Network Specialist Job Description
Network Specialist Duties & Responsibilities
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Network Specialist Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Network Specialist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCNA, ITIL, CCNP, MCSE, IAT, CE, II, MCP, GIAC, CCIE
Education for Network Specialist
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Employers hiring for the network specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Technical, Computer Science, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Education, Computer Engineering, Associates, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Networking
Skills for Network Specialist
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Desired experience for network specialist includes:
Network Specialist Examples
Network Specialist Job Description
- Provide support to other consultants in area of technical expertise
- Provide work leadership, escalation, and training to lower level network specialists
- Identify chronic network problems and develop solutions/repairs
- Evaluate new equipment and research new technologies
- Maintain the security of the network infrastructure and recommend network improvements
- Provide supervision, coordination and/or support functions/expertise for on-site technical and operation support staff
- Involved in Installation and configuration of MS SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2 and 2012 in Windows environment
- Patching installations for standalone and cluster servers
- You will design, install, configure, implement and maintain different types of data networks, voice and video infrastructure in an enterprise environment
- You will troubleshoot data networks, voice and video infrastructure complex problems and outages across a broad range of technologies
- Troubleshooting network systems when necessary and makes improvements to the network
- Engineering Degree in a discipline relevant to the demands of the position
- Provide RTC (VoIP) 2nd level support in troubleshooting problems, repairing and maintaining devices
- Support IP&E Design and Engineering activities
- In depth knowledge and hands-on experience in implementing routing and switching technologies and protocols
- Internetworking hardware (Cisco, Juniper)
Network Specialist Job Description
- You will find quick solutions to malfunctions, while making sure that the designated computers and network equipment stays functional
- You will help us develop action plans to investigate and resolve complex issues and clearly communicate these to engineers, customers and/or relevant managers
- Maintain inventory records of all customer software licensing
- Complete, maintain, and process all pertinent paperwork and records and ensure all parties are appropriately informed of product issues and resolutions
- Resolve customer problems via the telephone
- Determine parts requirements as needed
- Work on tasks related to the Process Computer and plant digital systems
- Performs and leads analysis, modifications, installations, testing, and designs computer systems activities
- Maintains ownership and accountability for the “health” of supported systems
- Translates users' needs into computer systems technical, functional and program design specifications
- Knowledge of Routing Technologies (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP)
- Minimum of 5 years experience in complex network environment
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline plus 2 years of demonstrated operational experience
- IAT II and CNDSP-IS DoD 8570 compliant by obtaining/maintaining required certifications such as
- Occasionally stand/walk, kneel/crawl, and use a telephone
- Rarely climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other), twist/bend/stoop/squat, reach/work above shoulders, grasp forcefully, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to or or>40 pounds
Network Specialist Job Description
- Candidate will work in a team environment in the support of a complex network design, consisting of various vendor technologies
- Analyze actual and future transport network topology to accommodate growth in Ethernet or TDM traffic in a cost effective configuration
- Coordinate delivery of transport network elements/hardware for a designated area of the transport network
- Analyze connectivity requests for new and existing cell sites and provide circuit design for Ethernet or TDM type circuits
- Ensure that transport network elements and circuits are documented in central databases such as Granite
- Propose strategic network improvements to increase robustness and improve reliability
- Manage implementation for the modernization of the internal Transport network infrastructure
- Analyze and manage the capacity of the transport and access networks at switch locations
- Optimize transport network for cost effectiveness (CAPEX and OPEX)
- Introduction/enhancement of network infrastructure solutions for new IP service networks
- Working knowledge of database and spreadsheet applications (such as Access, Microsoft Word and Excel)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, both independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge and experience with software and hardware tools and identifies and diagnoses complex problems and factors affecting network performance
- Bachelor degree in related technical discipline
- Minimum of 5 years experience with network communications
- Experience with COMSP is a major plus
Network Specialist Job Description
- You will monitor network for status and potential problems with tools such as Solarwinds Orion, Cacti/MRTG, Cisco Works, Syslog-ng, HP Openview PortNox
- You will maintain a broad knowledge of current and emerging state of the art network technologies for problem resolution and project planning
- You will prepar hardware and software purchase recommendations proposals
- You will contact vendors of network equipment for technical assistance and problem resolution
- Work in a dynamic global culturally diverse organization, part of a global team
- Work in an environment which empowers the employee
- Leading initiatives as they relate to stability, continuous improvement, lifecycle management, best practices, and service-level agreements
- Identifying process weaknesses and leading implementation to further define and execute improved procedures eliminating waste in the technological environment
- Documenting processes and procedures to ensure integrity of technological environment
- Contribution to the achievement of area objectives
- Providing technical guidance for directing and monitoring information systems operations
- Monitoring and responding to hardware, software, and network problems
- Experienced with create and add user defined signatures, or custom signatures, in order to compensate for the lack of monitoring in threat areas, as warranted by threat changes, or as directed by the customer
- 5+ years’ experience as a network administrator
- Must be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization
- Candidate will be required to lift up to 35lbs on a regular basis
Network Specialist Job Description
- You will provide detailed support for research contributors, including entitling/disentitling brokers and providing training on reporting tools
- You'd be required to analyze and troubleshoot Client Support Requests received for issues related to the Capital IQ Investment Research product
- You will give analytics that supports our sales team and help continue growing our research business, including generating and communicating client-ready entitlement grids and email templates
- You dedicatedly identify entitlement issues for current subscribers and minimize risk
- Acts with sense of urgency to recover out of compliance SPN members in order to ensure the SPN is fully staffed and operable for service buyers
- Researches and assists with trouble shooting and solving of SPN membership violations in order to ensure the health of the SPN
- Manages various email silos by addressing and responding to correspondence and inquiries, as appropriate, using templates and/or composing accurate and professional email responses
- Uses the Internet to and other data sources to locate new service providers for the purposes of building geographic coverage and/or product expertise as required by the SPN
- Works with the company Medical Director and vendor partner(s) on physician identification and credentialing processes, MPN provider additions and removals, MPN network issues
- Contacts providers to verify new workers' compensation patients are being accepted
- 7years+ territory sales experience in a high tech environment in an indirect sales and procurement environment with a demonstrated track record of success in driving customer adoption of technology
- Five + years’ experience in support of real-time Process Computer Systems
- Experience developing computer requirements, writing and implementing software programs, writing documentation, and developing and performing computer tests
- Background in analyzing, modifying, installing, and designing computer systems, simulator and security control Room panels, computer panels, panel instruments, I/O wiring, and computer system interfaces
- Knowledge of cyber policies and issues, the global cyber community, roles of major organizations how they interrelate and interact, and shortcomings in this structure
- Awareness of common cyber products and services, an understanding of their limitations, and a comprehensive understanding of the disciplines of cyber security