What do I do?
September 9, 2010 10:07 AM   Subscribe

This is yet another question regarding job titles. With the huge cuts last year and the lack of a state budget so far this year (much less a university budget), this is a nervous time for my coworkers and I. My official title is "Systems Engineer" which (to me) is so broad of a title that dozens of different positions actually fall under this category. Let me list some of my actual responsibilities and ask you for a more accurate job title.

My primary responsibility is ALL of the publicly available computers in our department. This covers roughly 250 PCs, running the gamut from a totally locked down version of XP (browsers, office viewers, pdf viewer, and nothing else), up through full Office and Adobe suites available to university affiliates. I created the base image, security model, software restrictions, software allowances, patching schedule, etc. All of this is managed through your bog standard windows tools: AD, Group Policy, SCCM (née SMS) and so on.
(And of course, these need to be secured against novice users clicking on every popup they see, as well as bored CS students trying to root the systems and everything in between... all while ensuring access to the huge number of third party content we subscribe to.)

Secondary responsibilities include higher level support for 700ish staff PCs when the first line of defense is stumped or otherwise unavailable.

Here's the catch: Do to internal politics, my group has *no* server access. At all. Ever.

So. What is a more accurate job title?
posted by Barmecide to Work & Money (6 answers total)
 
I'd call you a sysadmin. If the connotations of server access in that title bother you, I'd run with Endpoint Systems Administrator.
posted by bfranklin at 10:13 AM on September 9, 2010


I wouldn't call you a sysadmin, you're right, the current title is too braod, I'd go more end user support. Maybe Desktop Support, End User Specialist, or something like that. Since your focus is decktops and not servers.
posted by Blake at 10:22 AM on September 9, 2010


Response by poster:
I'd call you a sysadmin. If the connotations of server access in that title bother you, I'd run with Endpoint Systems Administrator.
The sysadmin title doesn't bother me, I just don't think it's applicable to this position.

I've had Systems Administration positions in the past, and would love to segue into that role here as well, but for this current position it just cannot happen.
posted by Barmecide at 10:33 AM on September 9, 2010


IT Administrator
posted by royalsong at 10:42 AM on September 9, 2010


Desktop Design or Desktop Architect
posted by Admira at 3:41 PM on September 9, 2010


Student PCs? No server access?

Helpdesk Monkey.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 4:40 PM on September 10, 2010


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