As wikipedia puts it :
“A network administrator is the person designated in an organization whose responsibility includes maintaining computer infrastructures with emphasis on networking. Responsibilities may vary between organizations, but on-site servers, software-network interactions as well as network integrity/resilience are the key areas of focus.”
A network administrator will usually have a full time day of standard tasks like :
Checking monitoring for alerts
Checking backups have succeeded and running test restores
Checking a companies internet and network connections
Helping the help desk with any 1st Line Support calls that need escalating
Working on new IT projects to implement new Software/Hardware/Services
Checking IT Security
A small to medium business’ utilization of a Network or System Administrator however probably won’t keep them busy enough for the whole day. A good System Administrator will have scripts for most of these tasks and only get notified on failure and resolve adhoc!
Being a Network Administrator myself, it is too often that a business will then ask the Network Administrator to fulfill other tasks such as 1st Line Help Desk , roles that he would have been previously promoted from.
The solution ….. Rent a network Administrator , or rent a few network administrators giving you extra redundancy like your servers.
Response IT provider Virtual System and Network Administrators for business in Surrey and London ( so we can visit site as and when we need to ) who are only a phone call away. They can help out Ad Hoc Support with issues your current helpdesk are having issues with , or can be brought in for issues or normal maintenance.
All the tasks bulled pointed can be automatically scheduled every week and reported on back to you.