Watchguard vs information engineer

The differences between watchguards and information engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a watchguard and an information engineer. Additionally, an information engineer has an average salary of $105,003, which is higher than the $67,613 average annual salary of a watchguard.

The top three skills for a watchguard include firewall, windows server and switches. The most important skills for an information engineer are customer service, linux, and troubleshoot.

Watchguard vs information engineer overview

	Watchguard	Information Engineer
Yearly salary	$67,613	$105,003
Hourly rate	$32.51	$50.48
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	25,897	151,357
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Watchguard vs information engineer salary

Watchguards and information engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Watchguard	Information Engineer
Average salary	$67,613	$105,003
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $99,000	Between $78,000 And $139,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Mayo Clinic
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between watchguard and information engineer education

There are a few differences between a watchguard and an information engineer in terms of educational background:

	Watchguard	Information Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	California State University - Long Beach

Watchguard vs information engineer demographics

Here are the differences between watchguards' and information engineers' demographics:

	Watchguard	Information Engineer
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.1% Female, 12.9%	Male, 85.8% Female, 14.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.6% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between watchguard and information engineer duties and responsibilities

Watchguard example responsibilities.

Institute centrally manage Linux configurations for application deployments, disaster recovery.
Monitor and administer firewall (Watchguard).
Install, configure, & troubleshoot 3rd part applications software.
Install and troubleshoot firewalls, Sonicwall, WatchGuard, Cisco.
Full delivery cycle service engineering of local, and hybrid cloud computing.
Conduct location monitoring of clients on home confinement, alcohol monitoring, or GPS reporting.

Information engineer example responsibilities.

Manage users VPN access with RSA tokens.
Use of Powershell to automate server builds and daily tasks.
Use of PowerShell to automate daily tasks, and create reports ..
Mentore and lead QA team on best practices of STLC.
Manage monthly audits with cloud providers over deterrent, preventive, detective and corrective controls.
Create and manage VMware VM templates and OS images base on configuration and security hardening standards.

Watchguard vs information engineer skills

Common watchguard skills

Firewall, 11%
Windows Server, 10%
Switches, 8%
VMware, 6%
VPN, 5%
Routers, 4%

Common information engineer skills

Customer Service, 7%
Linux, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Java, 5%
SAN, 4%
Azure, 4%