# Competences — ICT system administrator

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9e2e6e1e-363b-4e1b-a673-7bc0f7343300).

## Essential

- **administer ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **apply ICT system usage policies** (skill/competence)
- **apply system organisational policies** (skill/competence)
- **digital systems** (knowledge)
- **domain name service** (knowledge)
- **hardware components** (knowledge)
- **ICT infrastructure** (knowledge)
- **ICT system programming** (knowledge)
- **ICT system user requirements** (knowledge)
- **implement a firewall** (skill/competence)
- **implement a virtual private network** (skill/competence)
- **implement anti-virus software** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT recovery system** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT security policies** (skill/competence)
- **integrate system components** (skill/competence)
- **interpret technical texts** (skill/competence)
- **maintain ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **manage changes in ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **manage system security** (skill/competence)
- **manage system testing** (skill/competence)
- **migrate existing data** (skill/competence)
- **monitor system performance** (skill/competence)
- **network standards** (knowledge)
- **operating systems** (knowledge)
- **organisational policies** (knowledge)
- **perform backups** (skill/competence)
- **quality assurance methodologies** (knowledge)
- **security engineering** (knowledge)
- **software components libraries** (knowledge)
- **solve ICT system problems** (skill/competence)
- **support ICT system users** (skill/competence)
- **use back-up and recovery tools** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- acquire system component (skill/competence)
- adjust ICT system capacity (skill/competence)
- Apache Tomcat (knowledge)
- automate cloud tasks (skill/competence)
- cloud monitoring and reporting (knowledge)
- cloud security and compliance (knowledge)
- cloud technologies (knowledge)
- engineering processes (knowledge)
- execute integration testing (skill/competence)
- IBM WebSphere (knowledge)
- ICT accessibility standards (knowledge)
- ICT recovery techniques (knowledge)
- ICT system integration (knowledge)
- implement ICT risk management (skill/competence)
- implement spam protection (skill/competence)
- information security strategy (knowledge)
- install signal repeaters (skill/competence)
- interact with users to gather requirements (skill/competence)
- interfacing techniques (knowledge)
- internet governance (knowledge)
- manage cloud data and storage (skill/competence)
- network engineering (knowledge)
- provide ICT system training (skill/competence)
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
- store digital data and systems (skill/competence)
- system design (knowledge)
- systems development life-cycle (knowledge)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)