Network Systems Analyst – Senior

Summary:

Analyze, design, test, and evaluate network systems, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area
networks (WAN), Internet, intranet, satellite, and other data communications systems. Perform
network modeling, analysis, and planning. Research and recommend network and data
communications hardware and software. Includes telecommunications specialists who deal with the
interfacing of computer and communications equipment. May supervise computer programmers.

Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities

• Adapt and modify existing software to meet specific needs.
• Assist users to diagnose and solve data communication problems.
• Design and implement systems, network configurations, and network architecture, including hardware and software technology, site locations, and integration of technologies.
• Develop and write procedures for installation, use, and troubleshooting of communications hardware and software.
• Identify areas of operation that need upgraded equipment such as modems, fiber optic cables,and telephone wires.
• Maintain needed files by adding and deleting files on the network server and backing up files to guarantee their safety in the event of problems with the network.
• Maintain the peripherals, such as printers, that are connected to the network.
• Monitor system performance and provide security measures, troubleshooting and maintenancebas needed.
• Set up user accounts, regulating and monitoring file access to ensure confidentiality and proper use. Train users in use of equipment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to
• understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting ainappropriate times.
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles
• involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science
• and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including
• the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or
• conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern
• according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Installation — Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their
• applications. Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
• Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Minimum Education

• General equivalency guidelines for education, certifications, and experience are provided below; however, these guidelines do not immediately qualify someone at a particular level. Skill levels for an individual are based upon a combination of education, training, and experience, e.g.someone may have 20 years of professional experience; however they may only be qualified as Full Performance based upon the expertise needed to perform the work within that category.
• General professional years of experience may be substituted for specialized years of experience at a ratio of three (3) years of general experience within an occupation for one (1) year of specialized experience.
• Relevant certifications will be considered equivalent to three (3) months of specialized experience.
• An Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to eighteen (18) months specialized experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to three
• (3) years specialized experience (total equivalency is not cumulative when combined with an Associate’s degree).
• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to two (2) years specialized experience (up to a total of five (5) years when combined with a Bachelor’s). A Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to two (2) years specialized experience (up to a total of seven (7) years when combined with a Master’s and a Bachelor’s).

Minimum Experience

Senior:
• A senior level practitioner.
• Someone that has extensive experience or training related to a particular skill,
language, system, or technology and is capable of not only delivering a capability
tied to that skill, but passing their knowledge on to others.
• Requires a minimum of six (6) years of experience specific to the skill.
• Ability, training and actual work experience with the specific computer language,
systems, and/or technology is significantly more important than the number of
years of experience. This is especially true with emerging technologies.