System Administration Skill Tiers
About the Speaker
Linux R&D Group Leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matt Disney is the group leader for R&D Systems Engineering in the Information Technology Services Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has a background in systems and security administration with particular interest in intrusion detection, scalable automation, and configuration management. Matt's education includes a Computer Science degree from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree from the University of Oslo in Network and Systems Administration. He is also on the LOPSA Board of Directors where he is currently the treasurer.
This month's topic is a preview of the upcoming USENIX LISA 2014 workshop of the same name. This will be a fast-paced, highly interactive discussion to find new ways to describe modern sysadmin jobs. The point is to learn about the most common ideas about our roles, qualifications, and career paths. In order to create the best educational programs and provide the best support for sysadmin career progression, we need to better understand what we expect of sysadmins in different jobs and how we can connect those things to each other.