OK... Here is my situation. (Sorry this is a little long)
I have been where I am at for 6 years now. I make around 40K per year with full benefits. My current Job title is Information Systems specialist in an IT department of 2 (My boss and I). We Administrate, maintain and troubleshoot for 150 users (give or take) across 10 buildings.
My situation is this... I am in the same pay scale as Administrative Secretary and other similar positions. My goal is to have my employers reevaluate my Job title, duties and pay scale accordingly to get me to my goal of breaking 50k.
Here is what my job description looks like at my time of hire.
Considerable knowledge of the principles and techniques of computer system operations and procedures.
Knowledge of the use, application, and operation of computer operation programs.
Ability to design, develop, prepare, test, and debug computer programs.
Ability to think logically, analyze and interpret problems, present results with clarity and precision both in written and verbal form.
Ability to evaluate systems performance.
Ability to acquire knowledge of the functions of system users after a reasonable period of training.
Ability to direct the work of a small staff of clerical employees if so assigned.
Ability to distinguish confidential material and apply departmental standards for security and privacy.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with data systems and user personnel.
Ability to support users, with a variety of hardware, software, or operational problems by phone and at their site as required.
I do everything on that list but I also do some of the following...
Webpage maintenance
Public Access Cable Channel maintenance
Minor configurations with PIX firewalls, routers and switches
Lots of Active Directory administration
Purchase and/or make recommendations on new systems
Administrate changes on the phone system
Develop new plans and ideas to increase redundancy and efficiency
Setup Remote and maintain remote access
Setup and maintain several servers including centralized Antivirus server, Imaging Server and Print Server.
Network monitoring and troubleshooting
Disaster Recovery planning
The list just goes on with a ton of smaller jobs (probably a couple bigger items I can't think of right now as well)
Anyway... When I first got the job it required only an A+.
So much has changed and been added since I first started the job... I already have administrative rights to everything.
I'm almost thinking that a better title would be Systems Administrator or I might even stretch it and say Assistant MIS (My boss being the MIS Administrator).
Anyway I was going to wait until I at least had my MCSA before approaching this. Some people I have spoken with have told me I might be better off to wait until the union contract expires and try to change it then... that is 2 years off and with me getting married soon I think I'm starting to get a bit impatient with that Idea...
I would like to hear some oppinons from people around here.
Thanks for the time to read all of this!
