Junior Systems Administrator

What the job involves

• Manages user accounts and security policies
• Patches and monitors servers
• Runs backups and tests restores
• Manages virtual machines
• Writes scripts to automate repetitive tasks

Your path from this job

1. Junior Systems AdministratorYou start as · 0–2 years

   Handles daily tasks: accounts, patches and monitoring.

2. Systems Administrator2–5 years

   Runs a whole server estate and automates it.

3. Systems / Cloud Engineer5–8 years

   Designs environments and moves them to the cloud.

4. Infrastructure Manager8+ years

   Leads the organisation's infrastructure.

Years are approximate and vary by employer. What matters is that each stage builds on the last.

Where you'd work

Data centres, banks, government and managed service providers.

Skills you need

Tools of the trade

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