Employment

Jobs in networking, security and systems administration are found in nearly every business. From small to medium-sized firms whose line of business is not necessarily technical, but which conducts their internal business using networked computers to large multi-national firms who depend on large complex networks of servers and client computers to conduct their business and service their clients, they all need network, security and systems professionals to build, maintain and support their computing and network infrastructure. These professionals design, build and/or maintain the firm's local area network and gateways to the Internet; they specify, procure, deploy and maintain computer hardware and software; they support developers of web and database applications. They provide the environment in which software developers operate. In short, they identify and take care of the computing and information needs of their users. RIT's Applied Networking and System Administration graduates are perfectly prepared to provide the support demanded by such enterprises.
 

2008 Graduate Student, Jason Koppe

Jobs in networking, security and systems administration are found in nearly every business. From small to medium-sized firms whose line of business is not necessarily technical, but which conducts their internal business using networked computers to large multi-national firms who depend on large complex networks of servers and client computers to conduct their business and service their clients, they all need network, security and systems professionals to build, maintain and support their computing and network infrastructure. These professionals design, build and/or maintain the firm's local area network and gateways to the Internet; they specify, procure, deploy and maintain computer hardware and software; they support developers of web and database applications. They provide the environment in which software developers operate. In short, they identify and take care of the computing and information needs of their users. RIT's Applied Networking and System Administration graduates are perfectly prepared to provide the support demanded by such enterprises.

Jason Koppe obtained a BS in Applied Networking and System Administration (ANSA) in 2007. While in the undergraduate program, he worked in the NSSA department labs, was a member of the winning team of the 2007 RIT McAfee Day competition, and was a President of the RIT Italian Club. Jason worked as a Junior System Administrator for Xerox Corporation in Webster, NY to fulfill one of his co-op requirements. In 2008, he was awarded a DoD Information Assurance Scholarship (IASP) allowing him to pursue a MS in Computer Security and Information Assurance (CSIA). While in his graduate program, he was the captain of the RIT Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) team. The RIT team won the northeast competition and placed fourth overall in the national competition. His master's thesis is titled, Differenrial Virtualization for Large-Scale System Modelling, proposes an efficient system modeling solution.