Overview
Designs, builds, implements, and maintains an organization's security infrastructure, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, VPNs, and other security solutions to protect networks and systems.
Responsibilities
- Design
- implement
- maintain security infrastructure (firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS)
- develop standards/policies
- automate security
- incident response
- secure application development support (DevSecOps)
Required Skills
- Network security architecture
- firewall config
- IDS/IPS management
- endpoint security
- cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- scripting/automation (Python, Ansible)
- security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001)
- secure coding
Salary Expectations
$90,000 - $150,000+ USD
Relevant Certifications
Common Career Pathway
Progresses from Security Analyst, Network Engineer, or SysAdmin roles. Strong technical and design skills required.
Learning Roadmap
Network/SysAdmin base -> Security+ -> Firewalls/IDS/IPS -> Cloud Security -> Scripting -> Frameworks -> CISSP/GSEC.