Senior network technician vs noc technician

The differences between senior network technicians and noc 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 network technician and a noc technician. Additionally, a senior network technician has an average salary of $49,896, which is higher than the $45,884 average annual salary of a noc technician.

The top three skills for a senior network technician include switches, troubleshoot and routers. The most important skills for a noc technician are customer service, troubleshoot, and network operations.

Senior network technician vs noc technician overview

	Senior Network Technician	NOC Technician
Yearly salary	$49,896	$45,884
Hourly rate	$23.99	$22.06
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	39,288	48,270
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior network technician vs noc technician salary

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

	Senior Network Technician	NOC Technician
Average salary	$49,896	$45,884
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $31,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	Redmond, WA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Maryland
Best paying company	Microsoft	Duquesne Light Company
Best paying industry	Technology	Professional

Differences between senior network technician and noc technician education

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

	Senior Network Technician	NOC Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Information Systems
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	University of Pennsylvania

Senior network technician vs noc technician demographics

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

	Senior Network Technician	NOC Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 88.5% Female, 11.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior network technician and noc technician duties and responsibilities

Senior network technician example responsibilities.

Manage 10 servers , 2 UNIX , 6 Win2k3 and 2 Win2k.
Set up and manage firewall and content base web filtering.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Connect and configure LAN and WLAN networks and perform security updates on network devices and routers.
Train customer s employees on network protocols such as TCP/IP EGIRP, BGP, SNA, OSPF.
Implement wide area network solution using VPN and MPLS technologies to interconnect remote offices.

Noc technician example responsibilities.

Manage troubleshooting for user side computer and Novell problems.
Manage windows server network configuration, disks and storage access requests.
Manage and administer VPNs using PPTP and GRE tunneling with TACLANE and FASTLANE encryption.
Install, setup, configure, manage and maintain desktop, laptop, and server equipment for multiple clients.
Manage core-network including all Cisco infrastructure elements including firewalls and perimeter routers.
Engineer and manage creation of co-registration Java modules for integration with Akamai streaming servers.

Senior network technician vs noc technician skills

Common senior network technician skills

Switches, 9%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Routers, 5%
Network Hardware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%
Network Security, 3%

Common noc technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 9%
Network Operations, 5%
Switches, 5%
Technical Support, 4%
Routers, 4%

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