Senior data center technician vs operations administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and operations 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 operations administrator. Additionally, an operations administrator has an average salary of $50,962, 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 operations administrator are various management, data entry, and clerical support.

Senior data center technician vs operations administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Operations Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$50,962
Hourly rate	$21.92	$24.50
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	115,828
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior data center technician vs operations administrator salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Operations Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$50,962
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $31,000 And $83,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Ropes & Gray
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior data center technician and operations administrator education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Operations Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Senior data center technician vs operations administrator demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Operations Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 34.8% Female, 65.2%
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 operations 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.

Operations administrator example responsibilities.

Manage online digital storefront operations using PDF file format and HTML.
Manage all aspects of desktop support for several hundr users on site and at remote locations.
Establish operating policies and procedures and attain SNF Medicare certification.
Write queries through mainframe using SQL in order to produce reports for internal/external partners.
Monitor printers and desktop's utilizing WebJet Admin for page count and toner activity.
Learned and maintain department operations and the SQL jobs and reports that run for the business.

Senior data center technician vs operations administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common operations administrator skills

Various Management, 15%
Data Entry, 9%
Clerical Support, 6%
Administrative Functions, 6%
Photocopying, 5%
Management Review, 5%

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