network controller

Minimum Requirements

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

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
• Research and apply meta-data to Websites and register Websites with search engines
• Respond to requests for help and information from Website visitors and Website designers
• Perform Web-server backup and recovery operations
• Supervise technical staff

Computer and Technology Knowledge

• MAC
• Networking software
• Networking hardware
• Networking security
• Internet
• Desktop applications
• File management software
• Multimedia software
• Communication software
• Desktop publishing software
• Mapping and data visualization software
• Database software
• Data analysis software
• MS Office
• MS Windows
• Spreadsheet