Profession IT systems administrator

IT systems administrators install, configure, and support an organisation's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.

Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic

Tasks it systems administrator

• Diagnose hardware and software problems and replace faulty components.
• Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations.
• Plan, coordinate and implement network security measures to protect data, software and hardware.
• Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.
• Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records.
• Design, configure and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
• Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems.
• Program in scripting languages, such as Javascript, PERL, CGI, Vbscript, etc.

Related professions hardware, network

• Computer hardware technician
• Computer network technician
• Computer systems technician
• Data communication lines or cables installer
• IT computer repairer
• IT hardware engineer
• IT hardware testing technician
• IT network specialist
• IT operations technician
• Statistical data manager

Source: Sisyphus ODB