what are the various career options avaliable in networking?

Question

i just want to know wat r all the possible careers that one can get in computer networking.cause im starting a career in it.

Answer 1

I am not going into details. Just check the web with these keywords

Network Engineer
Network Analyst
Network Specialist
Network Technician
Security Engineer
Security Specialist
IT Specialist
Systems Engineer
System Analyst
System Administrator
Network Administrator

Different roles but basically in the field of networking at different levels as you grow higher in your career.

A networking guy is the backbone of any IT business. You are the most important guy there....

so enjoy that..although you should be man enough to take the responsibilty and handle the pressure

ALL THE BEST!!!

Answer 2

Network Administrator

Answer 3

I know there is more here than what you asked, but I think this would be informative for someone starting out, so I wrote it up.


There are tons of IT jobs that involve computer networking to a certain degree or another.

People that specialise in networking are usually called Network Engineers. This is perfectly acceptable to most people in the United States, but not necessarily abroad. Some countries, including many EU states have laws that state that only someone with an engineering degree may title themselves engineer.

You need to know about both hardware and software to really get involved in computer networking. You should probably be the curious type and not afraid of hard problems that take lots of analysis to solve. This becomes especially true when trying to track down application issues at the network layer. You will always have a copy of a packet analyzer at hand.

Also, you will need to know how switches, routers and other network devices work at the protocol level. You'll need to learn about routing protocols like ospf and bgp. You'll likely need to become familiar with CVS (or the version control system dujour) in order to store versioned copies of configuration files and access control lists.

You'll need to do some arithmetic in your head, and you need to know how to read and interpret binary and hexadecimal numbers and how bitmasks work. Bitmasks are also used for all kinds of things in Unix, the operating system you are going to encounter most often unless you decide to specialise in Microsoft technologies.

Speaking of Microsoft, most professionals who work mainly with Windows seek specific Microsoft certifications. The most popular seems to be the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. I happen to be one because I started my career as a network technician in a computer repair shop.

Many broad computer networking professionals seek industry certification from such companies as Cisco, Microsoft and Sun.

PERL and shell scripting are also two commonly required skills.

Most network related jobs require you to spend time on call with a pager. After many years of waking up at all hours to answer a pager, I decided I had enough and took a programming job instead.

I would suggest trying to learn as much about all aspects of computers that you can. The more you know the more valuable you become.

Last, you should consider getting a college degree. Many companies still do not consider candidates without degrees, Google being one that comes to mind. Other companies such as Yahoo! and eBay regularly employee skilled knowledge workers without degrees.

Answer 4

1. Network Engineer
2. Network Administrator
3. Security Analist
4. etc...

Answer 5

Some of the carees are:
- Becoming the network Administrator;
- Network technician
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