Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Telecommunications engineer to ICT network architect

A telecommunications engineer already meets 52% of what the ICT network architect role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From telecommunications engineer
52 % overlap
Partial match
To ICT network architect
26 You already bring
12 Still to learn
55 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.2/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT network architect is expected to do is already part of a telecommunications engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ICT network architect role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT network architect role treats 16 of its required skills as things a telecommunications engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT network routing
  • ICT network security risks
  • ICT networking hardware
  • adjust ICT system capacity
  • analyse business requirements
  • analyse network bandwidth requirements

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT network architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
  • already held analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
  • already held forecast future ICT network needs information skills
  • already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
  • already held ICT networking hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held design computer network communication, collaboration and creativity

All 26 carried skills, including the 16 the ICT network architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn maintain internet protocol configuration required
  • still to learn use an application-specific interface required
  • still to learn maintain information network hardware required
  • still to learn use back-up and recovery tools required
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held implement spam protection optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn network standards required
  • still to learn system design required
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held network management system tools optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn define ICT network design policies required
  • still to learn develop creative ideas required
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design cloud networks optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT security legislation required
  • still to learn business process modelling required
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn design ICT hardware placement required
  • still to learn identify suppliers required
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT network architect role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT network routing knowledge
  • already held ICT network security risks knowledge
  • already held ICT networking hardware knowledge
  • already held adjust ICT system capacity skill
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
  • already held assess ICT knowledge skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held design computer network skill
  • already held design process skill
  • already held forecast future ICT network needs skill
  • already held implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement a virtual private network skill
  • already held network engineering knowledge
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held Cisco knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • already held perform resource planning skill
  • already held procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design cloud networks optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held implement spam protection optional
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held monitor communication channels' performance optional
  • optional, not held network management system tools optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
65 held skills the ICT network architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role APL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role R knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TypeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Visual Basic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer programming knowledge

25 further entries not listed here

11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT security legislation required
  • still to learn business process modelling required
  • still to learn network standards required
  • still to learn system design required
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held internet governance optional
  • optional, not held network management system tools optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications engineer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a telecommunications engineer become an ICT network architect?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A telecommunications engineer already covers 52% of what an ICT network architect is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 16 of which the ICT network architect role treats as required.

What skills does a telecommunications engineer need to become an ICT network architect?

12 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is define ICT network design policies.

How hard is the move from telecommunications engineer to ICT network architect?

Its learning distance is 59.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.