Application Security
Application Security is an individual-contributor career path within Cybersecurity & Trust. Professionals progress from guided execution to independent delivery, senior problem solving, cross-team leadership and enterprise-level expertise without requiring people management.
- Función
- Cybersecurity & Trust
- Arquetipo
- Engineering
- Nivel más alto
- L7 · Distinguished Application Security Engineer
Para qué existe
Enables the organization to deliver reliable outcomes in application security by building progressively deeper expertise, judgment, ownership and business impact.
Responsabilidades típicas
Execute discipline-specific work; apply professional standards; solve increasingly complex problems; collaborate with stakeholders; improve quality and efficiency; share expertise; at senior levels, shape practices and decisions beyond the immediate team.
Dónde se trabaja
Common in Cybersecurity & Trust teams across technology companies, shared-services organizations, consulting firms, multinational operations and other employers that require application security capability.
Cómo avanza la carrera
Associate Application Security Engineer → Application Security Engineer → Senior Application Security Engineer → Staff Application Security Engineer → Senior Staff Application Security Engineer → Principal Application Security Engineer → Distinguished Application Security Engineer
Niveles de esta carrera
Seis etapas estándar. La séptima existe solo donde la carrera la contempla.
- L1Associate Application Security Engineer
- L2Application Security Engineer
- L3Senior Application Security Engineer
- L4Staff Application Security Engineer
- L5Senior Staff Application Security Engineer
- L6Principal Application Security Engineer
- L7Distinguished Application Security Engineer
Nivel distinguido opcional. No todas las carreras llegan acá.
Qué se espera en L7 · Distinguished Application Security Engineer
Rare distinguished/fellow-level authority with enterprise- or industry-wide influence. The focus is successful individual contribution at this stage, not people management.
Las cinco dimensiones que cambian
- Autonomía
- Operates as an industry-level authority.
- Alcance
- Enterprise and industry/ecosystem scope.
- Complejidad
- Novel problems with few precedents.
- Influencia
- Executive, industry and external thought-leadership influence.
- Impacto en el negocio
- Creates new practices, capabilities or direction with enterprise/industry impact.
- Ambigüedad
- Extreme.
Cómo se ve un buen desempeño
Distinguished Application Security Engineer consistently demonstrates the expected autonomy and judgment for L7, delivers outcomes appropriate to the scope of the role, applies required Human, Professional and Technical skills at the mapped proficiency, and produces evidence of impact rather than relying on tenure alone.
Evidencia típica
Completed work with measurable quality/outcome; stakeholder feedback; examples of problems solved and decisions made; reusable artifacts or improvements; demonstrated skill proficiency; mentoring/influence evidence at senior levels.
Habilidades esperadas en L7
Agrupadas en humanas, profesionales y técnicas. La proficiencia meta usa la escala P1–P7, y cada fila dice qué significa ese nivel para esa habilidad.
Humanas25
| Humanas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| AccountabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Active listeningCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| AdaptabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Change championingInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear verbal communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear written communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| CollaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Continuous learningExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Critical thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Cross-functional collaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Decision makingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive presenceInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Giving constructive feedbackCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Influencing without authorityInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Knowledge sharingCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| MentoringCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| NegotiationInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Organizational awarenessInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ProfessionalismEthics & Professional Conduct | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Stakeholder alignmentInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Strategic thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Structured problem solvingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Systems thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Time managementExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
Profesionales19
| Profesionales | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture governanceIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| COBIT governanceIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Information security governanceCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| PMO governanceProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Project governanceProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Project risk managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Risk assessmentRisk, Controls, Audit & Compliance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Scope managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Security incident response processCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Service level managementIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Service request managementIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Status reportingProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Technical debt managementIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Technology governanceIT Service Management & Governance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Third-party risk managementRisk, Controls, Audit & Compliance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Vendor risk managementRisk, Controls, Audit & Compliance | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Vulnerability management processCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Zero Trust principlesCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
Técnicas15
| Técnicas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud security configurationCloud Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Email security toolsCybersecurity Tools & Engineering | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Google Compute EngineCloud Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Google Kubernetes EngineCloud Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Microsoft AzureCloud Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Security orchestration automation and response (SOAR)Cybersecurity Tools & Engineering | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ServiceNow HRSDEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ServiceNow ITSMEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ServiceNow SecOpsEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ServiceNow administrationEnterprise IT & Service Platforms | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Splunk SecurityCybersecurity Tools & Engineering | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| VPN technologiesNetworking & Infrastructure | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| VirtualizationNetworking & Infrastructure | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityDe apoyo | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Vulnerability scanningCybersecurity Tools & Engineering | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| WiresharkCybersecurity Tools & Engineering | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
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