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\nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary  ................................................ 3  \nWhat Skills Matter to Employers: Analysis of Network Architect Job Listings  ... 4  \nTop Skills—Hard, Soft, and in Aggregate  ............................ 4  \nSoft Skills Quadrants  ............................................ 5  \nExamining the Candidate: Network Architect Resumes  .................... 7  \nTop Skills—Hard, Soft, and in Aggregate  ............................ 7  \nSoft Skills Quadrants  ............................................ 7  \nAnalyzing the Gaps Between Employers and Network Architect Jobseekers  .... 8  \nHard Skills Deviations  ............................................ 8  \nSoft Skills Deviations  ............................................ 9  \nEducation and Certification  ......................................... 10  \nCareer Tenure and Job-Hopping  ..................................... 10  \nGender Gap  ..................................................... 10  \nConcluding Thoughts  ............................................. 11  \nReferences  ...................................................... 11  \nExecutive Summary  \nThis report is a part of a series that appraises various network and cybersecurity occupations using natural language processing (NLP).1 This particular study examines the role of network architect from the vantage point of both employers and jobseekers. Findings show that employers seek skilled technologists with abroad mix of skills, and jobseekers tend to present themselves as more tactical than strategic.  \nCore takeaways from the analysis include:  \nEmployers  \nn Employers emphasize soft skills somewhat less than hard skills in job ads for network architects, with 7 of the 20 most-cited skills identified as soft skills. The soft skill of communications is the most-cited skill, found in 98% of employer postings.  \nn Hard skills referenced in job ads tend to be tactical rather than strategic in nature , such as routing, switching, and documentation. But there are enough exceptions to indicate that employers are looking for candidates equally comfortable with the strategic and the tactical.  \nn Although the network architect is not a cybersecurity role, security architecture is referenced on 68% of job ads , reflecting the increasing importance of security in network design.  \nn Soft skills cited by employers are relatively balanced across the four quadrants , with somewhat fewer skills in the Personal Characteristics Quadrant.  \nn A significant subset of job listings cite many more soft skills than the median, perhaps reflecting a corporate culture or HR processes more geared toward these more subjective skills.  \nJobseekers  \nn Resumes for candidates seeking network architect roles include many more hard skills than employers. While design is the most commonly cited skill by jobseekers and can be interpreted as a strategic skill, virtually all the other commonly referenced hard skills are tactical in nature.  \nn Applicants cite nearly as many soft skills as employers , and skills on resumes are spread similarly across the quadrants compared with job ads.  \nAbout This Series  \nThis report series is based on an analysis of thousands of job ads and resumes using natural language processing (NLP) to highlight skill-set gaps (including hard and soft skills), educational attainment and certifications, average career tenure, and gender breakdown. The goal is to provide actionable insights for hiring managers and executives to help them optimize their recruiting and build the best networking and cybersecurity teams possible.  \nNetwork architect roles are increasingly important in many organizations in an era of rapid change. For more than a decade, infrastructure, applications, and data have s","cbCaimexqzAxdHB1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimexqzAxdHB1","pdf",1125710,"English","# Executive Summary\n## What Skills Matter to Employers: Analysis of Network Architect Job Listings\n## Examining the Candidate: Network Architect Resumes\n## Analyzing the Gaps Between Employers and Network Architect Jobseekers\n## Education and Certification\n## Career Tenure and Job-Hopping\n## Gender Gap\n## Concluding Thoughts\n## References","[{\"question\":\"What method does the report use to analyze network architect skills?\",\"answer\":\"The report uses natural language processing (NLP) to analyze thousands of job ads and resumes and extract skill-set patterns.\"},{\"question\":\"Which soft skill is most cited in employer postings?\",\"answer\":\"Communications is the most cited soft skill, appearing in 98% of employer postings.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main differences between employers and jobseekers?\",\"answer\":\"The biggest disparities relate to tactical hard skills, which jobseekers overemphasize compared with employer job ads, while some soft skills are also less prevalent on resumes.\"}]","The Network Architect - Skilled Technologist and Stakeholder Analysis of Cybersecurity Skills Shortage | PDF",1789357220]