The difference between junior, intermediate, senior system admins/engineer

healthyboy

The difference between junior, intermediate, senior system admins/engineer

i know different companies have different description of these roles

but what is the difference between

a junior system admin/engineer, intermediate system admin/engineer, senior system admin/engineer.

ptilsen

The differences are totally arbitrary, and will vary greatly between organizations. They are meant to be vague representations of some combination of skill level and experience.

I would consider junior to be 0-3 years experience, intermediate to be 2-7 years, and senior to be 5+ years. The overlaps are intentional as experience does not translate to skill level (there is a strong correlation, but not 100%).