How to become a Network Engineering Manager
Network engineering
Manages a network engineering team for a site or a region.
There’s a page for this role in , with its licences and local details.
What the role does
Manages a site or regional network engineering team.
What a shift looks like
Office hours, with on-call. Planning, budgets, people and the escalations the team can’t close.
What employers call it
- Manager, Network Deployment & Support (hyperscale)
- Manager, Network Engineering (colocation and wholesale)
Skills
The level the role needs in each, on FacilityVR’s five levels from Aware to Authority.
Network deployment and operations
- Coordinate a carrier circuit turn-up Leads others
- Network layers and routing Leads others
- Turn up routers and optical transport Leads others
Leadership
- Coach and assess others Leads others
- Find root causes and learn from incidents Leads others
- Lead a shift Leads others
- Supervise contractors and vendors Leads others
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Leads others
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Independent
Licences and credentials
Licences depend on the country you work in, and sometimes the state. The role’s page for Australia lists them there.
Ways in and ways on
From another data centre role
- From Data Centre Network Engineer, typically 3 years
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)