Senior data center technician vs administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and 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 senior data center technician and an administrator. Additionally, an administrator has an average salary of $72,882, which is higher than the $45,590 average annual salary of a senior data center technician.

The top three skills for a senior data center technician include cable management, cloud and tcp ip. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior data center technician vs administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$72,882
Hourly rate	$21.92	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior data center technician vs administrator salary

Senior data center technicians and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Data Center Technician	Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$72,882
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior data center technician and administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior data center technician and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Data Center Technician	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Senior data center technician vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior data center technicians' and administrators' demographics:

	Senior Data Center Technician	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 9.7% White, 63.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior data center technician example responsibilities.

Manage vendor replacement of faulty equipment, maintain inventory, activity and procedure documentation on NOC SharePoint site.
Install, configure, and troubleshoot technical hardware resources including servers, switches, routers, cabling and relate components.
Set up and deploy workstations.
Work daily tickets to complete installs within the SLA.
Perform network and configuration changes daily to meet change management requests to meet timely SLA.
Design and implement EPA's DR facility out west in the event there are a disaster or network failure.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Senior data center technician vs administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

Cable Management, 27%
Cloud, 13%
Tcp Ip, 9%
Switches, 6%
HVAC, 4%
Unix, 4%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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