From Data Centre Technician, Network to Data Centre Network Engineer in Australia
A step up the ladder, typically 3 years.
Skills to build
What a Data Centre Network Engineer needs beyond a Data Centre Technician, Network.
Network deployment and operations
- Apply a base configuration and verify links Up to Leads others
- Cable and validate a back-end fabric to its map Up to Leads others
- Coordinate a carrier circuit turn-up Leads others
- IP addressing and subnetting Up to Leads others
- Keep network as-built records Up to Leads others
- Network layers and routing Up to Leads others
- Troubleshoot network faults Up to Leads others
- Turn up routers and optical transport Leads others
- Use a network operating system’s command line Up to Leads others
- Script network tasks Independent
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Up to Leads others
- Write and review a MOP Leads others
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Up to Independent
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)
- Units of competency from training.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia, captured 2026.10. Kept as published. (Training package content, © Commonwealth of Australia: kept as published, no adapted copies)