How To Become A Voip Network Engineer: What It Is and Career Path

What is a voip network engineer and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

Quoted expert

Maryam Farahani

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a voip network engineer. For example, did you know that they make an average of $46.66 an hour? That's $97,049 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 5% and produce 18,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a voip network engineer?

Maryam Farahani

Engineering Instructor, Bakersfield College

Thinking about the fields they want to experience or try. And to be intentional about their job search. The best advice is learning as much as they can about what company offers. Visualizing themselves in the next 5 years as a starting point. Do they want to travel a lot, or be in management positions? Do they want to be subject matter expert, or a hands-on engineer or technologist? Their goal may change as they progress in their career but having one makes a big difference in their career choices and keeping them on track.

ScoreVoip Network EngineerUS Average

Salary

7.5

Avg. Salary $97,049

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

5.7

Growth rate 5%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.7

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31%

Asian 10.89%

Black or African American 9.00%

Hispanic or Latino 12.69%

Unknown 5.09%

White 62.02%

Gender

female 9.52%

male 90.48%

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 voip network engineer

Explore voip network engineer education requirements

Most common voip network engineer degrees

Bachelor's

57.7 %

Associate

24.4 %

Master's

11.4 %

Start to develop specific voip network engineer skills

Skills	Percentages
Unified Communications	25.72%
Troubleshoot	6.59%
Servers	4.85%
Cisco Voip	4.27%
Switches	4.22%

Complete relevant voip network engineer training and internships

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

Research voip network engineer duties and responsibilities

Manage multiple, simultaneous customer projects of varying complexities while minimizing network impact during change/maintenance windows.
Assist clients with IOS upgrades, configuration backups and troubleshooting of issues on their routers and switches.
Update of PBX's version and firmware.
Configure EIGRP and OSPF routing protocols.

Apply for voip network engineer jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a voip network 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

How do voip network engineers rate their job?

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Voip network engineer reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2019

Pros

Working with new Technology

Cons

There is nothing i dislike about working as VOIP Engineer