VMware Engineer / Administrator
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A VMware Engineer or Administrator designs, configures and supports virtual systems. Systems may include servers, workstations, tablets, smart phones, and other devices utilized to access and generate data. Maintains, upgrades and implements improvements to virtual hardware, resources, systems and key processes.
Job Outlook
There were 120 VMware Engineer / Administrator job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 3244 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Network Engineer / Architect industry, which includes the VMware Engineer / Administrator career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new VMware Engineer / Administrator jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $121,062.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $116,095.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for VMware Engineer / Administrator postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $108,446.
Education and Experience
Posted VMware Engineer / Administrator jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 46.64% |
| Master's Degree | 10.14% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.14% |
| Other | 3.55% |
Posted VMware Engineer / Administrator jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 6.23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 46.49% |
| 6 to 8 years | 30.92% |
| 9+ years | 16.36% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills VMware Engineer / Administrator positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (59.06%)
- Management (43.25%)
- Operations (30.49%)
- Communication (27.16%)
- Problem Solving (23.77%)
- Information Technology (16.52%)
- Planning (13.84%)
- Leadership (9.59%)
- Microsoft Windows (9.56%)
- Innovation (8.66%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- VMWare NSX-T (3.3%)
- Active Directory (25.99%)
- Desktop Virtualization (12.85%)
- Automation (32.72%)
- Microsoft Azure (27.9%)
- Computer Science (24.4%)
- System Administration (20.09%)
- Disaster Recovery (21.42%)
- Linux (22.66%)
- VMware ESX Servers (38.37%)
- Windows Servers (24.15%)
- VMware vCenter (35.23%)
- Scripting (31.2%)
- VMware Virtualization (14.57%)
- VMware Infrastructure (17.55%)
- VMware VSphere (44.53%)
- Windows PowerShell (31.99%)
- Virtualization (37.07%)
- VMware Horizon View (6.6%)
- VMware Aria Operations (8.31%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Microsoft 365 (3.11%)
- Bash (Scripting Language) (6.98%)
- IT Capacity Management (8.6%)
- IT Infrastructure (7.9%)
- Azure Active Directory (4.57%)
- Technical Support (6.44%)
- Agile Methodology (5.08%)
- Systems Engineering (12.98%)
- Amazon Web Services (18.25%)
- Backup Devices (13.93%)
- Auditing (9.27%)
- Business Continuity (2.98%)
- Configuration Management (10.28%)
- Change Management (6.22%)
- Incident Response (3.65%)
- Firewall (9.65%)
- Data Centers (10.19%)
- DevOps (5.24%)
- Hypervisor (8.57%)
- Hyper-V (10.63%)
- NetApp Applications (4.6%)
- Cyber Security (7.81%)
- Standard Operating Procedure (6.41%)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (10%)
- Operating Systems (30.47%)
- Python (Programming Language) (19.49%)
- Group Policy (11.55%)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.62%)
- Performance Tuning (6.47%)
- Scalability (11.2%)
- Microsoft SQL Servers (5.71%)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (5.71%)
- Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) (6.16%)
- IT Service Management (5.9%)
- Root Cause Analysis (9.01%)
- Technical Documentation (3.55%)
- Project Management (14.85%)
- CI/CD (2.41%)
- Network Switches (7.33%)
- Network Routing (7.36%)
- Ansible (11.55%)
- Virtual Desktops (13.58%)
- Veeam (5.05%)
- Hardening (8.82%)
- TCP/IP (7.08%)
- Virtual Machines (21.04%)
- Microsoft Intune (Mobile Device Management Software) (4.63%)
- Terraform (8.28%)
- Microsoft Office 365 (3.36%)
- Nutanix (8.44%)
- Industry Standards (3.55%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Software Updater (3.62%)
- VMware Servers (3.55%)
- VCloud (1.14%)
- Virtual Switching (1.9%)
- PowerCLI (9.62%)
- VMware Aria Suite (6.03%)
- VMware Workstation (1.87%)
- VMware Products (5.84%)
- VMware Aria Automation (3.4%)
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (3.55%)
- VMware Administration (6.35%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- VMware Products (7.68%)
- VMWare NSX-T (4.34%)
- VMware Aria Suite (7.93%)
- VMware Aria Automation (4.46%)
- Computer Science (32.08%)
- Linux (29.79%)
- PowerCLI (12.64%)
- Windows PowerShell (42.05%)
- VCloud (1.5%)
- VMware Virtualization (19.15%)
- VMware vCenter (46.31%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with VMware Engineer / Administrator skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- VMware Engineer
- VMware Administrator
- Virtualization Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- VMware Systems Administrator
- VMware Systems Engineer
- VDI Engineer
- Windows VMware Administrator
- Desktop Engineer
- Windows VMware Engineer
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Windows Administrator
- Systems Administrator
- Citrix Engineer
- IT Administrator
- Unix Administrator / Engineer
- Middleware Administrator
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most VMware Engineer / Administrator jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group (131)
- ASGN (73)
- General Dynamics (64)
- Allegis Group (63)
- Leidos (61)
- TEKsystems (60)
- Motion Recruitment (51)
- Insight Global (48)
- Smx Corporation Limited (45)
- Lumen Technologies (44)
North Carolina
- TEKsystems (6)
- Allegis Group (6)
- Cynet Systems (6)
- General Dynamics (4)
- Dexian (4)
- Technology Consulting (3)
- First Citizens Bank And Trust Company (3)
- First Citizens Bank (3)
- Sbs And Company Llp (3)
- Amgen (3)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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