Also called: NOC Technician, Network Monitoring Technician
Watches network health screens around the clock and responds to outages.
On a giant wall of screens you see an internet link in Ohio turn red. You open a ticket, call the carrier, and reroute traffic while customers barely notice.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or certificate; CompTIA Network+ helpful.
Ways in: 2-year college, Certification, On-the-job training, Military. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Network Administration, Information Technology.
Growing about average. Steady.
High risk for 10 years. AIOps tools now watch networks, open tickets and fix common outages, replacing most screen-watching jobs.
Classes: Computer applications, AP CS Principles.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1231.
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