network administrator

Network Administrator

(job)A person who manages a communications network withinan organisation. Responsibilities include network security,installing new applications, distributing software upgrades,monitoring daily activity, enforcing licensing agreements,developing a storage management program and providing forroutine backups.

network administrator

A person who manages a local area communications network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) for an organization. Responsibilities include network security, installing new hardware and applications, monitoring software upgrades and daily activity, enforcing licensing agreements, developing a storage management program and providing for routine backups, not to mention ensuring that it is up and running all the time. Some headache! See system administrator, WAN administrator, system development life cycle, job descriptions and salary survey.