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System Administrator<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/h2>\n

System administrators, often referred to as sysadmins, are in the operational side software. They help set up servers and hardware for the software to run on, and they make sure things stay up and running. This can include being on-call to be alerted when there is a problem with the system. Many system administrators specialize in specific areas or technologies. For example, one might be an expert in mail servers (called a postmaster), security, or even internal IT (making sure your phones and internet work as expected at the office, or removing the virus from that email you knew you shouldn\u2019t have clicked on). Some of these specialties have training and certificates, and while there aren\u2019t necessarily degrees in system administration, many trade schools and information technology programs specialize in this type of role. If you are hiring for this role, it is really important to understand the responsibilities this specific company will need covered, since this position can be so varied. A person required to monitor and operate systems needs to be willing to be on call, and should have a strong track record of being accountable and responsible. Whereas a person in an internal IT support role should have customer service skills. Some of these roles are expected to do light coding or scripting (which is a lot like programming, but with one-off pieces of code, versus more traditional programming, which is like building pieces into a larger puzzle).<\/p>\n

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