How to become a network or Communications or Infrastructure manager
Official title: Network/Communications/Infrastructure manager
Also called: Computer operations and network manager, Information technology (IT) communications manager, Information technology (IT) infrastructure manager, Information technology (IT) network manager, Information technology (IT) project manager (network and communications), Network and communications manager, Telecommunications operations manager, Head of Infrastructure, Infrastructure Engineering Manager, Operations Integration Specialist/System Integration Engineer/Infrastructure Specialist, Computer operations and network manager, IT infrastructure manager
Network/Communications/Infrastructure manager drives the implementation of strategy for network and communications infrastructure operations and maintenance to ensure availability of stable and secure systems. He/she identifies problems and presents new methodologies and solutions to key stakeholders and also enhances and improves the delivery of infrastructure operations and maintenance services.
Main tasks
- Consulting with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements and specifying technology to meet those needs
- Formulating and directing information and communication technology (ICT) strategies, policies and plans
- Directing the selection and installation of ICT resources and the provision of user training
- Directing ICT operations, analysing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines
- Overseeing the security of ICT systems
- Assigning, reviewing, managing and leading the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
- Representing the enterprise or organisation at ICT related conventions, seminars and conferences
Ways in
- University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $129,000 a year. The middle half earn $101,916 to $176,688 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a network or Communications or Infrastructure manager?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.
How much does a network or Communications or Infrastructure manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $129,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $101,916 to $176,688.
Will AI change the work of a network or Communications or Infrastructure manager?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026