Data Engineer vs Security Engineer
Pay, skills and open jobs side by side, from current job postings across the US.
Pay
Data Engineer
$150,000 typical, a year
Most Data Engineers earn $126,800 to $177,100 a year.
From 1,328 postings that list pay
3,163 open jobs now
Security Engineer
$170,000 typical, a year
Most Security Engineers earn $144,300 to $200,000 a year.
From 829 postings that list pay
1,706 open jobs now
Security Engineers typically earn about $20,000 more a year than Data Engineers.
What each one does
Data Engineer
- Design and build scalable data pipelines to ingest and process large datasets.
- Develop and maintain data models using SQL and transformation tools.
- Implement data quality controls and monitoring to ensure system reliability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Document data architectures and provide technical guidance to the team.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Security Engineer
- Design and implement security controls, tools, and processes to protect systems and data.
- Monitor systems and networks to detect and respond to security threats and incidents.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle.
- Perform security assessments and penetration tests to identify vulnerabilities in applications.
- Conduct vulnerability scanning and analysis to find and fix security weaknesses.
- Manage identity and access controls to ensure secure authentication and authorization.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Data Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
More common in Data Engineer postings
- SQL 6 in 10 postings
- Data Engineering 6 in 10 postings
- Data Pipeline 4 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 4 in 10 postings
- Databricks 3 in 10 postings
- ETL/ELT 3 in 10 postings
- Snowflake 3 in 10 postings
- Data Warehousing 3 in 10 postings
Security Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 3 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
More common in Security Engineer postings
- Security Engineering 3 in 10 postings
- Threat Modeling 3 in 10 postings
- Cloud Security 3 in 10 postings
- Vulnerability Management 3 in 10 postings
- Network Security 3 in 10 postings
- CISSP 2 in 10 postings
- Cybersecurity 2 in 10 postings
- Secure Architecture 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
Mizuho Financial Group$112k - $200k/yrstated New York, NY (1271 AOA/6th Ave) HybridPythonAWSSQLApache AirflowAzure +18- Pay not stated GeorgiaTerraformDockerAWSApache KafkaCI/CD +15
Security Engineer
Senior Security Engineer
Fanaticsfbg$128k - $160k/yrstated New York, NY, United States RemoteTerraformBashPatch ManagementEmail SecurityPython +16- Pay not stated Hoover, Alabama, United States of AmericaTerraformAWSPythonJenkinsGit +13
- $127k - $142k/yrstated Ashburn, VirginiaSTIGsVulnerability ManagementCISSPCybersecurityRisk Management +6
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