What skills should a Web Administrator put on a resume?

O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Web Administrator list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe ActionScript, Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Creative Cloud software, and Adobe Director. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Web Administrator work?

O*NET records 30 titles for this occupation, including Corporate Webmaster, Web Site Manager, Web Technologies Administrator, and Webmaster. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Web Administrator need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 55% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Web Administrator role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Web Administrator resume example

A resume for a Web Administrator needs to show the work itself: manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Day to day that means work like this: monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel; identify or document backup or recovery plans. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Corporate Webmaster
Web Site Manager
Web Technologies Administrator
Webmaster
Web Content Coordinator
Web Content Manager
Web Director
Web Manager
Admin
Administrator
Content Publisher
Implementer
Internet Systems Administrator
SharePoint Administrator
Web Content Administrator
Web Coordinator
Web Development Manager
Web Operations Specialist

O*NET records 30 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
Determine sources of Web page or server problems, and take action to correct such problems.
Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.
Implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.
Collaborate with development teams to discuss, analyze, or resolve usability issues.
Test issues such as system integration, performance, and system security on a regular schedule or after any major program modifications.
Perform user testing or usage analyses to determine Web sites' effectiveness or usability.
Document application and Web site changes or change procedures.

35 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Identify or document backup or recovery plans, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe ActionScript
Adobe ColdFusion
Adobe Creative Cloud software
Adobe Director
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Adobe FreeHand MX
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Macromedia HomeSite
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Photoshop
AJAX

113 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Computer data input scanners
Desktop computers
Laptop computers
Personal computers
Web servers

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

Adobe ColdFusion
Adobe Photoshop
AWS
Apache Tomcat
CSS
Content management systems CMS
Drupal
XML
Google Analytics
HTML

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Critical Thinking
02Reading Comprehension
03Active Listening
04Complex Problem Solving
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Monitoring
07Systems Evaluation
08Speaking
09Systems Analysis
10Writing

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Computers and Electronics
Communications and Media
English Language
Customer and Personal Service
Administration and Management
Engineering and Technology
Design
Sales and Marketing

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

55%Bachelor's Degree
15%Some College Courses
15%Associate's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Common questions

What does a Web Administrator do?: Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Day to day that includes work like monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel and Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
What skills should a Web Administrator put on a resume?: O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Web Administrator list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe ActionScript, Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Creative Cloud software, and Adobe Director. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Web Administrator work?: O*NET records 30 titles for this occupation, including Corporate Webmaster, Web Site Manager, Web Technologies Administrator, and Webmaster. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Web Administrator need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 55% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Web Administrator role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

If this is the job you are aiming at, the guide to tailoring a resume covers how to aim one posting properly, and building and exporting a resume here is free.

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