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U.S. Dept. of Labor code 15-1241.007% growth 2024-2034, Much faster than average (~12,500 openings/yr)Typical pay: $130,390/yr

Computer Network Architects

What this job is about

Design and implement efficient network architectures.

What this work involves, step by step

AI can help most with the planning, drafting, and paperwork below — not the hands-on parts.

  1. 1

    Assess network requirements

    Communicate with customers to determine specific network hardware or software requirements.

  2. 2

    Develop network designs

    Create conceptual, logical, or physical network designs that meet customer needs.

  3. 3

    Implement network solutions

    Coordinate installation of new equipment and integrate hardware and software.

  4. 4

    Monitor network performance

    Analyze network performance and prepare reports to detect problems or inefficiencies.

  5. 5

    Maintain network documentation

    Develop and write procedures for installation, use, or troubleshooting of network systems.

Tools used in this work
Adobe After EffectsAJAXAmazon DynamoDBAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Amazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services AWS CloudFormationAmazon Web Services AWS softwareAnsible softwareApache CassandraApache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache MavenApache SparkApache Subversion SVNApache TomcatApple macOSAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JIRAAutodesk AutoCADAutodesk RevitBashBorder Gateway Protocol BGPCC#C++Cascading style sheets CSSChefCisco WebexDassault Systemes SolidWorksDjangoDockerEclipse IDEElasticsearchESRI ArcGIS softwareExtensible markup language XMLGitGitHubGoGoogle AndroidGoogle AngularHibernate ORMHypertext markup language HTMLIBM TerraformIBM WebSphere MQJavaScriptJavaScript Object Notation JSONjQueryJUnitLinuxMicrosoft .NET FrameworkMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Active DirectoryMicrosoft Active Server Pages ASPMicrosoft ASP.NETMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerShellMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRSMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Visual BasicMicrosoft Visual StudioMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows ServerMicrosoft WordMongoDBMySQLNode.jsNoSQLOracle DatabaseOracle JavaOracle PL/SQLPerlPHPPostgreSQLPuppetPythonRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat OpenShiftRubySAP softwareScalaSeleniumShell scriptSplunk EnterpriseSpring BootSpring FrameworkStructured query language SQLSwiftTableauTeradata DatabaseThe MathWorks MATLABTransact-SQLTrimble SketchUp ProUNIXUNIX Shell

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