Network and Computer Systems Administrators
System administration, networked-system troubleshooting, activity monitoring, and security-policy enforcement transfer directly to maintaining civilian computing environments.
How to prepare: Build a Linux or Microsoft Active Directory lab and document how you configure access, diagnose a network fault, and restore a backup.
What the civilian work involves
- Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.
- Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to coordinate computer network access and use.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Linux
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Ansible software