Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

systems programmer
     
         (sysprog) A generic job title that covers a variety of
        specialist roles such as writing low-level code that talks to
        directly to the {operating system} on a {server}.
     
        Typical skills required are experience of specific operating
        systems, networking ({TCP/IP}, {ATM}, {Ethernet}, {DNS}),
        electronic mail ({POP}, {IMAP}, {SMTP}), {web servers},
        {RDBMS}, operating system and network security, and hardware
        ({SCSI}, {hard disks}, and back-up devices).
     
        Contrast: {system administration}.
     
        (1999-09-14)