What Are the Areas of IT?

With the advancement of technology, investing in IT departments has become a key factor in increasing the scalability and agility of businesses, directly driving company growth. However, this rapid growth has also raised many doubts when it comes to building teams in the field. Therefore, in order to achieve the desired result, it is extremely important for companies to understand the roles and responsibilities of each professional in the sector.

To help with this technological transition, we have gathered in the list below the main IT professionals and their specific roles. Take a look!

IT Architects

In general, these professionals are responsible for the design of IT architectures and can be divided as follows:

• Systems Architects – Work on structuring and creating a macro architecture that will support the company's core objectives. In addition, they connect business goals with technology decisions.
• Application Architects – Responsible for interfaces, service software, and applications. They also act as intermediaries between software developers and designers and provide consulting for technical teams, assisting in application design by translating business requirements into software features.
• Storage Architects – Responsible for planning and creating the infrastructure of data storage architectures, as well as translating software requirements into storage strategies.
• Network Architects – Responsible for defining and evaluating companies' network architectures, translating business and security needs into segmentation strategies.
• Security Architects – Responsible for defining the security requirements for IT teams' work. In practical terms, they work on planning and creating security elements, acting as intermediaries with other developer teams and implementing security features.

Systems Administrators

They are responsible for the installation, repair, and maintenance of hardware. In their daily work, they may manage systems and applications and monitor the performance of these systems, with the goal of ensuring the smooth running of IT team processes. Their daily routine may also include:

• Managing and reviewing file logs
• Preventing and acting on service interruptions
• Managing and maintaining system files
• Performing backups
• Recovering servers, both physical and virtual
• Managing users and access control.

Application Administrators

They are responsible for the maintenance of active and operating applications. In their daily work, they handle not only installation, but also the updates and adaptations of these applications. When necessary, they also produce diagnostics and resolve problems related to these systems.

They work in an integrated manner with other teams, especially development and infrastructure, with the goal of integrating applications within technology environments.

Finally, they may also manage documentation, configuration, and log analysis for these applications.

Database Administrators

Responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of databases in IT environments. In their daily work, they also establish procedures that follow system usage policies and security rules.

In addition, they are responsible for instructing the users of these databases and for planning and installing new databases, which can help businesses reach the goals set in their business plans. Finally, they also work on controlling access and traffic of this data.

Network Administrators

Responsible for the design, installation, configuration, and maintenance of LAN and WAN networks and network system segments, as well as managing switches, virtual private networks, and routers, according to companies' needs.

Storage Administrators

Responsible for the management of storage systems within IT environments. In their daily work, these professionals install, configure, and relocate these systems, as well as perform tests, such as integration and stress tests, aimed at maintaining the integrity and performance of these systems. They may also work on backup activities and environment monitoring, with the goal of ensuring the proper capacity and operation of storage directories.

Finally, they may work together with application administrators to provide support in fixing bugs or storage problems.

Security Administrators

They are the professionals responsible for the installation, configuration, management, and monitoring of security solutions for companies' applications. In their daily work, they analyze functions so that they comply with the security policies defined by the IT team, with the goal of protecting the entire technology environment. This includes defense operations against access and modifications from unauthorized access, preventing the theft and destruction of company data. To do this, they perform various vulnerability tests and also conduct security audits to assess whether the company is complying with pre-established security guidelines.

That was our list for today, which brings together the main professionals currently working in the IT market. We hope it has helped you clear up your doubts about the most active technology roles in the market today. See you in the next post!