Systems Administration
Deep technical IC
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Entry: Systems AdministratorIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Systems Administrator InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Systems AdministratorIC1
- Systems AdministratorIC2
- Senior Systems AdministratorIC3
- Staff Systems AdministratorIC4
- Principal Systems AdministratorIC5
- Senior Principal Systems AdministratorIC6
- Distinguished Systems AdministratorIC7
- Fellow, Systems AdministrationIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
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