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Software & IT

infrastructure engineer

Learned from 109 real résumés for this role.

Across 109 real U.S. résumés for a infrastructure engineer, the most distinctive skills are Windows 2000 Active Directory, Ruckus Wireless and Deployment Automation — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Windows 2000 Active Directory
3% have it · 446.3× vs average
Ruckus Wireless
3% have it · 223.2× vs average
Deployment Automation
3% have it · 206.0× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

windows 2000 active directory
446.3×
3% · N=3
ruckus wireless
223.2×
3% · N=3
deployment automation
206.0×
3% · N=3
watchguard firewalls
148.8×
3% · N=3
virtual environments
111.6×
3% · N=3
provide excellent customer service
86.4×
3% · N=3
application administration
74.4×
3% · N=3
hardware management
59.5×
3% · N=3
terminal services
46.2×
3% · N=3
ruby
17.6×
32% · N=35
vue
17.5×
27% · N=29
redis
16.3×
31% · N=34
azure
14.8×
34% · N=37
google cloud
15.6×
27% · N=29
go
16.2×
22% · N=24

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

service support engineer22% · N=6module lead development11% · N=3senior software engineer11% · N=3systems administrator11% · N=3it engineer11% · N=3network engineer11% · N=3information security analyst11% · N=3citrix engineer11% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

database engineer7% · N=3desktop analyst33% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Infrastructure Engineer need?

In 109 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Windows 2000 Active Directory (3% have it), Ruckus Wireless (3% have it), Deployment Automation (3% have it), Watchguard Firewalls (3% have it), Virtual Environments (3% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Infrastructure Engineer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Service Support Engineer (22% of moves, N=6), Module Lead Development (11% of moves, N=3), Senior Software Engineer (11% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Infrastructure Engineer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Database Engineer (7% of arrivals, N=3), Desktop Analyst (33% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Infrastructure Engineer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 109 of them are Infrastructure Engineer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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