Unix engineer vs senior engineer

The differences between unix engineers and senior engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a unix engineer, becoming a senior engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a senior engineer has an average salary of $108,743, which is higher than the $102,160 average annual salary of a unix engineer.

The top three skills for a unix engineer include infrastructure, python and solaris. The most important skills for a senior engineer are java, python, and architecture.

Unix engineer vs senior engineer overview

	Unix Engineer	Senior Engineer
Yearly salary	$102,160	$108,743
Hourly rate	$49.12	$52.28
Growth rate	5%	2%
Number of jobs	50,167	343,200
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	2	6

Unix engineer vs senior engineer salary

Unix engineers and senior engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Unix Engineer	Senior Engineer
Average salary	$102,160	$108,743
Salary range	Between $79,000 And $132,000	Between $82,000 And $144,000
Highest paying City	Rancho Cordova, CA	San Mateo, CA
Highest paying state	New York	California
Best paying company	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Roku
Best paying industry	Professional	Start-up

Differences between unix engineer and senior engineer education

There are a few differences between a unix engineer and a senior engineer in terms of educational background:

	Unix Engineer	Senior Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Computer Science	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Michigan Technological University

Unix engineer vs senior engineer demographics

Here are the differences between unix engineers' and senior engineers' demographics:

	Unix Engineer	Senior Engineer
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 90.2% Female, 9.8%	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 17.1% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	5%

Differences between unix engineer and senior engineer duties and responsibilities

Unix engineer example responsibilities.

Implement and manage EMC XtremIO flash SAN environment.
Manage NAS mounts for NAS filers configure by storage team.
Configure and manage storage volumes such as LVM and VERITAS on RHEL/centos systems.
Experience managing NFS shares and file systems from NetApp filers and EMC NAS devices.
Manage and utilize EMC storage space for SUN/ORACLE systems as system administrator and storage administrator.
Manage installation and integration of system fixes, updates, and provides configuration and enhancements in support of the OS environments.

Senior engineer example responsibilities.

Tune the TCP/IP, NFS and CIFS for 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet to achieve performance goals.
Manage multiple releases of a global CRM initiative with on time and within budget deployment.
Implement and support migration tool used to automate promotion of code throughout all SDLC environments.
Manage & lead process analysis, design, & ERP implementation engagements at various client locations.
Design, lead design, or participate in design of five T/R modules for phase array antennas.
Create customized shell scripts to start-up and shut-down WebLogic admin and manage servers and integrate them with the OS.

Unix engineer vs senior engineer skills

Common unix engineer skills

Infrastructure, 8%
Python, 6%
Solaris, 5%
Linux Servers, 5%
AWS, 4%
Azure, 4%

Common senior engineer skills

Java, 10%
Python, 9%
Architecture, 7%
JavaScript, 4%
API, 4%
GIT, 3%