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Occupation Summary

Blockchain Engineers

O*NET 15-1299.07

Description:

Maintain and support distributed and decentralized blockchain-based networks or block-chain applications such as cryptocurrency exchange, payment processing, document sharing, and digital voting. Design and deploy secure block-chain design patterns and solutions over geographically distributed networks using advanced technologies. May assist with infrastructure setup and testing for application transparency and security.

Annual Wages:
$113,248.00
Employment Rate:
Employment is expected to increase by 28.88%.
Education Level:
Bachelor's Degree. According to O*Net, the majority of people employed in this occupation have this level of education.
Endorsement:
Business and Industry, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)

  1. Assess blockchain threats, such as untested code and unprotected keys.
  2. Automate the deployment of software updates over geographically distributed network nodes.
  3. Design and deploy blockchain design patterns to make transactions secure, transparent, and immutable.
  4. Design and develop blockchain technologies for industries such as finance and music.
  5. Design and implement dashboard and data visualizations to meet customer reporting needs.
  6. Design and implement data repositories to integrate data.
  7. Design and verify cryptographic protocols to protect private information.
  8. Determine specifications for, or implement, logging.
  9. Develop a maintainable code base using object-oriented design principles, practices, or patterns.
  10. Discuss and plan systems with solution architects, system engineers, or cybersecurity experts to meet customer requirements.
  11. Discuss data needs with engineers, product managers, or data scientists to identify blockchain requirements.
  12. Evaluate blockchain processes or risks based on security assessments or control matrix reviews.
  13. Evaluate new blockchain technologies and vendor products.
  14. Implement catastrophic failure handlers to identify security breaches and prevent serious damage.
  15. Run infrastructure tests to examine the behavior of large peer-to-peer networks.
  16. Test the security and performance of blockchain infrastructures.
  17. Update client and server applications responsible for integration and business logic.


National Industry Employment Patterns


Industry % of Blockchain Engineers employed Annual Growth Rate
Computer systems design and related services 18 1.32
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services 5.7 1.04
Employment services 3.2 0.20
Colleges, universities, and professional schools 2.8 0.38
Software publishers 2.7 1.24
Insurance carriers 2.3 0.57
Architectural, engineering, and related services 2 0.54


Labor Market Information


2024 Statewide average hourly wage $54.45
2024 National average hourly wage $56.11
2022 National employment 449,400
2022 Texas employment 53,003
Texas projected employment by 2032 68,310
Texas projected annual employment and Turnover openings through 2032 5,280




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Other Activities


No work importance values found.


  • Certified Blockchain Professional (CBP)
  • EC-Council


No tools found.


Technology

Application server software: Amazon Elastic Container Service ECS; Docker; GitHub; Kubernetes; Microservices Architecture; Spring Boot;
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Software as a service SaaS;
Cloud-based management software: Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation;
Configuration management software: IBM Terraform;
Content workflow software: Atlassian JIRA;
Data base management system software: Amazon Kinesis; MongoDB; MySQL; NoSQL;
Data base user interface and query software: Amazon Web Services AWS software; Structured query language SQL;
Development environment software: Software libraries; Solidity; Apache Kafka; Go; Microsoft Azure software; Kotlin; Rust programming language;
Enterprise application integration software: Enterprise application integration EAI software; Jenkins CI;
Enterprise system management software: Splunk Enterprise;
Expert system software: Ansible software;
File versioning software: Git;
Graphical user interface development software: Grafana Labs Grafana Cloud;
Object or component oriented development software: C#; C++; Oracle Java; Oracle Java Message Service JMS; Python; RabbitMQ; TypeScript;
Object oriented data base management software: PostgreSQL;
Operating system software: Linux; Operating system software;
Project management software: Atlassian Confluence;
Storage networking software: Amazon Simple Storage Service S3;
Web platform development software: JavaScript; Google Angular; Node.js; React; RESTful API; Spring Framework;


Related O*NET occupational titles for Blockchain Engineers include:
  • 15-1251.00 Computer Programmers
  • 15-1211.00 Computer Systems Analysts
  • 15-1299.08 Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
  • 15-1242.00 Database Administrators
  • 15-1243.00 Database Architects
  • 15-1212.00 Information Security Analysts
  • 15-1299.05 Information Security Engineers
  • 15-1299.04 Penetration Testers
  • 15-1252.00 Software Developers
  • 15-1253.00 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers


No sources of additional information found.
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** The information in this report may be derived from many sources like O*NET, BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook), and Career One Stop.