sysadmin

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

sysadmin
 /sis'ad.min/, n.

   Common contraction of `system admin'; see {admin}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

system administration
admin
sysadmin
system administrator

   <job> Activities performed by a system administrator (or
   "admin", "sysadmin", "site admin") such as monitoring security
   configuration, managing allocation of {user names} and
   {passwords}, monitoring disk space and other resource use,
   performing {backups}, and setting up new hardware and
   software.

   system administrators often also help users, though in a large
   organisation this may be a separate job.

   Compare {postmaster}, {sysop}, {system management}, {systems
   programmer}.

   [Other tasks?]

   (1999-05-02)