Network support technician

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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
• 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
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot and upgrade Web-server hardware and software
• Set up local area networks and connections to the Internet
• Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance
• Respond to requests for help and information from Website visitors and Website designers
• Perform Web-server backup and recovery operations