Security Engineer
Technical role · involves code
Finds and closes the ways a system can be broken into, before someone else finds them. Covers application, cloud and identity security, plus the governance work that proves controls exist.
Also advertised as: Cybersecurity Engineer, Application Security Engineer, AppSec Engineer.
What the job involves
- Threat-model systems and prioritise what is actually exploitable
- Test applications for injection, broken authentication and access-control flaws
- Harden cloud configuration, secrets handling and identity boundaries
- Respond to incidents and write up what happened and why
- Evidence controls against a recognised framework for audit
Skills this role needs
These are the actual modules taught on the track that train for this role — not a generic skills list.
- AI Foundations — optional basics (free)
- Module 0 — Foundations: Tooling & Fundamentals for Cybersecurity
- Security Foundations
- Cryptography
- Web Security
- Network Security
- Penetration Testing
- Cloud Security
- Incident Response
- GRC & Compliance
- LLM & AI Security
How to train for it
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