Sunday 17 April 2011

Careers in Information Technology

Webmaster









A person whose occupation is designing, developing, marketing, creates and manages the information content such as words and pictures of a web site especially for a company or a organization. Besides that, a webmaster's job is also to manage the computer server and technical programming aspects of a web site. A webmaster would also need to ensure HTML validity and link facility. 


Computer Support Specialist









A computer support specialist attends to users who are having problems with software, word processing, operating systems, programming languages, including printing or electronic e-mail. Some assist companies while others provide support in-house to corporate and answer clients inquiries concerning any difficulties. Computer Support Specialist is also known as technical support specialist. 


Technical Writer











Technical Writers explain in simple language, scientific and technical ideas that are difficult for the average readers to understand. Technical Writers create useful documents such as online helpuser guideswhite papersdesign specifications, system manuals, and other documents. Technical writers can be found in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, technology, and an assortment of other industries.


Software Engineer











software engineer is in charge of assembling extensive amounts of code into working applications and also updating and fixing problems in an existing software. A software engineer is also referred to as a programmer, because the main duties of a software engineer is programming computers.


Network Administrator











Network administrators are professionals who are in charge of maintaining a computer network. The administrator will install and maintain any hardware and also oversee installation and updates to any software needed to operate the network. It is not unusual for a network administrator to be consulted whenever upgrades in hardware or software are required to create a new network or enhance an existing one.


Database Administrator









The main responsibility of a database administrator involves the installation of new databases. As part of the database installation, the database administrator will set up login credentials to authorized personel, define the privileges associated with each authorized user, and ensure that every work station attached to the network is set up to access the new database easily and more efficient.


System Analyst









The role of a system analyst is to get computers in a company’s system to work together. They would connect all computers together through a network and would analyze how they would be able to transfer data from one computer to another. This process would require a lot of research and data of which systems analysts are able to get from the internet.


Programmer









A computer programmer designs software programs through building logical work flow charts in which it translates into a language that computers can understand. In the majority of cases, the computer programmer also designs a graphical user interface so that non-technical users can run the software through easy, point-and-click, menu-oriented modules.

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