On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 08:52:35AM -0500, Tim Kirby wrote: > I'm not sure if this is actually a repeat of past threads, we > spend a lot of time talking about this sort of thing within > "IT organizations" but I'm not sure I've seen this one. > > $WORK is a computer system manufacturer. Thus it is largely > technical with an R&D component building software and hardware. > Within our IT organization we have two or three highly > experienced sysadmin/devop/engineer types that could hold > their own against any of the R&D "Principal Engineers" and > do, at time, consult for R&D. > > The politics and handling of "IT" is every bit as dysfunctional > as you might expect, however, and the job titles and "official > status" of these IT guys make them almost indistinguishable > from a front line help desk tech (no, I'm not dissing the help > desk tech, don't go there). > > I am interested in hearing from anyone who works with or has > worked with companies that have actually recognized such > senior folks within their organizations. One term I've heard > the term "IT Fellow", but I'm really not hung up on the name > so much as the perceived role within the company and how such > people might appear in the company ranks. > > I suppose I should add that the "VP of Administration" who is > the ersatz CIO (in terms of corporate position) denies all > CIO responsibility, indicating that the Director of IT, his > immediate report, has all IT responsibility. There is an > "Office if the CTO", I don't know if it would be possible to > hang these highly senior IT people off that instead. I do > realize that the de-emphasis of IT at the VP level probably > means we're all screwed. Sigh. > > Thanks for any input...
Would "Principal Systems Engineer" cause too much of a kerfluffle with your R&D Engineers (presumably PE style engineers)? Or maybe let them choose their own titles (I work at a fairly flat org where that's not uncommon depending on what external party you're working with)? :) Ray _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
