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We have to contract a SysAdmin for my Company, we always contract developers and now we need a sysadmin, we have Windows platform. What are the minimum knowledge that Is required for this position?

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Ask for relevant:

  • qualifications - academic (IT Degree, etc.) or profesional (Microsoft, Cisco, A+, ITIL, etc.)
  • experience - former systems administrations jobs, helpdesk exprience
  • knowledge - ask some questions that they should know the answer to
    • what steps would you take to resolve...
    • best practices for installing...
    • how would you do...
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Knowledge and experience are important. Qualifications are an extremely poor guide to competence though, and in many cases are a good guide to its opposite. – Cian Oct 1 '09 at 23:57
I disagree, qualifications quantify learned knoledge, some of the Technical Specalist qualifications from Microsoft and the Cisco certifications tough to get and tough to retain or upgrade. As with all three aspects the longer since they were gained the higher the chance they will no longer remember. – Richard Slater Oct 2 '09 at 8:33
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I'm not a great fan of employers requesting qualifications for a sysadmin position. There's many great sysadmins that have no qualifications and yet get along fine. That said, most sysadmins cover a broad scale to which not many qualifications would cover.

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