How To Become A Senior Deployment Engineer: What It Is and Career Path

What is a senior deployment engineer and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

Quoted expert

Edoardo Sarda Ph.D.

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a senior deployment engineer. For example, did you know that they make an average of $52.12 an hour? That's $108,415 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 21% and produce 284,100 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a senior deployment engineer?

Edoardo Sarda Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering, Lake Superior State University

Flexibility has become a key asset for new graduates, due to the current COVID19 pandemic. Fortunately, engineers are still in high demand. Even fresh graduates may need to seek opportunities and accept positions working in areas that were not exactly what they had in mind while in college. Besides, the pandemic has created a reality where specific industries are struggling while others are booming. That will undoubtedly impact the demand for new engineers. Lastly, since the United States took a non-uniform approach to fight the pandemic, where every state is independently deciding how to reopen, leading to some states being stricter than others, in addition to new epicenters forming in different areas of the country at different times, new grads may not necessarily end up in the geographical location they may have originally planned.

ScoreSenior Deployment EngineerUS Average

Salary

7.8

Avg. Salary $108,415

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

4.0

Growth rate 21%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

4.0

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17%

Asian 30.05%

Black or African American 4.31%

Hispanic or Latino 8.03%

Unknown 4.76%

White 52.69%

Gender

female 10.11%

male 89.89%

Age - 38

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 - 38

Stress level

4.0

Stress level is moderate

7.1 - high

Complexity level

7.9

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

6.6

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a senior deployment engineer

Explore senior deployment engineer education requirements

Most common senior deployment engineer degrees

Bachelor's

69.7 %

Associate

15.2 %

Master's

10.6 %

Start to develop specific senior deployment engineer skills

Skills	Percentages
Azure	21.55%
Cloud	21.51%
Java	18.72%
Linux	4.65%
Bash	3.63%

Complete relevant senior deployment engineer training and internships

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

Research senior deployment engineer duties and responsibilities

Manage TCP/IP setup network communications, network cabling and troubleshooting all network connectivity issues.
Perform in depth site surveys which include current configuration of switches IP addressing etc.
Upgrade and configure routers and switches.
Configure Ethernet radios with IP address, gateway and netmask information.

Apply for senior deployment engineer jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a senior deployment engineer 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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Senior deployment engineer reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2020

Cons

very little

A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2019

Pros

Challenge, satisfaction of problem resolution and working with team