- Based on 9 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Information Security Engineer in their career, on average, they have 6.07 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 4.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $134K per year before moving on.
- 11% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Information Security Engineer are Security Consultant, Security Engineer and Information Security Director. While Security Consultant isn't from the Information Technology job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Senior Information Security Engineer shown by Information Security Director also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Information Security Engineer are Advisor, Information Security Engineer and It Specialist based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Advisor, the most common step before Senior Information Security Engineer, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Senior Information Security Engineer, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Senior Information Security Engineer.
- While Advisor is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Information Security Engineer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Information Security Engineer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Information Security Engineer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Advisor isn't from the same job family as Senior Information Security Engineer, Information Technology, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Information Security Engineer also being a common career path to Senior Information Security Engineer.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Information Security Engineer are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Chemical Engineering, Bachelor Of Business Administration (b.b.a.), and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In History. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Senior Information Security Engineer is part of the Information Technology job family which has a limited number of unique role types (61) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Senior Information Security Engineer.