OSCA 2024 · 271135 · Skill level 1
Cyber Security Engineer: OSCA 271135
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Cyber Security Engineer is OSCA 2024 code 271135. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (261315 and 261313). All of them are on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 271135
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 261315
Cyber Security Engineer
On the Core Skills Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 261315ANZSCO 261313 · in part
Software Engineer
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 261313
The job
What a cyber security engineer does
Designs, develops, modifies, documents, tests, implements, installs and supports cyber security software applications and systems to ensure they are fully integrated.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Also known as
- ICT Security Engineer
- Information Security Engineer
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Develops, implements and integrates secure coding practices, and conducts security testing and vulnerability assessments for software and systems
- Collaborates with developers to identify and remediate security issues
- Develops and implements secure software development lifecycle processes and methodologies
- Integrates security controls into development processes
- Participates in code reviews and provides security guidance
- Assesses security of third-party software components and libraries used in software and applications
- Develops and implements secure application programming interfaces and libraries for use in software and applications
- Performs code analysis scan on software binaries
Unit group 2711
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Questions
OSCA 271135: common questions
What is the OSCA code for cyber security engineer?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 271135?
Is Cyber Security Engineer on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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