Hi Pam:
I don't hear the term 'Systems Engineer' thrown around a lot anymore - what exactly do you want to do for work?
Any career path is possible - it just depends on leveraging what you have done before and are doing now to find opportunities to transition where you want to go. It sounds like you possibly want to do more technical work, possibly programming. If that's the case it's about showing you have the required skills and can apply them.
Jarett
A business analyst understands both the business and how technology is applied to it and thus has a working knowlege of both areas. I don't know what a systems engineer is. Any job with the title containing engineer is regulated in the United States by all 50 States and that is not one of the legal titles so I would stay away from it.
Business analyst is master in business. a business analyst understands both the business and how technology is applied to it and thus has a working knowlege of both areas.
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