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T H E O P P O R T U N I T Y
There are numerous employment opportunities for UNIX Systems administrators
in the fields of Information Technology (IT), Management Information Systems
(MIS), and Internet Technology.
- UNIX systems form the backbone of the Internet
- UNIX servers are used throughout industry to support large databases
- UNIX servers support graphics computation for the entertainment industry
- UNIX is the operating system used by virtually all high performance
computers
- UNIX is the platform of choice for large scale IT systems
The role of UNIX systems administrators typically includes:
- creation and management of user accounts
- installation and maintenance of applications software
- supporting networks of UNIX systems
- monitoring and maintaining system security
- troubleshooting to locate and correct problems
- backing up file systems and restoring files when necessary
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