Data storage specialist vs service administrator

The differences between data storage specialists and service 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 service administrator. Additionally, a data storage specialist has an average salary of $64,094, which is higher than the $54,573 average annual salary of a service administrator.

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

Data storage specialist vs service administrator overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Service Administrator
Yearly salary	$64,094	$54,573
Hourly rate	$30.81	$26.24
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	57,561
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs service administrator salary

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Service Administrator
Average salary	$64,094	$54,573
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $33,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	VMware
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between data storage specialist and service administrator education

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Service Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Data storage specialist vs service administrator demographics

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Service Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and service 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.

Service administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Sr. Director's calendar and key staff members to include meetings, events and travel.
Convert complex business logic into SQL store procedures and user-define functions to achieve functionality require by the UI team.
Manage facilities maintenance/upgrades, and systems such as electronic medical records (EMR), billing, transcription and phones.
Manage multi-million dollar DOD contract, establish team goals and manage team deliverables to ensure objectives are consistently meet or exceed.
Manage all accounting functions utilizing QuickBooks of revenues
Assist users with configuring and managing SharePoint servers.

Data storage specialist vs service administrator skills

Common data storage specialist skills

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

Common service administrator skills

Customer Service, 22%
Patients, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
CMS, 5%
Repair Orders, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%

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