How to hire a Network Technician

How to hire a network technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step network 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 technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new network technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the network technician you need to hire. Certain network technician roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect network 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 technician salaries for various positions.

   Type Of Network Technician	Description	Hourly Rate
   Network 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.	$24-44
   Information Technology/Support Technician	An information technology (IT) support technician is a professional who is responsible for providing support and troubleshoots software and hardware problems faced by customers. As for larger organizations that have their own IT department, technicians must work together internally with their IT staff members... Show More	$14-31
   Technician Support Tier	A technician support tier focuses on providing technical support to clients or employees within a company. Typically working in a team setting, a technician support tier addresses technical problems and troubleshoots to identify the root of the issues and perform necessary corrective measures or repairs... Show More	$18-37

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common Skills:

   • Customer Service
   • Switches
   • Troubleshoot
   • Routers
   • Lan Wan
   • Lan
   • Tcp Ip
   • Technical Support
   • Linux
   • PC
   • Network Infrastructure
   • TCP/IP
   • DNS
   • VPN

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   Responsibilities:

   • Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
   • Manage city wide IIS deployment.
   • Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
   • Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
   • Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
   • Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

   More Network Technician duties

3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, network technicians' average salary in south dakota is 46% less than in hawaii.
   • Seniority. Entry-level network technicians earn 45% less than senior-level network technicians.
   • Certifications. A network 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 technician's salary.

   Average network technician salary

   $68,938yearly

   $33.14 hourly rate

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   Entry-level network technician salary

   $51,000 yearly salary

   Updated March 16, 2025

   Average network technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
   1	Hawaii	$101,776	$49
   2	California	$87,605	$42
   3	Massachusetts	$76,163	$37
   4	Nevada	$73,072	$35
   5	Washington	$72,687	$35
   6	New York	$72,397	$35
   7	Maryland	$72,126	$35
   8	New Jersey	$70,948	$34
   9	District of Columbia	$70,237	$34
   10	Minnesota	$68,681	$33
   11	Pennsylvania	$68,672	$33
   12	Ohio	$68,085	$33
   13	Virginia	$67,618	$33
   14	Arizona	$67,369	$32
   15	Illinois	$66,342	$32
   16	North Carolina	$66,094	$32
   17	Texas	$64,315	$31
   18	Georgia	$63,628	$31
   19	Indiana	$63,275	$30
   20	Colorado	$62,573	$30

   Average network technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
   1	Apple	$121,415	$58.37	234
   2	Google	$118,620	$57.03	103
   3	Ricoh Innovations	$112,460	$54.07
   4	AIG	$111,562	$53.64
   5	BNY Mellon	$110,404	$53.08
   6	Citi	$110,151	$52.96	2
   7	Mayo Clinic	$109,173	$52.49	8
   8	Juniper Networks	$108,739	$52.28	2
   9	Varian Medical Systems	$107,979	$51.91
   10	Ernst & Young	$105,946	$50.94	156
   11	Adobe	$105,206	$50.58	5
   12	NetApp	$104,334	$50.16	7
   13	Nexsen Pruet, LLC	$103,496	$49.76
   14	Microsoft	$103,131	$49.58	55
   15	Molina Healthcare	$102,633	$49.34	20
   16	Fuhu	$102,095	$49.08
   17	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$101,865	$48.97	52
   18	Koch Industries	$100,896	$48.51
   19	Marcus & Millichap	$100,847	$48.48
   20	ZAP	$100,727	$48.43

4. Writing a Network Technician Job Description

   A network technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a network technician job description:

   Network Technician job description example

   Under general supervision, provides top-level technical expertise in the repair, testing, calibrating and maintenance of a variety of medical and electronic equipment and analyzes, designs, develops and implements enterprise-wide computer systems and supportive documentation. Uses an advanced application of concepts and techniques with a high degree of system and problem complexity.
   Duties and Responsibilities
   
   Enhances organizational and communications skills in order to provide project leadership. Enhances technical knowledge of all phases of application systems analysis and design. Provides trouble-shooting and problem solving skills to implement and maintain complex computer systems. Provides business solutions to meet customer specifications. Prepares and maintains appropriate documentation as required. Interacts with customers and vendors through all phases of installation of departmental and enterprise-wide systems. Plans, conducts and supervises small, short-term projects. Performs preventative maintenance inspections and electrical safety testing and corrects problems encountered. Analyzes electronic equipment for cause(s) of failure; isolates, tests, and replaces defective parts. Uses available test equipment to test functioning of all medical equipment; troubleshoots functioning problems and repairs medical devices. Makes necessary operational adjustments to electronic equipment and takes sensitivity, selectivity, and accuracy measurements. Responds to emergency calls from critical care areas; troubleshoots equipment problems and repairs hardware as needed.
   Qualifications
   Minimum Experience: 5 - 8 years
   
   Minimum Education: Associate's Degree
   
   Minimum Field Of Expertise: Healthcare IT
   
   Required Certification: CCENT certification required within first twelve months of hire
   
   Physical Demands: Moderate physical effort (lift/carry 11 to 25 lbs) Occasional prolonged standing/walking Pushes/pulls or moves/lifts heavy equipment/supplies
   
   Skills: Strong communications skills; Project Management skills; Good customer service skills; Able to coordinate troubleshooting between IT and BioMed, including the creation of guides and work flows

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find network technicians for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your network technician job on Zippia to find and recruit network 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

   Recruiting network technicians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   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.

   Sometimes, it's not enough to interview network technician candidates, so you can ask them to do a test project. If you are not a technical person and don't know what a test project should be, you can use these websites:

   • 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 technician

   Once you've decided on a perfect network technician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is 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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