| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Cisco Network Support Engineer |
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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- Read trade magazines and technical manuals, or attend conferences and seminars to maintain knowledge of hardware and software.
- Hire, supervise, and direct workers engaged in special project work, problem solving, monitoring, and installing data communication equipment and software.
- Develop training materials and procedures, or train users in the proper use of hardware or software.
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| Computer Programmer |
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
- Perform systems analysis and programming tasks to maintain and control the use of computer systems software as a systems programmer.
- Investigate whether networks, workstations, the central processing unit of the system, or peripheral equipment are responding to a program's instructions.
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| Computer Software Engineer |
- Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
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- Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
- Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
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