As an enterprise administrator, you deploy and maintain vital business solutions on enterprise platform architectures. You must carefully balance business requirements against platform capabilities, because it’s your job to maintain a secure and stable environment. As an implementer, you need a thorough understanding of server solutions, Active Directory, and applications critical to your business, and at times you might need to fulfill an architectural design role.
Informational asset manager
Enterprise storage administrator
Network administrator
Reuse engineer
Software process specialist
GeneralConfigure Web servicesConfigure network applicationsConfigure server operating system services
BeginnerDesign Active Directory
IntermediatePlan network applicationsPlan server security
ExpertDeploy server operating systemsConfigure server securityConfigure networksTroubleshoot server operating systems
Three to eight years
20 percent operations
60 percent engineering
20 percent support tasks
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