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Web Administrators

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
  • Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
  • Determine sources of Web page or server problems, and take action to correct such problems.
  • Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.
  • Implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Monitoring

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Corporate Webmaster
  • Web Site Manager
  • Web Technologies Administrator
  • Webmaster
  • Web Administrator
  • Web Content Coordinator

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