Technology
Network and Computer Systems Administrator in San Francisco
129 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 37 employers · largest 16% of it
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 129 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution10%13 of 129 postingsAccredited institution →
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)5%7 of 129 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)5%7 of 129 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree30%
- Bachelor’s degree27%
- Post-secondary certificate20%
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
O*NET 15-1244.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
OpenAI · SpaceX · Roblox · Anthropic · Zoox · Kodiak Robotics · Scale AI · Sierra · Cursor · Databricks · Figma · Harvey · Notion · Perplexity · Skild AI · Baseten · Cognition · Decagon · Mercor · Nimble Robotics · Pinterest · Robinhood · SBT Global · Vercel · Agility Robotics · Artech Information System · Asana · Browserbase · Chime · Discord · Harbinger Motors · Kairos Power · Oscar Health · Redwood Materials · Ridgeline · Verkada · Zip
The same role elsewhere
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