In June of 2014, I wrote this:

*System Administrators are the IT operations staff responsible for
designing, building, and maintaining an organization's computer
infrastructure*

I think that still holds for the most part.

I don't think of System Administration as a job - I think of it as a
responsibility. You might not *be* a system administrator, but you *do
system administration*, whether you're a developer or a DevOps Engineer, or
a secretary.

(and my very personal view is that LOPSA should cater to helping people who
*do system administration*, not *are system administrators*, because
there's far more of the first than the second).

--Matt




On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Mark Honomichl <[email protected]>
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/
> ).
>
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