# Competences — ICT network engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cf2b03cd-feb7-4f47-90f6-ff1ed6016d3d).

## Essential

- **analyse network configuration and performance** (skill/competence)
- **analyse software specifications** (skill/competence)
- **apply information security policies** (skill/competence)
- **cloud technologies** (knowledge)
- **collect customer feedback on applications** (skill/competence)
- **computer programming** (knowledge)
- **debug software** (skill/competence)
- **define technology strategy** (skill/competence)
- **design computer network** (skill/competence)
- **develop automated migration methods** (skill/competence)
- **forecast future ICT network needs** (skill/competence)
- **ICT debugging tools** (knowledge)
- **ICT network routing** (knowledge)
- **ICT performance analysis methods** (knowledge)
- **implement a virtual private network** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT network diagnostic tools** (skill/competence)
- **information security strategy** (knowledge)
- **migrate existing data** (skill/competence)
- **mobile operating systems** (knowledge)
- **network engineering** (knowledge)
- **network standards** (knowledge)
- **use an application-specific interface** (skill/competence)
- **use software design patterns** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- adapt to changes in technological development plans (skill/competence)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- Android (mobile operating systems) (knowledge)
- Ansible (knowledge)
- Apache Maven (knowledge)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- automate cloud tasks (skill/competence)
- BlackBerry (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- create flowchart diagram (skill/competence)
- create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
- design cloud networks (skill/competence)
- design for organisational complexity (skill/competence)
- develop creative ideas (skill/competence)
- develop software prototype (skill/competence)
- develop with cloud services (skill/competence)
- Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- ICT problem management techniques (knowledge)
- implement a firewall (skill/competence)
- implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
- implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
- implement spam protection (skill/competence)
- install electronic communication equipment (skill/competence)
- integrated development environment software (knowledge)
- Internet of Things (knowledge)
- iOS (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
- KDevelop (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- network management system tools (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Puppet (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Salt (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- STAF (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- use automatic programming (skill/competence)
- use back-up and recovery tools (skill/competence)
- use concurrent programming (skill/competence)
- use functional programming (skill/competence)
- use logic programming (skill/competence)
- use object-oriented programming (skill/competence)
- Vagrant (knowledge)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
- Xcode (knowledge)
