Data storage specialist vs windows system administrator

The differences between data storage specialists and windows system 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 windows system administrator. Additionally, a windows system administrator has an average salary of $79,845, 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 windows system administrator are windows server, infrastructure, and powershell.

Data storage specialist vs windows system administrator overview

	Data Storage Specialist	Windows System Administrator
Yearly salary	$64,094	$79,845
Hourly rate	$30.81	$38.39
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	70,296	94,648
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Data storage specialist vs windows system administrator salary

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Windows System Administrator
Average salary	$64,094	$79,845
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $125,000	Between $60,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between data storage specialist and windows system administrator education

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Windows System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Data storage specialist vs windows system administrator demographics

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

	Data Storage Specialist	Windows System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 88.3% Female, 11.7%
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, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between data storage specialist and windows system 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.

Windows system administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and configure VPN connections for the users.
Deploy and manage Panasonic PBX and VOIP phone systems and network connectivity.
Manage exchange stores, mailbox provisioning, active sync and monitoring the mailboxes.
Manage data usage, space, security and archival over servers, workstations and NAS machines.
Manage issues with server hardware, networking, web services, database, DNS, clustering, and e-mail.
Manage all OU's under domain at multiple sites across the country through a constant VPN tunnel per client rules.

Data storage specialist vs windows system administrator skills

Common data storage specialist skills

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

Common windows system administrator skills

Windows Server, 9%
Infrastructure, 7%
PowerShell, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
SCCM, 4%

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