ICT system training
- provide technical training
- proxy servers
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer
- security engineering
- use ICT hardware
- utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 34 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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