Router vs firewall engineer

The differences between routers and firewall engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a router and a firewall engineer. Additionally, a firewall engineer has an average salary of $99,357, which is higher than the $50,811 average annual salary of a router.

The top three skills for a router include customer service, customer orders and roadnet. The most important skills for a firewall engineer are network security, cisco asa, and azure.

Router vs firewall engineer overview

	Router	Firewall Engineer
Yearly salary	$50,811	$99,357
Hourly rate	$24.43	$47.77
Growth rate	10%	5%
Number of jobs	2,393	39,291
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	42	43
Years of experience	2	2

Router vs firewall engineer salary

Routers and firewall engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Router	Firewall Engineer
Average salary	$50,811	$99,357
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $75,000	Between $76,000 And $128,000
Highest paying City	Cleveland, OH	Santa Clara, CA
Highest paying state	Maryland	California
Best paying company	Havertys Furniture	Palo Alto Networks
Best paying industry	Automotive	Start-up

Differences between router and firewall engineer education

There are a few differences between a router and a firewall engineer in terms of educational background:

	Router	Firewall Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Router vs firewall engineer demographics

Here are the differences between routers' and firewall engineers' demographics:

	Router	Firewall Engineer
Average age	42	43
Gender ratio	Male, 59.3% Female, 40.7%	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 10.6% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 13.9% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	9%

Differences between router and firewall engineer duties and responsibilities

Router example responsibilities.

Perform pre-trip & post-trip inspections.
Work closely with DHS and NYPD.
Foster improved business relationships with multiple 3rd party logistics providers, enhancing delivery and quality performance and overall customer satisfaction.
Input routes and dispatch from AS400, ACSG program.
Set up, change and operate CMS machine (CNC).
Assist a survey crew with GPS coordinates.

Firewall engineer example responsibilities.

Excele at managing major network-wide upgrades; improve speed and predictability of multicast and order-routing data.
Involve in the modification and removal of BGP from the MPLS routers.
Replace Cisco routers with ASA failover pair as a part of project to upgrade the private line to MPLS connection.
Provide technical expertise and support of network devices and security peripherals including Cisco routers and switches.
Experience configuring various networking protocols, specifically OSPF, BGP and EIGRP and troubleshooting issues with the network.
Demonstrate experience with IPSEC VPN design connection and protocols, IPSEC tunnel configuration, encryption and integrity protocols.

Router vs firewall engineer skills

Common router skills

Customer Service, 33%
Customer Orders, 11%
Roadnet, 10%
Logistics, 8%
Data Entry, 8%
Pallets, 8%

Common firewall engineer skills

Network Security, 11%
Cisco Asa, 7%
Azure, 6%
ASA, 5%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Switches, 5%