An IT professional who installs, maintains, and secures server and desktop systems for an organization.
What systems administrators do
Systems administrators install operating systems, configure user accounts, patch servers, monitor performance, manage backups, and respond to outages. They support email, file sharing, virtualization, and identity systems that keep an organization running.
Training path
Most US systems administrators hold an associate or bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science. Many also earn certifications such as CompTIA Server+, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware credentials. Career often begins in help desk roles.
Settings
Sysadmins work in corporate IT departments, hospitals, universities, government agencies, manufacturing, and managed service providers. Cloud-native organizations increasingly merge the role with DevOps and SRE practices.
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