Senior data center technician vs network support technician

The differences between senior data center technicians and network support technicians 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 support technician. Additionally, a network support technician has an average salary of $48,622, 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 support technician are troubleshoot, technical support, and customer service.

Senior data center technician vs network support technician overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Support Technician
Yearly salary	$45,590	$48,622
Hourly rate	$21.92	$23.38
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	120,245
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior data center technician vs network support technician salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Support Technician
Average salary	$45,590	$48,622
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $38,000 And $61,000
Highest paying City	-	Troy, NY
Highest paying state	-	Rhode Island
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between senior data center technician and network support technician education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Support Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Senior data center technician vs network support technician demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Support Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 89.3% Female, 10.7%
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, 8.7% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and network support technician 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 support technician example responsibilities.

Assist in managing Nortel CS1000 phone system.
Manage a technician scheduling system base on Linux.
Manage SQL database moves, updates, backups, for end users ,.
Manage circuit provisioning, customer contact, order tracking, IP allocation and task management databases.
Manage all VoIP technology and phone configuration.
Manage security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems.

Senior data center technician vs network support technician skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common network support technician skills

Troubleshoot, 9%
Technical Support, 6%
Customer Service, 6%
Network Support, 6%
Switches, 5%
Desk Support, 4%

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