Senior data center technician vs information technology administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and information technology 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 information technology administrator. Additionally, an information technology administrator has an average salary of $73,195, 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 information technology administrator are customer service, troubleshoot, and linux.

Senior data center technician vs information technology administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$73,195
Hourly rate	$21.92	$35.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	159,499
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 information technology administrator salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$73,195
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $50,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Databricks
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior data center technician and information technology administrator education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Senior data center technician vs information technology administrator demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 81.6% Female, 18.4%
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, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.8% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and information technology 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.

Information technology administrator example responsibilities.

Define, document and project manage the implementation and configuration changes to HRIS applications.
Manage the migration from ADP to Lawson software; adapt HRIS to fit organizational needs.
Manage PC trainers and develop high quality internal instructor-le courses.
Manage host peripheral hardware including disk files and space utilization.
Manage and maintain corporate telecommunications and LAN; recommend repairs as needed.
Manage administration for SharePoint websites including account creation or modifying existing user accounts and site settings.

Senior data center technician vs information technology administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common information technology administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
Database, 4%
VMware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

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