So, I started my current job last year with the snappy title of "Helpdesk Administrator", my role being to run the company's IT helpdesk. Since then, I've become involved with projects, managing pretty much all the servers, managing various support contracts, still running the helpdesk, etc. Now though, our IT manager has left and there's no immediate plans to replace him (although it will happen eventually). I have been given a pay rise due to even more responsibilities, and the opportunity to nominate a new job title for myself!

So, any idea? Sort of like an upper-level jack-of-all trades that pretty much manages/supports most of the infrastructure for a business with 140 IT users? Unfortunately, someone else already has the title of Assbox Administrator, so that one's off the table :-(

Not to be sillly, but how about "Systems Administrator". I know it's not exactly creative, but it's a senior role and seems to cover exactly what you do. "Senior Systems Administrator" if you can get way with it!

IT Manager.

Computery Bloke.

Bytemeister.

Sounds like you're the IT Manager.

I'd go with sys admin, echoing other's thoughts.

However, depending on how much you respect your users, how about muppet wrangler?

Systems Admin FTW

To me, IT Manager implies a role consisting primarily of people / services management. Systems Administrator implies more involvement and oversee in the technical delivery.

Which is one "best" probably depends more upon what Dave wants to be seen as and where he wants to go in future.

Tech-priest.

BOFH.

As the IT Manager has gone and will be replaced 'at some point in the future', my guess is that Dave!!!!! will have to do the guys job as well as his own. So aim big!

Thanks everyone. "IT Systems Administrator" is likely to get the nod I reckon. The reason for the lack of a manager is that we're due to merge with another company, there's already collaboration, and the other company is keeping their IT manager (who eventually will become our IT manager I presume). So for now, we report to the finance director until the merge gets done. And I was ideally wanting a permanent job title, rather than an "Acting" position.

Although "BOFH" came in a close second....

Before you settle for "IT Systems Administrator", consider "Velma".

Phwoar!!

love the new vote thinger, voted some posts up on this thread but it won't let me vote the last post up (well, it was the last post before I wrote this)

Yes, I like it too.  A nice 'like'-alike.  Matt is good.

Can you tell who has voted your post up or down.  I can't decide if I want to know who thinks my posts suck. A double edged sword... 

I guess not, since I just down voted my own post and didn't get a big flashy sign "LINN THINKS YOU SUCK"