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Create plans and layouts for data communication networks Present designs to management, customers, and staff Deploy planned networks, testing to ensure proper implementation Document processes for posterity Upgrade hardware, such as routers or adaptors, and software, such as network drivers, as needed to support computer networks Research and recommend new technologies for network performance Computer network architects, or network engineers, design and deploy computer and information networks. Contacts for More Information For more information about computer careers, visit Association for Computing Machinery IEEE Computer Society Computing Research Association CompTIA National Center for Women & Information Technology O·NET Computer Network Architects Telecommunications Engineering Specialists SUGGESTED CITATION: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Computer Network Architects, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-network-architects.htm (visited April 18, 2025).