computer network technician

Work Setting

Telecommunications service provider

Telecommunications industry

Specific Skills

Maintain, troubleshoot and administer the use of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), mainframe networks and computer workstations and peripheral equipment

Evaluate and install computer hardware, networking software and operating system software

Load computer tapes and disks and install software and printer paper and forms

Provide problem-solving services to network users

Implement data, software and hardware security procedures

Perform routine network start up and close down and maintain control records

Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations

Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance

Install, maintain, troubleshoot and upgrade Web-server hardware and software

Set up local area networks and connections to the Internet

Ability to Supervise

3-4 people

Personal Suitability

Team player

Client focus

Judgement

Organized