Network & Computer Systems Administrators
Information Technology Specialist (IT Specialist),
Local Area Network Administrator (LAN Administrator),
Network Administrator,
Systems Administrator (Systems Admin)
What they do: Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
- DemandHigh
- state Avg. Salary $$$$$$84,620Download Career Flyer
What do they typically do on the job?
- Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
- Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
Personality
Interests
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Abilities
Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.
Verbal
Read and understand what is written
Communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
Notice when problems happen
Order or arrange things
Math
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Skills
People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.
Basic Skills
Reading work related information
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
People and Technology Systems
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop