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title: "Network Engineer"
description: "You build and look after the networks that connect computers."
canonical: https://lightmysky.com/careers/network-engineer
source: https://lightmysky.com/careers/network-engineer.md
retrieved: 2026-10-19
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# Network Engineer

You build and look after the networks that connect computers.

The internet is computers passing messages by numbers and rules. Place value and clear thinking help you set up networks that work.

Category: Technology & Data
Page: https://lightmysky.com/careers/network-engineer

## Subjects it draws on

- [Computing](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing)
- [Mathematics](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics)

## The topics behind it

- [Networks and the Internet](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/networks-and-the-internet-mt_JmrMg6v8V_): This is the whole job, how machines talk to each other.
- [The three digits of a three-digit number](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/the-three-digits-of-a-three-digit-number-mt_aPBzD28_mT): Addresses on a network are read one digit at a time.
- [A Hundred Is Ten Tens](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/a-hundred-is-ten-tens-mt_8gy7uxRlF6): Grouping numbers helps you make sense of big address ranges.
- [Real-World Mathematical Modelling](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/real-world-mathematical-modelling-mt_yqZiX6vS7D): You model traffic on a network to keep it fast.

## Areas it leans on

- Computing: Computing Fundamentals
- Mathematics: Number Representation & Place Value
- Mathematics: Mathematical Thinking