Systems Administration Pathway

University of West Florida

About This Program

UWF CyberSkills2Work offers a short-term, intensive training program designed to grow and diversify the cybersecurity workforce in the areas of systems administration, cyber defense, and AI. The program offers four pathways in an asynchronous and online learning environment. Each provide training, industry certification prep, job-matching support, program support resources, and a career path to the growing field of cybersecurity for transitioning military personnel, transitioning first responders, veterans, military spouses, women, underrepresented minorities, and government employees.

About This Pathway

The Systems Administration Pathway is designed to prepare participants for entry-level system administrator or related work roles, which are responsible for setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system (for example, installing, configuring, and updating hardware and software; establishing and managing user accounts; overseeing or conducting backup and recovery tasks; implementing operational and technical security controls; and adhering to organizational security policies and procedures). The pathway may lead to cyber defense infrastructure support specialist work role tasks that support tests and implements, deploys, maintains, and administers the infrastructure hardware and software. Graduates could perform other jobs, including as a platform specialist, security administrator, server administrator, system operations personnel, system security administrator, Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) administrator, and UNIX/Windows system administrator, and web administrator.

Eligibility

  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
  • Must be a veteran, transitioning service member, first responder, woman, military spouse, underrepresented minority, or government personnel.
  • Must have at least a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. (School transcripts of the highest level education completed are required.)

Prerequisites

Basic computer and IT skills.

Cost

Free

Target Work Role(s)

System Administrator

Delivery Format

Asynchronous Online

Level

Entry Level

Industry Certifications Included

  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Network+

Start And End Dates

  • 2025-01-21 -- 2025-08-15

Duration (In Weeks)

30

Pathway Courses

  • Essential Cyber Defenses
  • CompTIA Network+ Prep Course
  • EC-Council Generative AI for Cybersecurity
  • Introduction to Linux
  • CompTIA Security+ Prep Course

Digital Badges Awarded

Participants will be presented with digital badges upon the completion of each course and the successful passing of industry certification exams, contingent on the inclusion of a certification exam prep course in the pathway. Additionally, graduates of the pathway will be awarded with a pathway badge.