Watchguard vs senior system administrator

The differences between watchguards 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 watchguard and a senior system administrator. Additionally, a senior system administrator has an average salary of $98,146, 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 a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Watchguard vs senior system administrator overview

	Watchguard	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$67,613	$98,146
Hourly rate	$32.51	$47.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	25,897	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Watchguard vs senior system administrator salary

Watchguards and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Watchguard	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$67,613	$98,146
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $99,000	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 watchguard and senior system administrator education

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

	Watchguard	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Watchguard vs senior system administrator demographics

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

	Watchguard	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.1% Female, 12.9%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
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, 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 watchguard and senior system administrator 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.

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.

Watchguard vs senior system administrator skills

Common watchguard skills

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

Common senior system administrator skills

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

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Updated January 8, 2025

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