Ted, IT people know little or nothing about CAD (and this is o.k.). What you need to do is be prepared to educate them, and inform them on how to support CAD. System requirements, data storage, even down to how xrefs work and where you want to store them, as well as other shared files, and project directories. CAD files are just big data bases, they are simply used a little different. Don't make the mistake of trivializing the CAD environment, however, to anyone. IT folks tend to think of CAD software as very simple. (Maybe it is because it uses lines rather than colored areas like graphics software.) What you will be doing is not simple. An integrated set of CAD users, many with different needs, is a fiesty organism and they need to know this. Use your best people skills to educate them. But, as before, you don't need to be in their charge. I agree with the earlier post that you should be under direct supervision of a principal who knows what your work should be accomplishing. Because when the day is done, that's what it is all about. So, while you will have to work closely with IT, you are really not working as an IT pro. You will be managing a specialized system within ghe DESIGN environment, which uses the IT backbone, but is not about moving information. Now, to answer your question: IT people need help understanding how to support your CAD system. That includes nifty stuff like networks and storage. But you will be the one who needs to tell them what to get to make your CAD people more successful. Boy this is long. I better stop and repost another answer.
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