How To Become A Senior Infrastructure Specialist: What It Is and Career Path

What is a senior infrastructure specialist and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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The average senior infrastructure specialist salary is $106,258. The most common degree is a bachelor's degree degree with an computer science major. It usually takes 1-2 years of experience to become a senior infrastructure specialist. Senior infrastructure specialists with a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification earn more money. Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 5% and produce 18,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreSenior Infrastructure SpecialistUS Average

Salary

7.8

Avg. Salary $106,258

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability Level

5.7

Growth Rate 5%

Growth Rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.6

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31%

Asian 13.89%

Black or African American 7.97%

Hispanic or Latino 11.69%

Unknown 5.01%

White 61.12%

Gender

female 15.09%

male 84.91%

Age - 42

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 42

Stress Level

5.7

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity Level

6.7

Complexity Level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work Life Balance

7.1

Work Life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a senior infrastructure specialist

Explore senior infrastructure specialist education requirements

Most common senior infrastructure specialist degrees

Bachelor's

57.9 %

Associate

22.4 %

Master's

11.2 %

Start to develop specific senior infrastructure specialist skills

Skills	Percentages
Java	19.57%
Windows Server	8.02%
Linux	5.90%
Unix	5.72%
Architecture	3.92%

Complete relevant senior infrastructure specialist training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New senior infrastructure specialists learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a senior infrastructure specialist based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real senior infrastructure specialist resumes.

Research senior infrastructure specialist duties and responsibilities

Configure and install SAN drivers, HBA hardware and utilize LVM to manage dynamic disk space requirements.
Create, maintain and manage NFS architecture connecting multiple data collection servers to reporting and code repository servers.
Manage Cisco ASA firewalls and Microsoft ISA firewalls in production environment providing secure configurations and monitoring of the firewall logs.
Deploy large number of Solaris 9 , 10 and RHEL 3 , 4 servers via Jumpstart and Kickstart OS provisioning.

Get senior infrastructure specialist experience

Generally, it takes 1-2 years to become a senior infrastructure specialist. The most common roles before becoming a senior infrastructure specialist include systems administrator, consultant team lead and senior systems engineer.

Apply for senior infrastructure specialist jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a senior infrastructure specialist job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

Average senior infrastructure specialist salary

The average Senior Infrastructure Specialist salary in the United States is $106,258 per year or $51 per hour. Senior infrastructure specialist salaries range between $86,000 and $130,000 per year.

Average Senior Infrastructure Specialist Salary

$106,258 Yearly

$51.09 hourly