Information Security Engineers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Develop and oversee the implementation of information security procedures and policies. Build, maintain and upgrade security technology, such as firewalls, for the safe use of computer networks and the transmission and retrieval of information. Design and implement appropriate security controls to identify vulnerabilities and protect digital files and electronic infrastructures. Monitor and respond to computer security breaches, viruses, and intrusions, and perform forensic investigation. May oversee the assessment of information security systems.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Coordinate monitoring of networks or systems for security breaches or intrusions.
• Assess the quality of security controls, using performance indicators.
• Train staff on, and oversee the use of, information security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Scan networks, using vulnerability assessment tools to identify vulnerabilities.
• Develop response and recovery strategies for security breaches.
• Conduct investigations of information security breaches to identify vulnerabilities and evaluate the damage.
• Develop or install software, such as firewalls and data encryption programs, to protect sensitive information.
• Identify security system weaknesses, using penetration tests.

Technology

• Active directory software
• Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
• Amazon Web Services AWS software
• Ansible software
• Apple iOS
• Apple macOS
• ArcSight Enterprise Threat and Risk Management
• Atlassian Confluence
• Atlassian JIRA
• Bash
• Border Gateway Protocol BGP
• C
• C#
• C++

Information Security Engineers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Information Security Engineers Salary in CA
  Median $134,440 · Employment 80,150
• Information Security Engineers Salary in TX
  Median $111,530 · Employment 57,020
• Information Security Engineers Salary in GA
  Median $104,610 · Employment 20,630
• Information Security Engineers Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $109,700 · Employment 20,060
• Information Security Engineers Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $127,360 · Employment 19,540
• Information Security Engineers Salary in MD
  Median $144,680 · Employment 19,060
• Information Security Engineers Salary in DC
  Median $156,590 · Employment 17,200
• Information Security Engineers Salary in VA
  Median $139,030 · Employment 17,000
• Information Security Engineers Salary in San Francisco, CA
  Median $161,700 · Employment 16,930
• Information Security Engineers Salary in San Jose, CA
  Median $184,430 · Employment 16,680
• Information Security Engineers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $126,910 · Employment 16,230
• Information Security Engineers Salary in NC
  Median $104,850 · Employment 15,090

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