Computer Networking: Various Job Opportunities

Computer Networking field today is one of the most opted career fields in the computer savvy world. It has been witnessed that youngsters especially students in India after passing their schooling like to opt for various courses related to Computer Networking. The various job profiles for which a student gets eligible for after studying Computer Networking are following:

Network Administrator: The responsibilities of network administrator involve investigation, installation and arrangement of networks of the company. A network administrator has to keep an eye on the network performance and also troubleshoot any issues. He/She is responsible for complete network security. Some educational institutes provide specialized degrees in Network Administration.

Network (Systems) Engineer: Many companies do not hire separate network engineers, and work related to the profile is done by network administrators. But there are companies in India that hire network engineers to handle responsibility pertaining to system upgrades, security testing and evaluation of vendors' products.

Network Technician: Network technicians are hired in various organizations for diagnosing the technical glitches, and repairing hardware and software products. Network technicians are required to travel to appointed places for providing upgrades and assistance.

Network Programmer / Analyst: A network programmer's job is to write scripts / software programs. The scripts written by network programmers are used for network study. The various job responsibilities of a network programmer are getting assess of third-party products and incorporating sophisticated technology into current network.

Network / Information System Manager: Network managers are required to do long term planning and also decide on the related approach. The other responsibilities of the network managers are to effectively manage the team comprising of programmers, administrators, technicians and engineers. There is no dearth of IT based companies in India. In fact, today every organization employs the use of computers. With more and more organizations depending upon computers for work, the need for networking personnel is increasing. Since there is an increasing demand for professionals and there are less skilled people available, a person working in the field can draw good salary every month. Hope this blog provided the readers useful information about the scope in Computer Networking field, and would also guide the readers in making a right career decision.