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15-1299.01 - Web Administrators


Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.


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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
  • Determine sources of Web page or server problems, and take action to correct such problems.
  • Review or update Web page content or links in a timely manner, using appropriate tools.
  • Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
  • Implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.
  • Collaborate with development teams to discuss, analyze, or resolve usability issues.
  • Test backup or recovery plans regularly and resolve any problems.
  • Monitor Web developments through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
  • Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.
  • Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
  • Collaborate with Web developers to create and operate internal and external Web sites, or to manage projects, such as e-marketing campaigns.
  • Install or configure Web server software or hardware to ensure that directory structure is well-defined, logical, and secure, and that files are named properly.
  • Gather, analyze, or document user feedback to locate or resolve sources of problems.
  • Develop Web site performance metrics.
  • Identify or address interoperability requirements.
  • Document installation or configuration procedures to allow maintenance and repetition.
  • Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
  • Track, compile, and analyze Web site usage data.
  • Test issues such as system integration, performance, and system security on a regular schedule or after any major program modifications.
  • Recommend Web site improvements, and develop budgets to support recommendations.
  • Inform Web site users of problems, problem resolutions, or application changes and updates.
  • Document application and Web site changes or change procedures.
  • Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
  • Provide training or technical assistance in Web site implementation or use.
  • Perform user testing or usage analyses to determine Web sites' effectiveness or usability.
  • Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software.
  • Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
  • Develop or document style guidelines for Web site content.
  • Develop and implement marketing plans for home pages, including print advertising or advertisement rotation.
  • Check and analyze operating system or application log files regularly to verify proper system performance.
  • Set up or maintain monitoring tools on Web servers or Web sites.
  • Develop testing routines and procedures.
  • Evaluate testing routines or procedures for adequacy, sufficiency, and effectiveness.
  • Test new software packages for use in Web operations or other applications.
Supplemental
  • Administer internet or intranet infrastructure, including Web, file, and mail servers.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 83%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 English Language
  • 82%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Communications and Media
  • 82%
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 71%
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 Administration and Management
  • 64%
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 Engineering and Technology
  • 64%
    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
 Design
  • 63%
    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
 Sales and Marketing
  • 60%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
 Education and Training
  • 58%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 Telecommunications
  • 54%
    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
 Clerical
  • 54%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Mathematics
  • 53%
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Computer data input devices
  • Computer data input scanners
 Computers
  • Desktop computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Personal computers
  • Web servers
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Content management software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe AcrobatHOT
  • OpenText Livelink ECM
  • Vignette Content Management
 Development software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe Systems Adobe ColdFusion
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Shockwave Player
  • AJAXHOT
  • Apache AntHOT
  • Apache StrutsHOT
  • Apache TomcatHOT
  • Cascading Style Sheets CSSHOT
  • Common gateway interface CGI
  • DrupalHOT
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Embarcadero Delphi
  • Enterprise JavaBeans
  • Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML
  • Extensible markup language XMLHOT
  • Extensible stylesheet language XSL
  • Hypertext markup language HTMLHOT
  • IBM WebSphereHOT
  • JavaScriptHOT
  • Joomla
  • jQueryHOT
  • Microsoft .NET FrameworkHOT
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASPHOT
  • Microsoft ActiveX
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScriptHOT
  • Microsoft Visual StudioHOT
  • Oracle Fusion MiddlewareHOT
  • Oracle JavaServer Pages JSPHOT
  • PHP: Hypertext PreprocessorHOT
  • Practical extraction and reporting language PerlHOT
  • PythonHOT
  • Sun Microsystems Java Servlet API
  • Tool command language Tcl
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Director
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
  • Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
  • Adobe Systems Adobe IllustratorHOT
  • Adobe Systems Adobe InDesignHOT
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Macromedia HomeSite
  • Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker
  • Adobe Systems Adobe PhotoshopHOT
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • Microsoft VisioHOT
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Sorenson Media Sorenson Squeeze
 Data management and query software
  • Apache HTTP ServerHOT
  • Customer information control system CICS
  • Microsoft AccessHOT
  • Microsoft Internet Information Service IIS
  • Microsoft SQL ServerHOT
  • MySQLHOT
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise EditionHOT
  • Oracle JDBCHOT
  • PostgreSQLHOT
  • Structured query language SQLHOT
  • Vignette Portal
 Network applications software
  • Apache Webserver
  • Apple Safari
  • Berkeley Internet Domain Name BIND
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft DNS Server
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Virtual Server
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Oracle Application Server
  • Oracle WebLogic ServerHOT
  • Red Hat WildFlyHOT
  • VMWare ESX Server
 Security and protection software
  • CA SiteMinder
  • Firewall software
  • Juniper Networks NetScreen-Security Manager
  • SSL
 Networking software
  • CitrixHOT
  • Router software
  • Storage area network SAN software
  • Switch software
 Information exchange software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft ExchangeHOT
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
 Business function specific software
  • Google AdWordsHOT
  • Microsoft OfficeHOT
  • Microsoft ProjectHOT
  • Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio ManagementHOT
 Industry specific software
  • Google AnalyticsHOT
  • SASHOT
  • WebTrends Analytics
 Operating environment software
  • Hewlett Packard HP-UX
  • KornShell
  • LinuxHOT
  • Microsoft WindowsHOT
  • Oracle SolarisHOT
  • Red Hat Enterprise LinuxHOT
  • Shell scriptHOT
  • UNIXHOT
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
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The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
No specific certifications are listed for this career
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
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All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Related Programs
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Appalachian College of Pharmacy
Averett University
Blue Ridge Community College
Bluefield University
Bridgewater College
Brightpoint Community College
Central Virginia Community College
Christopher Newport University
Danville Community College
Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Shore Community College
Emory & Henry University
Ferrum College
George Mason University
George Washington University College of Professional Studies
Germanna Community College
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
James Madison University
Laurel Ridge Community College
Longwood University
Marymount University
Mountain Empire Community College
Mountain Gateway Community College
New River Community College
Norfolk State University
Northern Virginia Community College
Old Dominion University
Patrick & Henry Community College
Paul D. Camp Community College
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Radford University
Randolph College
Randolph-Macon College
Rappahannock Community College
Regent University
Richard Bland College
Roanoke College
Shenandoah University
Southside Virginia Community College
Southwest Virginia Community College
The University of Virginia's College at Wise
Tidewater Community College
University of Lynchburg
University of Mary Washington
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Highlands Community College
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Virginia Western Community College
William & Mary
Wytheville Community College