IMHO, the old sage descriptions are quite dated (see another recent thread in the archives relating planning for sysadmin/machine ratios that has some intersection) and responsibilities have expanded beyond that, but also changed significantly in some ways. Unfortunately, I'm not helpful enough (today) to contribute a new description. You could possibly pull some nuggets from this with respect to communication skills, but all references to technology are woefully dated.
e.g. ability to port C programs from one environment to another. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Jerald Sheets <que...@gmail.com> wrote: > Our current relationships notwithstanding, what was wrong with the old > SAGE job descriptions, or andy LISA materials we have on the matter. This > has been hammered out ad-nauseum years ago. > > > > On Feb 25, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:45:26PM -0600, Mark Honomichl 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/ > >> ). > > > > A system administrator is someone who deals with one or > > more systems on behalf of some other entity. > > > > Breaking that open: > > > > - payment is usual, but irrelevant. There are volunteers. > > > > - authority and concomitant responsibility are key. > > > > - there is a trivial case for a one-person "organization" > > > > - The nature of the systems is not specified, but understood to > > be at least tangentially related to information technology. > > Sometimes that involves HVAC, building architecture, or > > psychology or economics. > > > > - There are specialties. There are skills. Some require a few > > minutes of study, and others need months or years. > > > > > > Although LOPSA has "Professional" in the title, you should > > remember that the earliest sysadmins were systems programmers, > > and their predecessors were hardware engineers who were > > sometimes computer scientists, mathematicians and electrical > > and mechanical engineers. > > > > -dsr- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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