On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Section to be reviewed: Generic Job Description
>
>Content for review ...
>
>A level 2 system administrator should have a wide variety of talents,
>ranging from defined technical capability to established communications
>skills. In the professional business, the level 2 candidate will be
>expected to maintain a higher degree of inter-personal and communication
>skills as well as provide services beyond his certifiable technical
>knowledge such as research, proposal, documentation, training, and project
>management. This level of responsibility requires a high level of
>technical competance which can be measured by technical performance
>testing. While the LPIC-2 goal cannot test social and management skills
>needed to fill level 2 sysadmin positions, its goal is to certify the
>technical skills that are required.
>
>A Level 2 sysadmin should be comfortable with advanced levels of Linux
>system administration. A Level 2 candidate should be comfortable with
>large networks, working with multiple dedicated servers and workstations
>dedicated to these tasks, as well as managing them, securing them, and
>maintaining all the services required to do so.
>
>In Level 1, LPI covered the essentials to creating and maintaining a Linux
>workstation. In Level 2, LPIC should address advanced topics such as
>installation engineering and system resource managements of not only
>individual workstations, but servers.
>
>....
>
>Kara's Comments: These three paragraphs should provide the general sense
>of the job level that level II candidates would be expected to fill. These
>lines should help specify some of the differences between level1 and level
>2 candidates in the job market. Overall, this summary should highlight the
>generic style job postings found on job sites.
>
>Q1: Do you feel that this summary fairly explains the expected
>responsibility level of a level 2 candidate, while understanding that
>LPI is unable to certify skills beyond a technical level?
>
>Q1 Answer and Comment:
Yes this is okay but I think we need to add to it a bit. According to our
original specifications for L2 this level should have a "thorough understanding
of (Inter)networking". I don't see this mentioned specifically here and I think
the statement would be stronger and better directed if it was. Now I recognize
that we say "large networks" but I think we should be a bit more specific and I
like the old verbiage a bit better.
See: http://www.lpi.org/c-process.html#LPIC2 for reference.
>-----
>Q2: Do you agree that the generic responsibility levels in these
>paragraphs is true to a mid level to advanced system administrator?
>
>Q2 Answer and Comment:
With the addition of internetworking as a specific control, yes I do.
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>Q3: Do you think it's fair to compare level 1 administrators and level 2
>administrators in the final paragraph, as it pertains to the LPI
>certification?
>
>Q3 Answer and Comment:
More than fair... in fact, it's probably essential.
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>Q4: What type of job titles would you think could have a generic job
>description as listed here?
>
>Q4: Answer and Comment:
Lead Sys-Admin, Network Administrator, Chief "cat-herder" <grin>
>-----
>Q5: Without getting into technical specifics, are there other general job
>aspects that you feel need to be addressed here?
>
>Q5 Answer and Comment:
Just a stronger internetworking statement.
>-----
>Your Questions and Comments:
I look forward to seeing the next draft!
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