Senior vmware engineer vs administrator

The differences between senior vmware engineers and 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 vmware engineer and an administrator. Additionally, a senior vmware engineer has an average salary of $102,811, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for a senior vmware engineer include azure, IP and powershell. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior vmware engineer vs administrator overview

	Senior Vmware Engineer	Administrator
Yearly salary	$102,811	$72,882
Hourly rate	$49.43	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	39,575	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior vmware engineer vs administrator salary

Senior vmware engineers and administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Vmware Engineer	Administrator
Average salary	$102,811	$72,882
Salary range	Between $74,000 And $141,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior vmware engineer and administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior vmware engineer and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Vmware Engineer	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Senior vmware engineer vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior vmware engineers' and administrators' demographics:

	Senior Vmware Engineer	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.5% Female, 8.5%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 14.0% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior vmware engineer and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior vmware engineer example responsibilities.

Manage the DR testing for different DC's inside the environment using SRDF - EMC, HITACHI - HUR.
Manage snapshots, clones, templates during patch releases and new server deployments.
Manage development, manufacturing, test and delivery of custom broadband RF electronic test systems for military and aerospace customers.
Used PowerShell, PowerCLI scripts for migrating VMs, creating snapshots.
Create LUNs in EMC XtremIO, VMAX, and VNX and mount them to ESXi as VMFS5 data stores.
Automate routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, PowerCLi.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Senior vmware engineer vs administrator skills

Common senior vmware engineer skills

Azure, 11%
IP, 6%
PowerShell, 4%
VCenter, 4%
Linux, 4%
Virtualization, 4%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%