Vice president, network operations vs system technician

The differences between vice presidents, network operations and system 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 vice president, network operations and a system technician. Additionally, a vice president, network operations has an average salary of $147,238, which is higher than the $43,410 average annual salary of a system technician.

The top three skills for a vice president, network operations include network operations, network infrastructure and process improvement. The most important skills for a system technician are customer service, hand tools, and preventative maintenance.

Vice president, network operations vs system technician overview

	Vice President, Network Operations	System Technician
Yearly salary	$147,238	$43,410
Hourly rate	$70.79	$20.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	108,833	137,121
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Associate Degree, 40%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Vice president, network operations vs system technician salary

Vice presidents, network operations and system technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Vice President, Network Operations	System Technician
Average salary	$147,238	$43,410
Salary range	Between $106,000 And $203,000	Between $27,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between vice president, network operations and system technician education

There are a few differences between a vice president, network operations and a system technician in terms of educational background:

	Vice President, Network Operations	System Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Associate Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Vice president, network operations vs system technician demographics

Here are the differences between vice presidents, network operations' and system technicians' demographics:

	Vice President, Network Operations	System Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.6% Female, 14.4%	Male, 90.0% Female, 10.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between vice president, network operations and system technician duties and responsibilities

Vice president, network operations example responsibilities.

Create and manage SLA's with vendors and clients.
Develop and manage KPI measurements, and cost objectives.
Review monthly incident reports to ensure SLA's are being achieve.
Manage and support the design and deployment of an international VoIP call/service center between Asia and the U.S.
Lead project that evaluate and implement a firewall configuration management tool that assist with completing PCI and EI3PA audit requirements.
Implement ITIL best practices for networking.

System technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage approve software distributions using Microsoft SCCM.
Manage, support and maintain modern EMC SAN storage platform.
Manage 185 virtualize desktops running in a cluster VMware ESX environment.
Provide on-site construction support and lead system testing, debugging, and startup.
Develop and implement a weekly schedule on SQL databases to automate the execution of maintenance plans.
Plan and lead training programs on new software development essential to the movement to a paperless travel department for DoD.

Vice president, network operations vs system technician skills

Common vice president, network operations skills

Network Operations, 18%
Network Infrastructure, 7%
Process Improvement, 5%
Gross Margin, 4%
Provider Network, 4%
Business Continuity, 3%

Common system technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Hand Tools, 7%
Preventative Maintenance, 6%
Technical Support, 5%
Control Systems, 4%
Security Systems, 4%

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