Mark, I take the term "System Administrator" as a broad statement that covers a myriad of job functions. Now many people may not agree with my way of thinking but I see the Profession of System Administration the same way I see the Maintenance Mechanic in a Factory, Auto Mechanic in a Garage, Electronics Tech in an Electronics Shop, Factory etc. It is someone who has the skills to maintain a system (Telephone, DNS, Firewall, Database, Active Directory Server etc, etc , etc,.) Sorry for the King and I reference. It is a person who has the skills to troubleshoot an issue with the systems (see previous list) without a script or instructions to follow. They are people who can think on their feet and work outside of the boxed description of their present position. Can they program? Yes but it is not their niche. They are a logical group.
To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy: Do you maintain your Company's Oracle Server? Then you are a System Administrator. Do you manage the Telephone system for your Company? Then you are a System Administrator. Do you have a closet with bins of Cat5/6 Cables, Power Cords and vials of small screws? Then you might be a hoarder but you also might be a System Administrator. Do you understand the statement "Out of Streams Space!" and know what to do? Then you are a system administrator. And it goes on. Just recently my job title was changed to "Data Specialist and System Administrator" So I asked my new boss. Which system do I administer? As the systems I currently managed were being legacyed . He thought a bit and then said "Well the current system being retired and the new ones coming in and any others that we bring in." So they added an S to the title and it went to Data Specialist and Systems Administrator. But I still think I am the man behind "That" door that seems to get things working when everyone else can't. So if you are that person. You ar a System Administrator. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Mark Honomichl <m...@marsdominion.com> wrote: > As a new board member, one of the tasks that I have taken on is to create > a definition of what a System Administrator is, especially in the context > of LOPSA, so I am curious to here what the membership thinks a SysAdmin > is. You can respond on the list, directly to my inbox, or via Reddit ( > http://www.reddit.com/r/LOPSA/comments/2x5i1q/what_is_a_system_administrator/ > ). > > -- > --------------------------------- > Mark Honomichl > > "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a > tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- John J. Boris Sr. Member of LOPSA Board of Directors League of Professional System Administrators (lopsa.org)
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