Systems Administrator vs Systems Engineer: What's the Difference?

[@TechWithEmilio]

do you want to be an engineer or admin?

[@LoveLiveLearnLongevity]

Engineer

[@vawaken3860]

My company title is IT Support Specialist and I essentially do everything from level 1-3 as define here. Im not a full blown admin or engineer but part of my responsibility does involve some lvl 3 tasks. I love it because I get to walk around and troubleshoot hardware on the floor, setting up workstations, video conferencing and then I can come back to my desk and write scripts, manage our O365 environment, troubleshoot app server or replace a fortigate firewall.

[@ABShinobi]

Engineering Technician working in the semiconductor industry. Since I work with & maintain Linux based test environment systems, I might as well go all in and pursue Linux Systems Engineering.

[@AdrienneMorrisa]

I work at a school as level 1 help desk. I've seen a few different videos talk about how a sysadmin might have the title, but in reality they are a network admin/engineer. Interestingly, at my school, it's the reverse. Our level 3 people are Network technicians/engineers, but really they take on more of a sysadmin role.

[@marselnaidenov725]

Best explanation I've ever seen! Now i clear understand what is System Admin and System Engineer.

[@TechWithEmilio]

thanks

[@Crowd_Surfer5.0]

Engineer > Admin

[@the_synack]

I listened to this, hoping to maybe get a better idea of what type of job title I would have in other companies vs my own. I've come to the conclusion that it's almost impossible to do that. Different companies will segment the spectrum of roles and responsibilities in unique ways. I suppose that is what makes our profession so exciting. If I get too bored or burnt out, I can always find another company that'll allow me to do things I normally don't get the opportunity to do. I say medium-sized companies though can be great to work at. Generally you're not a solo admin, but also your team isn't so large that you get silo'd into a subgenre of your specialty. That being said, once you get to into a more senior role within a team, you'll get to a point pretty quickly where it's either become a people manager or plateau.

[@Apollo_GodMode]

Appreciate all of this information!

[@TheKpow]

THANK YOU. This clears up a lot for me

[@TechWithEmilio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JNap936]

Welp my title is Admin, but I am apparently doing majority Engineer work. Time for that title change I guess.

[@12012channel]

That is one of the problems with the IT industry. A lot of companies use titles haphazardly. I have seen companies that use the title of Systems Engineer for people who were level 1 help desk . I guess they thought it would make the person feel important or something. The title might have been fancy but the pay was still level 1 help desk.

[@thelearner761]

Please start CCNA course

[@TechWithEmilio]

will look into that

[@thelearner761]

@@TechWithEmilio Thank You!

[@Microking4u]

Been in the biz since 1999, the pay has gone up way slower than inflation. Organizations don’t reward these titles with regard to pay, HR has no respect and always low balls these positions. Stay away, it’s not worth the knowledge you need to have for the pay. People who need to know less can make more money, it’s been a frustrating career choice!

[@lannguyenthi8775]

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[@nefcodes]

you sound like you know what you're talking about

[@Luis-lj9cp]

Alot of BS

[@TechWithEmilio]

ok

[@phillp7777]

usually like no real diff... companies HR don't know either... rediculous. use a vague job title. In real life... Ya Just gotta do Everthing onthejob . whatever the bosss they want u to do or yur out the door fast.

[@anhluong9891]

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