Network infrastructure manager vs senior system administrator

The differences between network infrastructure managers 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 network infrastructure manager and a senior system administrator. Additionally, a network infrastructure manager has an average salary of $100,635, which is higher than the $98,146 average annual salary of a senior system administrator.

The top three skills for a network infrastructure manager include network infrastructure, switches and lan wan. The most important skills for a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Network infrastructure manager vs senior system administrator overview

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$100,635	$98,146
Hourly rate	$48.38	$47.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	37,462	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Network infrastructure manager vs senior system administrator salary

Network infrastructure managers and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$100,635	$98,146
Salary range	Between $75,000 And $134,000	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 network infrastructure manager and senior system administrator education

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

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Network infrastructure manager vs senior system administrator demographics

Here are the differences between network infrastructure managers' and senior system administrators' demographics:

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 93.0% Female, 7.0%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% 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 network infrastructure manager and senior system administrator duties and responsibilities

Network infrastructure manager example responsibilities.

Lead program redesigning customer VoIP with ATT.
Manage day to day Microsoft, Cisco and Linux environments for billion dollar commercial real estate firm.
Manage venture partners and acquisitions circuit provisioning to integrate business functions onto a single global domain.
Reduce projected labor and capital costs by $500K through LAN redesign and virtualization initiatives.
Implement TACACS+ AAA for all Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls connecting to a centralize Cisco ACS device.
Install, maintain and troubleshoot switches and routers in order to keep up with the growth of the company.

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.

Network infrastructure manager vs senior system administrator skills

Common network infrastructure manager skills

Network Infrastructure, 10%
Switches, 7%
Lan Wan, 6%
Routers, 5%
ITIL, 4%
Lan, 4%

Common senior system administrator skills

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

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