Interest in structured approaches to system configuration management
Strong intellectual curiosity, motivation to advance in the profession
Take first professional certification. CompTIA Linux+, Linux Professional Insitute’s LPIC-1, and The Linux Foundation’s new Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) are good choices. These certs require knowledge such as Managing file permissions, creating backups, partitioning storage devices and troubleshooting filesystem issues.
Contribute to an open source infrastructure project, such as Red Hat-sponsored oVirt.
Working experience of platform used – at least 24 months
Proven track record of resolving basic issues associated with system configuration management, resource sharing and basic networking concepts.
Ability to train users in applications and operating system fundamentals and to write basic documentation.
Experience in resolving security issues
Experience in records retention and destruction policies
Experience with user identity management
Ability to monitor and identify network policy violations and system breaches
Ability to communicate in non-technical terms to non-technical people
Understands strategic direction of enterprise’s system and business operational direction
Ability to write scripts in some administrative language, such as Perl, Python, VBScript or Windows PowerShell.
Senior sysadmin
Work experience on multiple platforms, with at least four years with the current platform
Familiarity with the principles and practice of system configuration management and a broad understanding of the role of desired configuration as part of strategic organizational knowledge
Ability to solve problems quickly
Ability to establish processes and automate them to track and implement system solutions
Ability to modify system to meet new security requirements
Ability to participate in setting strategic direction for system
Viewed as an expert in the system by peers
Ability to write proposals or papers
Ability to act as a vendor liaison, make presentations to customers or client audiences or professional peers
