Systems administrators

Systems administrators develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of information technology systems.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations
• Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
• Diagnosing hardware and software problems
• Performing data backups and disaster recovery operations
• Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use