Data storage specialist vs senior administrator

The differences between data storage specialists and senior administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a data storage specialist and a senior administrator. Additionally, a senior administrator has an average salary of $103,102, which is higher than the $64,094 average annual salary of a data storage specialist.

The top three skills for a data storage specialist include data storage, architecture and performance issues. The most important skills for a senior administrator are customer service, SR, and troubleshoot.

Data storage specialist vs senior administrator overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Administrator
Yearly salary	$64,094	$103,102
Hourly rate	$30.81	$49.57
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	58,887
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs senior administrator salary

Data storage specialists and senior administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Administrator
Average salary	$64,094	$103,102
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $73,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	The Walt Disney Company
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between data storage specialist and senior administrator education

There are a few differences between a data storage specialist and a senior administrator in terms of educational background:

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Data storage specialist vs senior administrator demographics

Here are the differences between data storage specialists' and senior administrators' demographics:

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 42.6% Female, 57.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 11.1% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.2% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and senior administrator duties and responsibilities

Data storage specialist example responsibilities.

Deploy and manage EMC CLARiiON storage system.
Engage in managing SnapMirror performance management, fine-tuning.
Live host migrations (HP-UX / AIX / Linux) across arrays and switches.
Work with storage provisioning on VMAX, DMX-3, DMX-4 using SYMCLI, SMC, CLARiiON CX4-960 storage arrays using Unisphere.
Configure and allocate storage on EMC VMAX, DMX-4 / DMX-3, using SYMCLI, Unisphere.
Verify iscsi group and check the authentication.

Senior administrator example responsibilities.

Organize and manage all meeting logistics for various conferences and events across the U.S.
Lead and/or participate in adding departments to the DMS, client/server upgrades, DR testing, and end user testing.
Have configured the SharePoint environment and continuously managing both intranet and internet sites used by end users, consumers and stakeholders.
Manage calendar and arrange travel; coordinate meetings and events; create PowerPoint presentations; prepare correspondence and approve expense reports.
Provide remote user support via Citrix remote desktop and Cisco VPN.
Create, maintain and provide issue resolution of complex Linux and Unix scripts.

Data storage specialist vs senior administrator skills

Common data storage specialist skills

Data Storage, 16%
Architecture, 10%
Performance Issues, 9%
EMC, 9%
Capacity Planning, 8%
Provisioning, 7%

Common senior administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
SR, 10%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Linux, 5%
Data Entry, 4%
HR, 3%

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