The Network Administrator is responsible for maintaining the organization's computer networks. This is relevant to the analytic solution development effort because the movement of data between source and target systems is likely to place a heavy burden on network resources. The Network Administrator must be aware of the data volumes and schedules involved to ensure that adequate network capacity is available, and that other network users are not significantly (negatively) impacted.
Responsibilities
- Designs and implements complex local and wide-area networked environments
- Manages a large, complex network or site and ensures that network capacity is available
- Provides appropriate security for data transmission over networked resources
- Establishes and recommends policies on systems and services usage
- Provides 3rd level support for applications executing on a company network
- Develops and communicates networking policies and standards
- Plans network architectures and infrastructures in support of data management processes and procedures
- Collaborates with other departments (i.e., DBA's) to identify and resolve performance issues
- Effectively communicates with other technology and project team members
Qualifications/Certifications
- Experience in enterprise network management
- Solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment technologies
- Detailed knowledge of network and server operating systems
- Experience in performance analysis and tuning to increase throughput and reliability
- Expertise in routing principles and client/server computing
- Strong Business Analysis and problem-solving skills
- Network certification in relevant operating system
- Planning and implementation of preventative maintenance strategies