Secure System Development Specialist

As a secure system development specialist, you are part of the team that builds software and computer systems. Your job is to make sure security is built in from the start, not added as an afterthought. Hackers are always finding new ways to attack systems, so you need to think ahead and stop them.

You'll read through code written by other programmers and look for holes that hackers could use. You'll test systems by pretending to be a hacker to find weak spots. You teach other developers how to code safely, and you keep up with new threats and new ways to defend against them. You'll write down all the security rules and procedures so everyone knows what to do. You need to understand both how computer systems work and how people try to break into them.