How to hire a network engineer technician

How to hire a network engineer technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step network engineer technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a network engineer technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new network engineer technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your network engineer technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a network engineer technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect network engineer technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents network engineer technician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Network Engineer Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Network Engineer Technician	Computer networks are critical parts of almost every organization. Network and computer systems administrators are responsible for the day-to-day operation of these networks.	$33-59
   Technical Services Engineer	A technical services engineer is responsible for assisting customers on their systems and network issues, providing them the best technical solutions, and guiding them on step-by-step procedures for troubleshooting. Technical services engineers must have excellent communication and technical skills, especially on identifying customers' system failures by asking them a few questions... Show more	$27-55
   Technical Systems Engineer	Technical Systems Engineers are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the infrastructure or systems network. They build, maintain, and repair all the systems and network infrastructure of the organization... Show more	$35-66

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Switches
   • Routers
   • Lan Wan
   • VPN
   • Linux
   • Tcp Ip
   • DNS
   • Network Infrastructure
   • Troubleshoot
   • Juniper
   • OS
   • VMware
   • MPLS
   • Network Equipment

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage twitter page and lists.
   • Develop scrips in python and shell to automate network configuration processes.
   • Manage, coordinate and complete OS image installations on large number of client laptops.
   • Manage project to maximize available bandwidth and throughput by implementing QOS technologies including compression, traffic shaping and priority/custom queuing.
   • Perform maintenance\troubleshooting\break fix on primarily Cisco routers and switches.
   • Analyze protocols like ARP, ICMP, IP, TCP and DHCP using Wireshark.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your network engineer technician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A network engineer technician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, network engineers technician' average salary in south carolina is 32% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level network engineers technician earn 44% less than senior-level network engineers technician.
   • Certifications. A network engineer technician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a network engineer technician's salary.

   Average network engineer technician salary

   $92,779yearly

   $44.61 hourly rate

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   Entry-level network engineer technician salary

   $69,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

   Average network engineer technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$114,497	$55
   2	New Jersey	$101,557	$49
   3	Oregon	$98,539	$47
   4	Nevada	$95,114	$46
   5	Massachusetts	$93,884	$45
   6	Connecticut	$93,743	$45
   7	Florida	$93,171	$45
   8	Maryland	$87,975	$42
   9	District of Columbia	$87,943	$42
   10	Virginia	$87,457	$42
   11	Texas	$85,846	$41
   12	Minnesota	$85,598	$41
   13	Ohio	$84,593	$41
   14	Tennessee	$83,922	$40
   15	North Carolina	$82,761	$40
   16	New York	$82,310	$40
   17	Missouri	$81,549	$39
   18	Colorado	$81,466	$39
   19	Illinois	$81,159	$39
   20	Alabama	$81,067	$39

   Average network engineer technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Lyft	$124,870	$60.03
   2	NVIDIA	$124,783	$59.99	23
   3	Salesforce	$113,791	$54.71	43
   4	Costco Wholesale	$111,817	$53.76	1
   5	Yahoo	$110,078	$52.92
   6	Contextlogic Inc.	$108,441	$52.14
   7	Cadence Design Systems	$107,645	$51.75	10
   8	Juniper Networks	$107,179	$51.53
   9	Airtable	$105,307	$50.63	2
   10	Mayo Clinic	$104,367	$50.18	11
   11	Micron Technology	$104,015	$50.01	4
   12	CDW	$103,719	$49.86	8
   13	Xero	$101,145	$48.63
   14	Philips	$99,845	$48.00
   15	OmniVision Technologies	$99,421	$47.80	3
   16	Autoliv	$98,541	$47.38	2
   17	Hulu	$98,266	$47.24
   18	DuPont	$98,076	$47.15	1
   19	DXC Technology	$97,570	$46.91	25
   20	Tractor Supply	$97,041	$46.65	4

4. Writing a network engineer technician job description

   A good network engineer technician job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a network engineer technician job description:

   Network engineer technician job description example

   · Minimum of 4 years of Network Engineering experience.

   • Solid understanding of network protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, SFTP, SMTP, HSRP, LDAP, HSRP, VRRP, 802.1x, etc.)
   • Must be highly technical with hands-on ability in implementing, administering, and troubleshooting network infrastructure devices, including Firewalls (Cisco ASA/Firepower & Sophos UTM), Routers (Cisco), Switches (Cisco & HP/Aruba), Wireless (Ruckus & HP/Aruba) and network monitoring tools (Nagios, etc.)
   • Solid experience in Cisco and HP/Aruba switches, Cisco ASA/Firepower Firewalls, and Sophos UTM Firewalls.
   • Proficient in private and public WAN technologies (VPN, MPLS, SDWAN).
   • Knowledge of technologies related to SDWAN, MPLS, QoS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and Traffic Engineering.
   • Network cabling and management.
   • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
   • Cloud networking experience in Azure or AWS will be a strong plus.
   • Experience in a network semiconductor industry with sub-contract manufacturing environments is a strong plus.

   Benefits:

   · Medical

   · Dental

   · Vision

   · Medical Savings Accounts

   · Life/Disability Benefits

   · Voluntary Benefits

   · 401(k) Retirement Plan Matching

   · Employee Assistance Plan

   · Commuter Program

   · Paid Time Off

   JSR is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

   **Recruitment agencies/Headhunter do not submit resumes/CVs through our Web site or directly to managers. JSR will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with JSR. JSR do not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. We are not also working with any C2C arrangements at this time.**

   Company DescriptionJSR is a global leader in material sciences and chemical engineering committed to contributing to social good by supplying materials to serve future generations and providing new value today for our customers and society in the areas of digital solutions, life sciences, elastomers, and next generation solutions.
   
   We value Innovation, Quality, Customers, and People! JSR combines a deep Japanese heritage of materials innovation, with speed propelled by our strong customer partnerships with premier tech & life sciences companies.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right network engineer technician for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with network engineers technician they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit network engineers technician who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your network engineer technician job on Zippia to find and recruit network engineer technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit network engineers technician, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   While interviews are great, you will only sometimes learn enough from a conversation with a network engineer technician applicant. In those cases, having candidates complete a test project can go a long way in figuring out who's the most likely to succeed in the role. If you aren't a technical person and don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new network engineer technician

   Once you have selected a candidate for the network engineer technician position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new network engineer technician. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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