Senior data center technician vs assistant systems administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and assistant 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 senior data center technician and an assistant systems administrator. Additionally, a senior data center technician has an average salary of $45,590, which is higher than the $40,777 average annual salary of an assistant systems administrator.

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

Senior data center technician vs assistant systems administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Assistant Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$40,777
Hourly rate	$21.92	$19.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	104,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior data center technician vs assistant systems administrator salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Assistant Systems Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$40,777
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $23,000 And $71,000
Highest paying City	-	Chico, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	City of Los Angeles
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between senior data center technician and assistant systems administrator education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Assistant Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Senior data center technician vs assistant systems administrator demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Assistant Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 38.6% Female, 61.4%
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, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and assistant systems 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.

Assistant systems administrator example responsibilities.

Perform a wide variety of administrative tasks including managing daily schedules and interconnecting with other medical facilities and patients.
Monitor network connectivity, traffic, loads, and TCP/IP packet efficiency.
Work on Solaris volume manager to create file systems as per user and database requirements.
Maintain anti-virus software, remedy virus infections, and resolve hardware problems and technical issues.
Configure PCs, fax, printers, network, and internet for their small office.
Provide desktop support & user account administration on NT and Novell servers on a token ring network

Senior data center technician vs assistant systems administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common assistant systems administrator skills

Customer Service, 15%
Patients, 12%
Payroll, 7%
PowerPoint, 5%
Bed Facility, 5%
Human Resources, 5%

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