IMHO, job titles are extremely subjective. My last position, for instance, I was responsible for all servers, all infrastructure equipment (switches, routers, ISP connection, etc.), and all desktops, and yet my title was Technology Specialist. Which, by the way, was the same title that our database guy had. Right now, my unofficial title is Network Administrator, and I'm responsible for the servers and infrastructure. Job titles in IT don't really tell what the person does anymore, it's just something to put on the business cards, if you get them. Joe Heaton
________________________________ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Random Q Network Admin vs Systems Engineer Are they pretty much the same thing? Does anyone see much difference in what roles these two job titles entail, and if so what skills differentiate these two? I see job postings that have them together in the title, but I also found this on SearchNeworking.com: "The responsibilities of a system engineer and network administrator are not as clear cut as they were as little as five years ago. Today, most IT systems thrive on convergence of technologies. VoIP is a very popular example of how two distinct technologies (voice and data) are no longer divergent. Similarly, systems rely heavily on networking, and networking is useless without systems so, in essence, the two are so interdependent that the job responsibilities for system and network administrators greatly overlap. The only major difference is that system administrators specialize more in the nature of operating systems, applications, and the computers that run the OS. Network admins specialize more in routers and switches and understanding how traffic flows through an internetwork." http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,2896 25,sid7_gci1228606,00.html Does that sound accurate to you guys? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
