Occupation

272135 Cyber Security Engineer

Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
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Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
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272135 Cyber Security Engineer

Designs, develops, modifies, documents, tests, implements, installs, and supports cybersecurity software applications and systems to ensure they are fully integrated.

Alternative titles

  • ICT Security Engineer
  • Information Security Engineer

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Develops, implements, and integrates secure coding practices, and conducts security testing and vulnerability assessments for software and systems
  • Collaborates with developers to identify and remediate security issues
  • Develops and implements secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and methodologies
  • Integrates security controls into development processes
  • Participates in code reviews and provides security guidance
  • Assesses security of third-party software components and libraries used in software and applications
  • Develops and implements secure application programming interfaces (APIs) and libraries for use in software and applications
  • Performs code analysis scan on software binaries