I like Matt's definition, though I might change 'computer infrastructure' to 'technology infrastructure'. Systems Administration to me encompasses everything from front-line help desk technicians (who are maintaining the end-user desktop and mobile systems) to SREs writing code to automate deployment and management of hundreds of thousands of systems. I don't care if you're dealing with end users, racks of hardware, global networks, or APIs... its all part of Systems Administration.
I'll also refer to a message I sent last summer describing many types of SAs and why they're all welcome in LOPSA. https://lists.lopsa.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-August/020041.html -David On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Matt Simmons <msimm...@lopsa.org> wrote: > In June of 2014, I wrote this: > > *System Administrators are the IT operations staff responsible for > designing, building, and maintaining an organization's computer > infrastructure* > > I think that still holds for the most part. > > I don't think of System Administration as a job - I think of it as a > responsibility. You might not *be* a system administrator, but you *do > system administration*, whether you're a developer or a DevOps Engineer, or > a secretary. > > (and my very personal view is that LOPSA should cater to helping people > who *do system administration*, not *are system administrators*, because > there's far more of the first than the second). > > --Matt > > > > > 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/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > >
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