From network engineer elsewhere to Data Centre Network Engineer
A way in from outside the industry.
There’s a page for this pathway in , with its licences and local details.
What’s different
Usually a degree or equivalent and two to six years of routing; learns the data centre’s scale, its physical layer and its change control.
Skills to build
What a Data Centre Network Engineer needs. Some of it will come with your background.
Network deployment and operations
- Apply a base configuration and verify links Leads others
- Cable and validate a back-end fabric to its map Leads others
- Coordinate a carrier circuit turn-up Leads others
- IP addressing and subnetting Leads others
- Keep network as-built records Leads others
- Network layers and routing Leads others
- Troubleshoot network faults Leads others
- Turn up routers and optical transport Leads others
- Use a network operating system’s command line Leads others
- Script network tasks Independent
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Leads others
- Write and review a MOP Leads others
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Independent
LV distribution
- Connect rack power and busway Assisted
White space and IT hardware
- Keep hot and cold aisles right Assisted
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)