Also called: DNS Operations Engineer, Domain Name System Specialist
Keeps the internet's address book running, so typing a website's name finds the right server in milliseconds, even during attacks.
An attacker is flooding your company's name servers with fake lookups, so you shift traffic to backup sites and filter out the junk. Once it calms down, you roll out a security upgrade called DNSSEC for a batch of domains. You end the day reviewing a change that could break company email if one character is wrong.
Estimated from network and systems engineer pay at DNS and cloud companies.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in computer science or IT, or certifications plus experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity.
Growing about average. Small specialty; steady demand at DNS providers, registries and big tech.
Medium risk for 10 years. Automation handles routine record changes; designing resilient systems and fighting live attacks stay human.
Classes: Computer science, Math, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1244.
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