Systems administrators develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of information technology systems.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Systems administrators - from R14 552 to R47 865 per month - 2025.
- A Systems administrators typically earns between R14 552 and R27 084 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R21 653 and R39 210 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations
- Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
- Diagnosing hardware and software problems
- Performing data backups and disaster recovery operations
- Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use
