What’s next for a cyber security engineer in the career ladder will heavily depend on many factors such as their past duties, performance and achievements, current organization, and their willingness to venture into new paths and specialties.
One of the most common steps taken by seasoned security engineers is specialization. This will usually mean that engineers will leave their current organization for one that has an opening for a specialized rank within their workforce. Engineers who go this way will enjoy a new technical set of defined duties with less ambiguity surrounding their roles.
Another popular path for security engineers is to become a security architect. This job hands out a different batch of objectives that will make the individual in charge of the entire perspective on an organization’s security posture. A security architect will have a less hand-on position is more of a planner than an implementer. Other duties might require the security architect to oversee security programs, review and approve the work of cyber security engineers, provide technical supervision to junior level positions, and to plan security architectures hence the name.
Seasoned security engineers can also be qualified to become security consultants which in itself opens the door wide for future prospects. Security consultants come up with security strategies and determine the best plans to execute them. They can also perform technical assessment and deliver detailed reports to their organizations. Consultants are also required to provide technical and legal advice and are the most valuable workforce asset when it comes to compliance projects.
Further senior positions include executive level positions such as chief information security officer and security director.
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