Network Engineer duties and responsibilities of the job

Network engineers are responsible for the design, deployment, maintenance and upkeep of the company's local area and wide area networks to keep customers up to date. This role includes system configuration planning, document management, and managing and updating the system to new network settings and requirements.

Network Engineer duties and responsibilities of the job

Network engineer work internally or assign project clients to external clients. In the company’s IT team, network engineers work with business analysts, network architects and IT managers. The network engineer will be in the job description.

• Designing and implementing new network solutions and/or improving the efficiency of current networks
• Maximising network performance through ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting
• Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including routers, proxy servers, switches, WAN accelerators, DNS and DHCP
• Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security
• Procuring network equipment and managing subcontractors involved with network installation
• Investigating faults in the network
• Reporting network status to key stakeholders
• Arranging scheduled upgrades
• Updating network equipment to the latest firmware releases

Network Engineer job qualifications and requirements

• Computer science
• Computer software/computer systems engineering
• Computer systems and networks
• Electrical/electronic engineering
• Mathematics
• Network security management
• Physics

As well as formal qualifications

• Good communication skills – both written and verbal
• Strong documentation skills
• Good time management skills
• analytical mind
• An ability to learn new technologies quickly