Roles and Responsibilities of IT Professionals Flashcards
Two types of information technology careers.
managerialandtechnical
Job title for the board-level head of an information technology department within a business organization.
Chief information officer (CIO)
Runs the organization’s IT engineering group and serves as the company’s top technology architect.
Chief technology officers (CTO)
Process for creating and altering computer applications through a step-by-step approach that includes planning, system analysis, design, implementation, and system maintenance.
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
A set of graphical notation techniques to create computer models and applications.
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Directly responsible for the smooth operations and maintenance of a business’s networks and networking technology, including its hardware and software.
Network administrators
Sometimes called cybersecurity analysts, are responsible for protecting all sensitive information within an organization.
Information security analysts (ISA)
Categorize data requirements and create the database entities and models that ensure accurate and smooth-flowing information throughout a business.
Database administrators (DBAs)
Prepare, plan, and implement web-based software applications.
Web developers
Produce both system and application software by writing lines of programming instructions for a computer to follow.
Computer programmers (informally called coders)
Install and perform minor repairs to hardware like motherboards, perform software troubleshooting, and make sure peripheral equipment like printers work properly.
Computer support specialists
Must have great communication skills, as they are the conduit between IT and the rest of the organization.
Computer systems analysts
Design parts of computer applications like screen interfaces, middleware, and programming infrastructure that comply with the head applications developer’s design principles.
IT architects, sometimes called applications architects
