Senior data center technician vs network technician

The differences between senior data center technicians and network 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 technician. Additionally, a network technician has an average salary of $68,938, 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 technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Senior data center technician vs network technician overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$45,590	$68,938
Hourly rate	$21.92	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	79,712
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 technician salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Technician
Average salary	$45,590	$68,938
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior data center technician and network technician education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network 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 technician demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
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, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.4% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

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

Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
Manage city wide IIS deployment.
Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

Senior data center technician vs network technician skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common network technician skills

Customer Service, 9%
Switches, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 3%
Lan, 3%

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