Intrusion detection analyst vs senior security analyst

The differences between intrusion detection analysts and senior security analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an intrusion detection analyst and a senior security analyst. Additionally, a senior security analyst has an average salary of $103,571, which is higher than the $86,862 average annual salary of an intrusion detection analyst.

The top three skills for an intrusion detection analyst include SIEM, incident response and firewall. The most important skills for a senior security analyst are NIST, incident response, and cloud security.

Intrusion detection analyst vs senior security analyst overview

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Senior Security Analyst
Yearly salary	$86,862	$103,571
Hourly rate	$41.76	$49.79
Growth rate	32%	32%
Number of jobs	5,673	61,108
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Intrusion detection analyst vs senior security analyst salary

Intrusion detection analysts and senior security analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Senior Security Analyst
Average salary	$86,862	$103,571
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $115,000	Between $79,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Coinbase
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between intrusion detection analyst and senior security analyst education

There are a few differences between an intrusion detection analyst and a senior security analyst in terms of educational background:

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Senior Security Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	University of Washington	Stanford University

Intrusion detection analyst vs senior security analyst demographics

Here are the differences between intrusion detection analysts' and senior security analysts' demographics:

	Intrusion Detection Analyst	Senior Security Analyst
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%	Male, 76.5% Female, 23.5%
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 intrusion detection analyst and senior security analyst duties and responsibilities

Intrusion detection analyst example responsibilities.

Manage endpoint encryption, antivirus/anti-malware host IPS, process documentation, incident management.
Monitor security events in the SIEM and other general office tools.
Monitor and analyze network communication traffic with ArcSight SIEM in a SOC/CERT/CSIRT.
Monitor day-to-day operations of the sensors (SourceFire, EEMSG IronPorts, and ArcSight) locate at supporting customer's locations.
Perform packet analysis utilizing Wireshark.
Used ArcSight for SEM level rule tuning.

Senior security analyst example responsibilities.

Supervise and manage information security assets associate with DISA STIGS and HBSS.
Utilize Unix utilities and management packages to analyze and manage traffic flow in the corporate backbone.
Manage GLBA security awareness and training program and annual information security awareness activities.
Introduce dashboards to identify preemptive attacks on corporate perimeter using intrusion detection and web application firewall technologies.
Evaluate DoD security tools; determine compatibility issues with existing network configuration/infrastructure, and present conclusions to management.
Contribute in defining time tables and SIEM project plans.

Intrusion detection analyst vs senior security analyst skills

Common intrusion detection analyst skills

SIEM, 11%
Incident Response, 10%
Firewall, 8%
SOC, 6%
Security Events, 6%
ArcSight, 5%

Common senior security analyst skills

NIST, 7%
Incident Response, 5%
Cloud Security, 4%
Encryption, 4%
Firewall, 4%
Switches, 4%

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