Network Administration

Following are the major job opportunities for Network Administrators: (a) Network installation engineers for installing network and computer systems. (b) Maintenance engineers for maintaining, repairing and upgrading network and computer systems. (c) Operations engineers for diagnosing and fixing problems or potential problems with the network and its hardware, software and systems. (d) Remote network operations monitoring job. (e) Performance engineers for monitoring network and systems to improve performance. (f) Networking software deployment engineer. (g) Network Design Engineer. Most of the jobs are in Indian IT companies with remote IT Infrastructure management companies and IT department of Business enterprises.

Increased efficiency and ever decreasing cost of communication, the demand for these professionals is projected to increase by up to 10 percent in next five years. With the better remote networking management tools and India becoming a hub for remote IT infrastructure management, there is increasing demand for network administrators. This demand will continue to increase with companies and organizations investing in newer, faster technology and mobile networks. The maximum growth is expected in the BFSI, healthcare and telecom industry as the use of information technology increases in these areas. In order to seek career in network administration aspirants are advised to do industry recognised network administrator certifications such as CCNA Advanced Certified Hardware and Networking Professional (ACHNP), CompTIA Network +, VMWare Certified Associate Network Virtualization, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), SNIA Certified Storage Network Expert, etc. There is no prerequisite for doing these certifications. It will better to do certifications after graduation degree. Following are the major job opportunities for network administrators: (a) Network installation engineers for installing network and computer systems. (b) Maintenance Engineers for Maintaining, repairing and upgrading network and computer systems. (c) Operations engineers for diagnosing and fixing problems or potential problems with the network and its hardware, software and systems.

Hi,
Glad to see that your interest is in networking. Since, I'm from the same field and it's been 15 years in IT infrastructure. I would suggest networking is one of the areas which is in demand and scope is big in Job market is consistent. However, being honest with you doing Masters in network administration and after the scope I am unaware about it. All that matters in networking field is experience and for fresher professional course/certification. Instead of choosing Masters in networking, I would strongly advice to go ahead with Cisco Certification, may be CCNA or CCNP. If you can spend your energy, time and money preparing on certifications then this is worth at any given time and it will give you better success that Masters in networking.