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

What is a configuration specialist and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

Configuration specialists implement and develop configuration management procedures. Your job allows you to recommend and review improvement and oversee configuration and baselining activities of project items. Supervising and working with the configuration team for the development of the CM database is also your responsibility. In addition, you must be able to ensure the data integrity, quality, and security of the CM database.

Configuration specialists are also responsible for hiring, training, and providing orientation for new employees. You will be in charge of evaluating the performance of the team members and assigning workload and schedule to team members. You are also expected to notice problems and come up with a perfect way of solving them with the help of your team members.

You must be business-oriented and with excellent foresight for this role. Not just this, but you must be an excellent system configurator and must be people-oriented. The average salary that a configuration specialist earns yearly is $72,000. This is possible with a bachelor's degree in business, computer science, and other related fields.

ScoreConfiguration SpecialistUS Average

Salary

6.0

Avg. Salary $77,122

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

6.7

Growth rate 10%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

6.2

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41%

Asian 12.60%

Black or African American 11.16%

Hispanic or Latino 15.79%

Unknown 5.35%

White 54.70%

Gender

female 40.49%

male 59.51%

Age - 41

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 - 41

Stress level

6.7

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

6.5

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.4

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a configuration specialist

Explore configuration specialist education requirements

Most common configuration specialist degrees

Bachelor's

60.2 %

Associate

23.3 %

Master's

8.9 %

Start to develop specific configuration specialist skills

Skills	Percentages
Troubleshoot	8.24%
System Configuration	6.10%
Configuration Management	5.88%
CRM	5.30%
Medicare	4.90%

Complete relevant configuration specialist training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New configuration 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 configuration specialist based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real configuration specialist resumes.

Research configuration specialist duties and responsibilities

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Integrate XML and various API's to CMS for live data feeds.
Set up SQL and XML databases and connect them to the CMS.

Apply for configuration specialist jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a configuration 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

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