Senior data center technician vs network administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and network 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 a network administrator. Additionally, a network administrator has an average salary of $71,357, 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 a network administrator are switches, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Senior data center technician vs network administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$71,357
Hourly rate	$21.92	$34.31
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	106,886
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 network administrator salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$71,357
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $56,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior data center technician and network administrator education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior data center technician vs network administrator demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and network 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.

Network administrator example responsibilities.

Lead and manage desktop standards project.
Manage backups using EMC Networker and Avamar.
Manage Solarwinds to monitor servers and networks for all locations.
Manage all provisioning and technical issues for new customer IP blocks.
Deploy and manage storage (windows file servers and NetApp NAS).
Manage all technology: Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, email, library, labs, dorms, programs

Senior data center technician vs network administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common network administrator skills

Switches, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Network Hardware, 5%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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