P2P2 — Developing Professional
Administrator/Engineer II
Mid-level engineer. Independently manages significant technology components. Implements and optimizes systems.
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Independently manages significant technology components
- Implements and optimizes systems
- Conducts performance analysis
- Collaborates on system upgrades
- Ensures system security and compliance
- Manage technology components
- Optimize system performance
- Conduct security audits
- Collaborate on upgrades
- Ensure compliance with standards
Skills, knowledge & tools
- System configuration
- Performance tuning
- Virtualization
- Security compliance
- Collaboration
- System configuration
- Performance analysis
- Virtualization
- Security standards
- Collaboration techniques
- Advanced configuration and performance tuning
- Knowledge of virtualization/cloud basics
- System optimization
- Security Compliance
- Collaboration
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree typically expected
- Professional certification (e.g. Microsoft/VMware certs) preferred
- Strong analytical skills
Common titles
Information Technology Support IIInformation Technology Support 2Administrator/Engineer II
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations (inferred)