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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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
65/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
64/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.High
74
Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.High
78
Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to coordinate computer network access and use.Medium
58
Configure, monitor, and maintain email applications or virus protection software.Medium
61
Confer with network users about solutions to existing system problems.Medium
79
Implement and provide technical support for voice services and equipment, such as private branch exchange, voice mail system, and telecom system.Medium
74
Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.Medium
78
Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.Medium
76
Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records.Medium
81
Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.Medium
77
Analyze equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement.Medium
53
Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments are needed and where changes will be needed in the future.Medium
40
Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel to facilitate purchases.Medium
79
Load computer tapes and disks, and install software and printer paper or forms.Medium
43
Gather data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.Medium
76
Research new technologies by attending seminars, reading trade articles, or taking classes, and implement or recommend the implementation of new technologies.Medium
79
Maintain logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records.Medium
25
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records.81
  2. Confer with network users about solutions to existing system problems.79
  3. Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel to facilitate purchases.79
  4. Research new technologies by attending seminars, reading trade articles, or taking classes, and implement or recommend the implementation of new technologies.79
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Maintain logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records.01
  2. Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments are needed and where changes will be needed in the future.02
  3. Load computer tapes and disks, and install software and printer paper or forms.03
  4. Analyze equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement.04
  5. Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to coordinate computer network access and use.05
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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency57
Physical dependency33
Adoption pressure65
Labour-market resilience50
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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