Network Administrator

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Specific Skills

Supervise technical staff

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

Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to co-ordinate access and use of computer networks

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

Perform Web-server backup and recovery operations

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

Modify Web pages, applets and scripts

Respond to requests for help and information from Website visitors and Website designers

Research and apply meta-data to Websites and register Websites with search engines

Set up local area networks and connections to the Internet