Data Engineer vs Technical Support Specialist
Pay, skills and open jobs side by side, from current job postings across the US.
Pay
Data Engineer
$150,000 typical, a year
Most Data Engineers earn $126,800 to $177,100 a year.
From 1,328 postings that list pay
3,163 open jobs now
Technical Support Specialist
$66,500 typical, a year
Most Technical Support Specialists earn $52,400 to $85,500 a year.
From 1,358 postings that list pay
4,523 open jobs now
Technical Support Specialist salaries Technical Support Specialist jobs
Data Engineers typically earn about $83,500 more a year than Technical Support Specialists.
What each one does
Data Engineer
- Design and build scalable data pipelines to ingest and process large datasets.
- Develop and maintain data models using SQL and transformation tools.
- Implement data quality controls and monitoring to ensure system reliability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Document data architectures and provide technical guidance to the team.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Technical Support Specialist
- Provide technical assistance to users through phone, email, or in-person visits.
- Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues to restore system functionality.
- Install, configure, and maintain computer systems, operating systems, and applications.
- Manage user accounts, passwords, and access permissions for computer systems.
- Document technical issues, solutions, and interactions in a ticketing system.
- Escalate unresolved problems to higher-level support or specialized teams.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Data Engineer
More common in Data Engineer postings
- SQL 6 in 10 postings
- Data Engineering 6 in 10 postings
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- Data Pipeline 4 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 4 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
- Databricks 3 in 10 postings
- ETL/ELT 3 in 10 postings
- Snowflake 3 in 10 postings
- Data Warehousing 3 in 10 postings
Technical Support Specialist
More common in Technical Support Specialist postings
- Technical Support 4 in 10 postings
- Customer Service 4 in 10 postings
- Microsoft Office 3 in 10 postings
- Help Desk 2 in 10 postings
- Active Directory 2 in 10 postings
- Technical Degree 2 in 10 postings
- CompTIA 2 in 10 postings
- Fault Finding 2 in 10 postings
- Troubleshooting Windows 2 in 10 postings
- Printer Support 1 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
Mizuho Financial Group$112k - $200k/yrstated New York, NY (1271 AOA/6th Ave) HybridPythonAWSSQLApache AirflowAzure +18- Pay not stated GeorgiaTerraformDockerAWSApache KafkaCI/CD +15
Technical Support Specialist
IT Field Technician I
EnterprisebankingPay not stated Lowell, MA, United States OnsiteMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft OutlookRoot Cause Analysis +5- $110k - $125k/yrstated Denver, CO, USA RemoteJavaC++LinuxCustomer Servicez/OS +4
Help Desk Technician
Kelley CreatePay not stated Burlington, WA, 98233Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WordFirewallsActive Directory +12
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