College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
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
Set up local area networks and connections to the Internet
Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance