Objective: In this assignment, students will practice writing a report related to skills set requirements for system administrators. Background As a student of INFT 3026 Systems Administration, one important topic is identifying relevant job opportunities and the technological trends relevant to system administrations. At the Week 1 workshop, we discussed the role of system administrators, and what do the system administrators do. This assignment can be considered an extension of the discussion we had in the workshop. In this assignment, you’ll practice searching for relevant job opportunities, analyzing the expected skill sets, and conduct detailed analysis of a selected skill. While this course uses Linux to demonstrate various aspects of Systems Administration, it is important to keep in mind that there are other popular systems (operating system and infrastructure) adopted in the industry. Detailed instructions: Part 1: SysAdmin Job Analysis Your task is to search for job opportunities relevant to system administration. You are also required to conduct analysis of the job descriptions, and extract information such as expected skillsets, job trends, comparisons between different OS in different industrial sectors, etc. The assessment criteria include: • • Methodology of job data collection • • Quality of the collected job data • • Quality of the analysis • • Originality of the analysis • • Quality of references Part 2: Analysis of a Selected Technology Upon collecting and analyzing the job descriptions of system administers, you are required to pick up one important technology and conduct analysis of the technology trend, i.e. what’s the likely change of the technology in the near future. Technologies such as Networking, Database, Operating Systems, Storage, Server Infrastructure, etc, could be discussed. You can find relevant information on the Internet, and you can utilize online digital libraries for accessing various academic articles and databases to help analyzing the selected technology. The assessment criteria include: • • Selection of the technology • • Quality of the analysis • • Originality of the analysis • • Quality of the references Deliverables: A report A report including references • Penalties apply for over-length reports. • There is no minimum length. Lengthy report may not necessarily better. • Proper references should be provided. You can use any popular citation format that best fits your report. • You are encouraged to use diagrams and tables effectively. • You can optionally add appendix which does not count towards the page limits. Appendix are only considered supporting the main text and they do not count towards marks. Submission instructions and deadline • • Submit the report on the course website • • Deadline: Week 7 Sunday (April 30) 5:00pm Marking scheme Assessment Components Weighting SysAdmin Job Analysis 40% Analysis of a Selected Technology 40% Writing 20%