Domain administrator vs senior system administrator

The differences between domain administrators and senior 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 domain administrator and a senior system administrator. Additionally, a senior system administrator has an average salary of $98,146, which is higher than the $78,593 average annual salary of a domain administrator.

The top three skills for a domain administrator include windows server, DNS and powershell. The most important skills for a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Domain administrator vs senior system administrator overview

	Domain Administrator	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,593	$98,146
Hourly rate	$37.79	$47.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	82,346	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Domain administrator vs senior system administrator salary

Domain administrators and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Domain Administrator	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$78,593	$98,146
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $112,000	Between $75,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cambridge Associates
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between domain administrator and senior system administrator education

There are a few differences between a domain administrator and a senior system administrator in terms of educational background:

	Domain Administrator	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Domain administrator vs senior system administrator demographics

Here are the differences between domain administrators' and senior system administrators' demographics:

	Domain Administrator	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 11.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between domain administrator and senior system administrator duties and responsibilities

Domain administrator example responsibilities.

Install service packs and patches to client workstations and servers; manage off-peak hour backups.
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, VPN and intrusion detection systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Support to six data centers for VMware and Microsoft support.
Virtualize all servers using VMWARE, reduce server count 7 to 1.

Senior system administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and optimize the design and delivery of project associate with AIX arena.
Manage all installs and setup of new servers, and server upgrades to server 2008 R2.
Implement IIS servers for both the internal and external web servers and managing security on all web servers.
Design, implement, and manage a network and domain extension in a remote location via a secure VPN link.
Manage Cisco network equipment including firewalls and switches.
Administer and manage daily backups via Symantec NetBackup.

Domain administrator vs senior system administrator skills

Common domain administrator skills

Windows Server, 14%
DNS, 6%
PowerShell, 6%
VMware, 5%
Linux, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

Common senior system administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
System Administration, 4%
PowerShell, 4%
SAN, 4%

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