What does "technical literacy" mean at the sysadmin level?

Question

System administration

Hello.
First of all, I turn to the moderators. Please don't delete this question for a while.
I understand that the question is too general, but still.
So.
In one company for a QA position, one of the requirements reads: ∙
"technical literacy (preferably at the level of a system administrator)"
The employer himself does not explain what he means by this.
I think this concept is quite broad.
1) Please explain what is included in this concept?
2) What would you yourself ask the candidate for this requirement?
UPD : I forgot to mention that attempts to find out from the company itself were unsuccessful.

Answer 1

If QA means "tester", then the question disappears on its own: To test a product, you need knowledge at the level of "sys. admin" :))) In order not to paint later "But I clicked on this button and it popped up some kind of message, not in Russian, with a bunch of numbers.
When finding any bug, it is not just necessary to catch it, but try to describe the probable reasons for its appearance, for this it is _desirable_ to understand how programs work and it is natural to know the environment in which it is launched. Whatever it is, as an example, that you are sinning on a program (which is buggy), and the reason is in the database, which is not available due to the fact that there is no network

Answer 2

Perhaps the candidate should be able to use standard utilities in linux (such as grep, ping, awk), be able to work in the console in principle. In Windows, too, utilities, console. Understand a little about access rights, Windows domains, create users and other non-complicated technical skills. Know what an ip address is, a subnet mask, anything in general on networks. Describe the differences between the http protocol and https, something about tcp / ip. Well, etc., etc.
In general, the candidate should not ask "how to install excel?" and be able to use google.

Answer 3

that is, you came to the employer, ask him this question and he starts to evade you ask, and he directly competently rejects you like a sucker?

Answer 4

Still, it’s easier to clarify what they mean than to guess here, probably to own the console, the ability to customize the working environment for themselves if they have linux