Senior security architect vs personal security specialist

The differences between senior security architects and personal security specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a senior security architect and a personal security specialist. Additionally, a senior security architect has an average salary of $129,456, which is higher than the $43,060 average annual salary of a personal security specialist.

The top three skills for a senior security architect include cloud security, cloud and risk assessments. The most important skills for a personal security specialist are customer service, emergency situations, and product knowledge.

Senior security architect vs personal security specialist overview

	Senior Security Architect	Personal Security Specialist
Yearly salary	$129,456	$43,060
Hourly rate	$62.24	$20.70
Growth rate	32%	10%
Number of jobs	123,555	77,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	6	6

Senior security architect vs personal security specialist salary

Senior security architects and personal security specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Security Architect	Personal Security Specialist
Average salary	$129,456	$43,060
Salary range	Between $96,000 And $173,000	Between $25,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	Olympia, WA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Apple	-
Best paying industry	Professional	-

Differences between senior security architect and personal security specialist education

There are a few differences between a senior security architect and a personal security specialist in terms of educational background:

	Senior Security Architect	Personal Security Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	California State University - Bakersfield

Senior security architect vs personal security specialist demographics

Here are the differences between senior security architects' and personal security specialists' demographics:

	Senior Security Architect	Personal Security Specialist
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 94.3% Female, 5.7%	Male, 57.8% Female, 42.2%
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, 6.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 8.8% White, 70.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	11%

Differences between senior security architect and personal security specialist duties and responsibilities

Senior security architect example responsibilities.

Achieve full compliance for industry specification standards (UL, NEMA, NIST).
Manage logistics of moving necessary equipment for test across country to newly designed/built NSA certify test facility.
Provide governance and direction for proper use of data.
Implement logging, Nessus, write policies and develop encryption from framework for PCI/SOX compliance.
Ensure encryption solutions are in compliance with company policies, regulatory directives, and best practices.
Develop enterprise security policy, standards, controls and guidelines base on PCI, SOX, HIPPA, and NIST standards.

Personal security specialist example responsibilities.

Manage and navigate numerous motorcade and protective operations throughout the city of Kabul.
Provide and supervise armed security for VIP 's
Initiate and process purchase orders request using DoD EMAll.
Monitor CCTV, alarms, provide arm security for client.
Install and configure encryption modems for OOB access into customer equipment.
Monitor and respond to alerts generate in IBM QRADAR (SIEM).

Senior security architect vs personal security specialist skills

Common senior security architect skills

Cloud Security, 8%
Cloud, 8%
Risk Assessments, 5%
Encryption, 5%
Firewall, 5%
Windows, 4%

Common personal security specialist skills

Customer Service, 27%
Emergency Situations, 12%
Product Knowledge, 5%
Sales Floor, 5%
Combat, 4%
PSS, 4%

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