Data storage specialist vs senior network engineer

The differences between data storage specialists and senior network engineers 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 network engineer. Additionally, a senior network engineer has an average salary of $111,707, 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 network engineer are switches, BGP, and OSPF.

Data storage specialist vs senior network engineer overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Network Engineer
Yearly salary	$64,094	$111,707
Hourly rate	$30.81	$53.71
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	35,428
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs senior network engineer salary

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Network Engineer
Average salary	$64,094	$111,707
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $85,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between data storage specialist and senior network engineer education

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Network Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Data storage specialist vs senior network engineer demographics

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Senior Network Engineer
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 93.2% Female, 6.8%
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, 8.2% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.9% Asian, 13.5% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and senior network engineer 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 network engineer example responsibilities.

Manage check point firewall logs using check point tracker and splunk.
Manage network / systems security, implement policies, processes PCI, HIPAA compliance.
Manage the SAN base storage environment consisting of EMC CX3-80's and CX700's.
Design and build Cisco Meraki cloud manage firewall, switch, and wireless access points for new facility of marketing firm.
Manage network security processes using ASA firewalls.
Manage, operate and analyze results from Sourcefire detection systems.

Data storage specialist vs senior network engineer skills

Common data storage specialist skills

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

Common senior network engineer skills

Switches, 7%
BGP, 5%
OSPF, 5%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Network Infrastructure, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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