A 5-day, 30-hour intensive designed for people who have completed networking training but still need the practical confidence to work in a real Network Engineer environment.
30
Intensive Hours
18
Seats Per Cohort
5
Hands-On Days
4×
Offered Each Year
The Gap We Solve
Certification knowledge is important. But many aspiring engineers still lack confidence around physical infrastructure, production procedures, real equipment, documentation, deployment and failure scenarios.
The 5-Day Experience
Each day moves from physical infrastructure to installation, deployment, production operations and advanced maintenance.
Before you configure it, you need to recognize it.
Identify copper and fiber cabling, single-mode vs multimode fiber, LC/SC/ST connectors, SR/LR/SX/LX optics, router and switch families, firewalls, WLCs, APs, MDF/IDF patching, and physical interface numbering.
Build the working environment of a real engineer.
Rack switches in an IDF/data-center environment, install equipment in a remote-office closet, work with switch stacks, install an AP, configure your engineer workstation, and learn the operational documents used by infrastructure teams.
The company is opening a new site. You're the Network Engineer.
Gather business and technical requirements, determine users, wired/wireless needs, equipment, bandwidth and growth, create an IP plan, build router/switch configuration templates, console into hardware and prepare the site for deployment.
On production networks, every change has impact.
Activate and assign ports, trace devices, install a new switch into an existing IDF, replace switches with newer models, recover from failed equipment with or without a usable backup, discuss line-card installation and authorized password recovery.
Operate, maintain, recover - then communicate your experience.
Manage switch-stack operations, add or replace members, understand election/priority behavior, plan software upgrades and downgrades, validate after maintenance, and translate the week's experience into stronger LinkedIn positioning and job-search conversations.
Final Capstone Incident
The week concludes with a production-style incident. Your team receives the symptoms and business impact - not a step-by-step lab guide. You investigate, identify root cause, implement an authorized fix, validate service, document the work and present the outcome.
Users can reach some local services but cannot consistently access corporate resources following a network change.
Your task: Investigate - communicate - troubleshoot - restore - validate - document - close.
What You'll Work With
Fiber, copper, optics, connectors, patch panels, racks, switches, routers and access points.
IP address books, device inventories, ISP records, configuration templates and change records.
Dead switches, replacements, backup recovery, stack membership and operational validation.
Terminal access, SSH, file-transfer tools, subnetting utilities and practical working templates.
Learn the workflow from ticket and approval through backup, implementation, testing and closure.
Learn how to discuss practical activities, projects and operational thinking in interviews and on LinkedIn.
Who This Is For
Experience Week is designed for people who already know networking fundamentals and need practical exposure, repetition and confidence.
Ideal participant
Ideal participant
Ideal participant
Ideal participant
Ideal participant
Ideal participant
Participants should already understand basic TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, switching and routing. CCNA-level training or equivalent knowledge is recommended. A certification is not required.
Limited Annual Schedule
The small-cohort structure protects hands-on equipment access, instructor interaction and team-based practical work.
Application
Tell us about your background and preferred cohort. Our team will follow up to confirm program fit.
Application received
Thanks - our team will follow up within 1-2 business days.
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