Enterprise systems administrator vs senior unix systems administrator

The differences between enterprise systems administrators and senior 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 an enterprise systems administrator and a senior unix systems administrator. Additionally, a senior unix systems administrator has an average salary of $116,752, which is higher than the $89,075 average annual salary of an enterprise systems administrator.

The top three skills for an enterprise systems administrator include troubleshoot, powershell and database. The most important skills for a senior unix systems administrator are production servers, solaris, and troubleshoot.

Enterprise systems administrator vs senior unix systems administrator overview

	Enterprise Systems Administrator	Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$89,075	$116,752
Hourly rate	$42.82	$56.13
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	132,907	107,049
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Enterprise systems administrator vs senior unix systems administrator salary

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

	Enterprise Systems Administrator	Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Average salary	$89,075	$116,752
Salary range	Between $63,000 And $124,000	Between $90,000 And $150,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Adobe	PayPal
Best paying industry	Finance	Finance

Differences between enterprise systems administrator and senior unix systems administrator education

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

	Enterprise Systems Administrator	Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Enterprise systems administrator vs senior unix systems administrator demographics

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

	Enterprise Systems Administrator	Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 84.3% Female, 15.7%	Male, 89.4% Female, 10.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 9.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 13.9% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between enterprise systems administrator and senior unix systems administrator duties and responsibilities

Enterprise systems administrator example responsibilities.

Work with e-services, EarthLink's customer facing team to manage mail and dns environment.
Save company many hours of manual testing and developing by engineering Java applications to automate tedious tasks.
Contact and coordinate with local network support to open appropriate SCCM, iLO, SCOM and HBSS ports.
Work with DNS for and on internal devices.
Lead for backup strategy and key member for PC imaging.
Install, maintain and troubleshoot server equipment and computer hardware/ software.

Senior unix systems administrator example responsibilities.

Install and manage DB2 servers on AIX.
Manage user accounts and groups on a large scale in LDAP and NIS environments.
Write shell, Perl, python, ruby scripts to automate daily repetitive activities.
Create and maintain shell and PERL scripts to automate and monitor within the UNIX environment.
Manage hardware replacements such as disks, modules, shelves on NetApp and BlueArc storage.
Team's lead change management process coordinator - manage changes, resources, and schedules during change windows.

Enterprise systems administrator vs senior unix systems administrator skills

Common enterprise systems administrator skills

Troubleshoot, 6%
PowerShell, 5%
Database, 5%
Linux, 5%
Windows Server, 5%
SCCM, 4%

Common senior unix systems administrator skills

Production Servers, 8%
Solaris, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
VMware, 4%
OS, 4%
Windows, 4%

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