Senior data center technician vs program administrator

The differences between senior data center technicians and program 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 program administrator. Additionally, a program administrator has an average salary of $50,715, 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 program administrator are customer service, oversight, and patients.

Senior data center technician vs program administrator overview

	Senior Data Center Technician	Program Administrator
Yearly salary	$45,590	$50,715
Hourly rate	$21.92	$24.38
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	110,488	119,898
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior data center technician vs program administrator salary

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Program Administrator
Average salary	$45,590	$50,715
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $74,000	Between $34,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between senior data center technician and program administrator education

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Program Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Senior data center technician vs program administrator demographics

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

	Senior Data Center Technician	Program Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 30.6% Female, 69.4%
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, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior data center technician and program 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.

Program administrator example responsibilities.

Manage monetary, laptop and training supports for members living with HIV.
Manage overall document inventory and wiki updates via SharePoint.
Manage CRM and SharePoint systems for online recruiting technology company.
Manage co-op vendor and provide overall program direction for Toyota dealers and regional offices nationwide.
Develop and implement administrative procedures for new mental health management unit providing day services to elderly patients.
Invoice clients using QuickBooks software.

Senior data center technician vs program administrator skills

Common senior data center technician skills

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

Common program administrator skills

Customer Service, 7%
Oversight, 7%
Patients, 6%
Project Management, 6%
PowerPoint, 4%
Client Facing, 4%

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