Senior noc technician vs senior system administrator

The differences between senior noc technicians and senior system 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 noc technician and a senior system administrator. Additionally, a senior system administrator has an average salary of $98,146, which is higher than the $77,518 average annual salary of a senior noc technician.

The top three skills for a senior noc technician include linux, network operations and tcp ip. The most important skills for a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Senior noc technician vs senior system administrator overview

	Senior NOC Technician	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$77,518	$98,146
Hourly rate	$37.27	$47.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	12,979	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior noc technician vs senior system administrator salary

Senior noc technicians and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior NOC Technician	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$77,518	$98,146
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $130,000	Between $75,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cambridge Associates
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior noc technician and senior system administrator education

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior noc technician vs senior system administrator demographics

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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	9%	9%

Differences between senior noc technician and senior system administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior noc technician example responsibilities.

Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Rack and stack network equipment (routers, servers, switches and any other equipment).
Provide customer support on internet, email, webhosting and VoIP.
Receive calls and tickets for connectivity issues ranging from basic broadband to fiber connections.
Serve as the hands and ears of technicians dispatch to hotels to replace faulty servers, switches, and routers.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.

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 noc technician vs senior system administrator skills

Common senior noc technician skills

Linux, 8%
Network Operations, 8%
Tcp Ip, 7%
SolarWinds, 6%
Switches, 6%
Escalate, 6%

Common senior system administrator skills

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

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