The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

sysape
 /sys'ayp/, n.

    A rather derogatory term for a computer operator; a play on sysop common
    at sites that use the banana hierarchy of problem complexity (see 
    one-banana problem).


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

sysape

   /sys'ayp/ A rather derogatory term for a computer operator; a
   play on sysop common at sites that use the banana hierarchy
   of problem complexity (see one-banana problem).

   [Jargon File]