Senior infrastructure analyst vs senior system administrator

The differences between senior infrastructure analysts and senior system administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a senior infrastructure analyst, becoming a senior system administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a senior infrastructure analyst has an average salary of $104,706, which is higher than the $98,146 average annual salary of a senior system administrator.

The top three skills for a senior infrastructure analyst include ITIL, RCA and switches. The most important skills for a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Senior infrastructure analyst vs senior system administrator overview

	Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$104,706	$98,146
Hourly rate	$50.34	$47.19
Growth rate	9%	5%
Number of jobs	55,880	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	6	2

Senior infrastructure analyst vs senior system administrator salary

Senior infrastructure analysts and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$104,706	$98,146
Salary range	Between $74,000 And $146,000	Between $75,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	Livermore, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	California
Best paying company	The Walt Disney Company	Cambridge Associates
Best paying industry	Agriculture	Finance

Differences between senior infrastructure analyst and senior system administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior infrastructure analyst and a senior system administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior infrastructure analyst vs senior system administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior infrastructure analysts' and senior system administrators' demographics:

	Senior Infrastructure Analyst	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.4% Female, 12.6%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 14.5% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 11.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	8%	9%

Differences between senior infrastructure analyst and senior system administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior infrastructure analyst example responsibilities.

Install, configure and manage various flavors of Linux.
Implement and manage SAN at numerous HNA factories to support VMware infrastructure.
Manage Citrix for Philadelphia regional team.
Manage all UNIX environments, installations, configurations and implementations.
Configure Cisco routers and switches using Cisco IOS/CatOS.
Used SCCM technology to deploy specific software and patches to workstations.

Senior system administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and optimize the design and delivery of project associate with AIX arena.
Manage all installs and setup of new servers, and server upgrades to server 2008 R2.
Implement IIS servers for both the internal and external web servers and managing security on all web servers.
Design, implement, and manage a network and domain extension in a remote location via a secure VPN link.
Manage Cisco network equipment including firewalls and switches.
Administer and manage daily backups via Symantec NetBackup.

Senior infrastructure analyst vs senior system administrator skills

Common senior infrastructure analyst skills

ITIL, 14%
RCA, 9%
Switches, 7%
Network Infrastructure, 6%
VDI, 6%
SCCM, 6%

Common senior system administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
System Administration, 4%
PowerShell, 4%
SAN, 4%

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