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IT infrastructure

IT infrastructure involves ensuring systems and processes are available, adaptable, reliable and secure.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • support infrastructure solutions and services, and other computer, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software and open source packages and solutions
  • support virtual and cloud computing, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)
2. Working

You can:

  • build, configure, administer and support infrastructure solutions and services, for example, networking and physical infrastructure, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, open source packages and solutions, or virtual and cloud computing
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • design and implement infrastructure solutions and services, for example, networking and physical infrastructure, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, open source packages and solutions, or virtual and cloud computing
4. Expert

You can:

  • lead teams and departments in the design, implementation, administration and support of infrastructure solutions and services

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Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Associate infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer4Awareness
Infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer6Working
Senior infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer7Practitioner
Lead infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8aExpert
Principal infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8bPractitioner
Associate network architectNetwork architect6Working
Network architectNetwork architect7Practitioner
Lead network architectNetwork architect8aExpert