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Web Administrators

Also called: Corporate Webmaster, Web Site Manager, Web Technologies Administrator, Webmaster

What they do:

Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.

On the job, you would:
  • Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
  • Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
  • Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
On the job, you'll need:

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics
  • product and service development

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Communications

  • multimedia

Business

  • customer service

Basic Skills

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Persistence
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Web platform development software

  • Apache Tomcat
  • jQuery

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Operating system software

  • Shell script
  • UNIX

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

Median Annual Salary: $98,740

Education

Bachelor's degree or some college is usually needed.