MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

The enterprise administrator is responsible for the overall IT environment and architecture. The enterprise administrator translates business goals into technology decisions and designs mid-range to long-term strategies. Enterprise administrators also make key decisions and recommendations about the following:

• Network infrastructure
• Directory services, identity management, and authentication
• Security policies
• Business continuity (disaster recovery, personnel, equipment, and data)
• Design of IT administrative structure (delegation models)
• Best practices, standards, and service level agreements (SLAs)

The enterprise administrator is responsible for infrastructure design and global configuration changes. The enterprise administrator's job role involves 20 percent operations, 60 percent engineering, and 20 percent support tasks.