Information assurance officer vs senior security engineer

The differences between information assurance officers and senior security engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an information assurance officer and a senior security engineer. Additionally, a senior security engineer has an average salary of $122,480, which is higher than the $105,312 average annual salary of an information assurance officer.

The top three skills for an information assurance officer include IAM, DOD and RMF. The most important skills for a senior security engineer are cloud security, java, and linux.

Information assurance officer vs senior security engineer overview

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Engineer
Yearly salary	$105,312	$122,480
Hourly rate	$50.63	$58.88
Growth rate	32%	32%
Number of jobs	140,531	69,850
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Information assurance officer vs senior security engineer salary

Information assurance officers and senior security engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Engineer
Average salary	$105,312	$122,480
Salary range	Between $77,000 And $143,000	Between $90,000 And $164,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Roku
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between information assurance officer and senior security engineer education

There are a few differences between an information assurance officer and a senior security engineer in terms of educational background:

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Information Technology	Computer Science
Most common college	Georgetown University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Information assurance officer vs senior security engineer demographics

Here are the differences between information assurance officers' and senior security engineers' demographics:

	Information Assurance Officer	Senior Security Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 80.3% Female, 19.7%	Male, 91.2% Female, 8.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between information assurance officer and senior security engineer duties and responsibilities

Information assurance officer example responsibilities.

Work directly with IAM to resolve network issues, manage audit records and ensure audit software conforms to specify guidelines.
Lead implementation for new DAR solution for global disk encryption, developing management policy to prevent document and data leakage.
Receive IAVA's and STIG vulnerabilities from VMS.
Ensure that the network security infrastructure are configured according to DISA STIGS.
Coordinate security procedures with the IAM and initiate investigative procedures for security incidents.
Conduct annual reviews of ISs require as required by FISMA.

Senior security engineer example responsibilities.

Manage logistics of moving necessary equipment for test across country to newly designed/built NSA certify test facility.
Assess cloud providers and products to meet NIST 800-53 for accreditation of applications operating in the cloud.
Involve in migrating JBOSS /Fat java applications to RHEL6 upgrade.
Conduct vulnerability scans using NESSUS to scan the CMS QIO network infrastructure.
Install and maintain security infrastructure, including IPS/IDS, log management, and SIEM systems.
Design and implement a plan to upgrade the ACAS infrastructure to include MDA's remote sites.

Information assurance officer vs senior security engineer skills

Common information assurance officer skills

IAM, 9%
DOD, 8%
RMF, 7%
Security Policies, 6%
Security Procedures, 6%
Security Posture, 5%

Common senior security engineer skills

Cloud Security, 8%
Java, 8%
Linux, 5%
Windows, 5%
Incident Response, 4%
Security Engineering, 4%

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