ICT Technology and Network Engineer/ Designer

Profile title

ICT Technology and Network Engineer/Designer

Summary statement

Design, develop and maintain ICT and Network infrastructure systems and/or components to required specifications, focusing on safety, reliability, quality and sustainability.

Mission/general skills description

Develops detailed specifications for ICT equipment and floor layout diagrams to maximize rack space, cooling /heat removal to meet the customer's requirements (current and future) in compliance with ICT industry and data centre rating level requirements. Provides technical expertise to train the client’s ICT systems engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering staff on the safe and optimal technical requirements and operations of the ICT infrastructure layer.

Deliverables

Accountable

Responsible

Contributor

• ICT Technology and Network design
   

• ICT Network engineering
• ICT network layout

• Project Manager
   

Main task/s

• Define network design policies, philosophies and criteria
• Design and engineer a secure ICT network infrastructure that the data centre organization rely on to access, share, and store information.
• Design and engineer local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), and the virtual private network (VPN)
• Design and engineer the ICT infrastructure through the entire data centre life cycle
• Secure ICT infrastructure design with regulation and (compliancy)standards
• Choose materials and contractors for the ICT infrastructure in practice
• Oversee and prepare the roll-out of new ICT infrastructure components
• Control failure- and incident analyses, support testing
• Is able to use best practices and new technologies
• Secure the ICT infrastructure for hackers (firewalls; security policy)

DC-Competence

(From DCCF^©)

A.6. Architecture Design

Level 3

B.4. Telecommunication Engineering

Level 3-4

B.7. Sustainable Development

Level 3

B.8. Documentation Production.

Level 2

E.9. Information Security Management

Level 3

KPI area

Efficiency and effectiveness of ICT infrastructure/network design and engineering

EPI-DC Framework^© Disciplines

• Project Management
• ICT Infrastructure
• Physical Infrastructure
• Monitoring/Reporting/Control
• ICT Service Management

EPI courses

Required;

• CDCP
• CDCS
• CNCDP
• CTDC
• CITM

Added value;

• CDFOS