Career Galaxy / Cloud & Infra
Network Engineer
The roads data travels on.
You design and troubleshoot the networks that connect people, offices, and cloud environments.
Entry level friendlyHands on buildingInvestigatingStabilityLow barrier to entry
Entry
$60k
Median
$95k
Senior
$135k
Outlook: Steady growth. Ranges are US estimates and vary by market and employer.
A day in the life
- Trace a latency complaint to its source
- Segment a network for security
- Document the topology properly
Skills that matter
Routing and switchingTroubleshootingNetwork security
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