Domain administrator vs unix systems administrator

The differences between domain administrators and unix systems 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 unix systems administrator. Additionally, a unix systems administrator has an average salary of $87,936, 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 unix systems administrator are production servers, solaris, and database.

Domain administrator vs unix systems administrator overview

	Domain Administrator	Unix Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,593	$87,936
Hourly rate	$37.79	$42.28
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	82,346	110,185
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Domain administrator vs unix systems administrator salary

Domain administrators and unix systems administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Domain Administrator	Unix Systems Administrator
Average salary	$78,593	$87,936
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $112,000	Between $64,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	PayPal
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between domain administrator and unix systems administrator education

There are a few differences between a domain administrator and a unix systems administrator in terms of educational background:

	Domain Administrator	Unix Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Domain administrator vs unix systems administrator demographics

Here are the differences between domain administrators' and unix systems administrators' demographics:

	Domain Administrator	Unix Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 85.2% Female, 14.8%
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, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between domain administrator and unix systems 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.

Unix systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage LUN assignments from Shark/Hitachi SAN through the fiber switches.
Manage system kernel settings to boost performance base on root cause analysis for performance issues.
Manage and maintain local area network (TCP/IP), consisting of 2 NCR 3430 servers and 130+ client workstations.
Help automate server and storage provisioning.
Manage resources for zones using Solaris 10container technology.
Manage AWS services and provide redundancy for internal corporate systems.

Domain administrator vs unix systems administrator skills

Common domain administrator skills

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

Common unix systems administrator skills

Production Servers, 8%
Solaris, 5%
Database, 4%
SAN, 4%
System Administration, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

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