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Cisco Networking Career Certificate
Cisco Networking Career Certificate
at College of Lake County
Chicago Catalog
This career can be financially rewarding, always interesting, and very relatable. In the Cisco Networking certificate, you spend extensive hands-on time in the laboratory, preparing for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. Cloud-based labs allow you to work from home if you need to. Hone your skills in:
- network fundamentals
- routing
- switching
- network design and troubleshooting
- network security
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Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
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$55,630
$86,610
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