IT Roles and Responsibilities
This professional designs, builds, and maintains web applications and websites.
What is a Web Designer?
Known for certifications like A+ and Network+, this organization provides widely recognized entry-level vendor-neutral IT certifications.
What is CompTIA?
A 2-year postsecondary degree typically offered by community colleges that prepares students for immediate entry into technical roles.
What is an Associate Degree (A.A.S.)?
Command Line Interface (CLI), IDEs (like VS Code), and version control platforms like GitHub are essential tools for this role.
What is a Software Developer / Programmer?
Mr. Kelley is in charge of this club.
What is the Audio/Visual Club?
This specialist configures and maintains physical routers, switches, and network traffic for an organization.
What is a Network Administrator?
Considered the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, noted for its academic journals and student chapters.
What is the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)?
These intensive, short-term training programs focus strictly on practical coding skills without requiring general education courses.
What is a Coding Bootcamp?
Network administrators frequently work in these temperature-controlled, secure rooms filled with server racks.
What is a Data Center (or Server Room)?
Mr. Kelley and his wife met this way.
What is in a band in college?
This professional actively monitors network traffic to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber security breaches.
What is Information Security Analyst?
This professional organization focuses heavily on engineering, electrical systems, and standardizing hardware technology like IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi.
What is the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)?
Work-based learning programs that combine on-the-job paid training under a mentor with classroom instruction.
What is an Apprenticeship?
A digital multimeter, wire strippers, tone generators, and crimping tools are commonly used by professionals in this physical IT field.
Telecommunications / Network Installation?
This is what Mr. Kelley most enjoys doing during his free time.
What is farming for aura?
This role is responsible for installing cables, hardware, and physical infrastructure on high towers and buildings to ensure network connectivity.
What is a Telecommunications Line Installer?
Obtaining a vendor-specific certification like CCNA from this networking giant proves proficiency with enterprise routers and switches.
What is Cisco?
A formal 4-year degree from a university that covers advanced theory, algorithms, and computational mathematics.
What is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science?
Software used by IT support and systems administrators to track, prioritize, and resolve user technical issues.
What is a Help Desk Ticketing System?
What is a chili dog?
This professional manages server hardware, provisions operating systems, configures user access, and handles system backups.
What is a Systems Administrator?
The CISSP certification, offered by (ISC)², is widely considered a gold standard credential for professionals in this IT pathway.
What is Cybersecurity (or Information Security)?
In Tennessee CTE pathways, CSF serves as a foundational course that branches into focused concentrations like Web Design, Coding, Networking Systems, or this critical field.
What is Cybersecurity (or Data Science)?
A "sandbox" environment isolated from the live corporate network allows these analysts to safely test potential malware and exploits.
What are Cybersecurity Analysts?
This is how most students might describe Mr. Kelley in one word.
What is wonderful?