systems programmer

job (sysprog) A generic job title that covers a variety of

specialist roles such as writing low-level code that talks to

directly to the operating system on a server.

Typical skills required are experience of specific operating

systems, networking (TCP/IP, ATM, Ethernet, DNS),

electronic mail (POP, IMAP, SMTP), web servers,

RDBMS, operating system and network security, and hardware

(SCSI, hard disks, and back-up devices).

Contrast: system administration.

(1999-09-14)