How large is your IT department?

I just started a new job this past Monday. I'm doing desktop support, but would really like to move into networking eventually. I'm working for a hospital in an IT department of ~60 people that support 1500 machines. The department breaks down like this:

Helpdesk - 2
Desktop - 6
Systems - 15
Applications - 20
Network - 2
Telecommunications - 2

The remaining people have misc. jobs or work at some of our remote sites. I'm at the main hospital. I was kinda disappointed to find that the network team consists of only 2 guys. I guess I was expecting something a little more impressive. How does this compare to some of you who work in medium-large organizations? How many people are on the network team specifically?

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zerglings

Must be nice to work for an organization that has a few IT departments and/or employees because of all the exposure you can get. Though, I am sure that it can overwhelm the group and/or each employees for not having all the help they can when they're busy.

Mishra

How many AD objects does your forest(s) have?

I have 10,000+ objects to work with.

I would like to get a good judge of average objects/admin to see if this piece of information is resume worthy.

qcomer

3 people.

Tech Director
Network Admin
Network\workstation technician - myself.

4,800 students. 500 (or so) staff members, probably way more than that. 2,000+ workstations, 20 servers, probably 100 or so switches, 15 sites/department buildings (about 7 are schools).

we stay pretty busy. lol

forkvoid

Two internal (boss and I)

Four consultants that help as needed; they're also all-around guys.

Last job:

Four: boss, two Windows admins(myself included), one Mac admin. That was my immediate college. The university was several hundred, but I don't have accurate numbers.

Lamini

phoeneous wrote: »

Just me doing everything

Same here, the lone sysad

TheDailyMel

I was a lone sysadmin at my last job supporting ~60 users doing everything from server admin to desktop support to punching in phones. I'm now part of a large IT division (staff of 300+) supporting ~4000 users in multiple locations across the country.

eansdad

it_box wrote: »

9 buildings, 600 users, 2500 computers with a grand total in the IT department = 3

We are all jack of all trades.

I hear that...NJ schools look at IT like the hillbilly cousin that no one wants around until you need something from him.

20+ schools over the city
10k+ students
2k+ employees
5000+ PCs

1 Supervisor of Technology
0 Admins (2 of our Sr Techs get shafted to be the network admins)
4 Sr. Computer Techs
7 Computer Techs

I'm lucky enough that I have 1 building:

800 PCs
150 Staff
1600 Students

I'm in charge of everything inside the building including AD work (everything from Group Policy to password resets), cabling, switches, purchasing, desktop support issue's, application testing and anything else they can throw at me.

qcomer

eansdad wrote: »

I hear that...NJ schools look at IT like the hillbilly cousin that no one wants around until you need something from him.

20+ schools over the city
10k+ students
2k+ employees
5000+ PCs

1 Supervisor of Technology
0 Admins (2 of our Sr Techs get shafted to be the network admins)
4 Sr. Computer Techs
7 Computer Techs

I'm lucky enough that I have 1 building:

800 PCs
150 Staff
1600 Students

I'm in charge of everything inside the building including AD work (everything from Group Policy to password resets), cabling, switches, purchasing, desktop support issue's, application testing and anything else they can throw at me.

I feel for you guys too, look at my post. I think i was being conservative with that number up there, seems to small for some reason... I also do cabling, testing, desktop support, application testing, LAN/WAN equipment programming, group policy, exchange, AD, DNS, etc. Jack of all trades lol

nicklauscombs

three including myself.

alanier

Work for a school district
2000+ students
325 staff
1000 PCs

1 Director of Technology
2 Tech Specialists(includes me) I do all the network/server work

uhtrinity

Also work for a small Public Charter School / District

~80 workstations and laptops including a 35 computer lab, smart board tecnology in every classroom, 4 servers, and a 32 IP camera security system. All this took me 4 years to implement.

Lab Instructor grades 1 - 8 / curriculum -me
Network Admin - me
Tech Coordinator - me
Help Desk - me
Webmaster - me
PowerSchool Administrator - me

Think that totals one person. As far as IT issues I am pretty much my own boss.

Pay isn't all that great as of now, but the plan is to be certified to teach High School courses when we add those in a year. Currently starting to put together a Technical Curriculum Program for when we launch High School. In all I love the variety. I am also a single parent, but as an added bonus my 7 year old son attends the same school and we have close to matching schedules.