Data Security and Privacy Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Complete data governance tasks and maintain due diligence records, ensuring compliance with policies, standards, and regulations.
• Conduct data classification reviews, identify data minimization opportunities, prescribe de-identification methods, and track risk remediation.
• Review asset metadata records for anomalies and guide asset owners on corrections.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to achieve data governance framework goals, including data ownership, stewardship, dictionaries, flow diagrams, handling methods, usage rights, metadata management, and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct training and awareness on data governance and protection standards and procedures.
• Develop metrics and reports for continued compliance with the data governance framework and company standards.
• Assist with requirements, implementation, integration, and training for new data security tools, standards, and processes.
• Independently carry out assignments, coordinate work with others, and keep team members informed of project statuses and risks.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors or advanced degree in Information Technology or related field
• 3+ years of professional experience in Data Governance, Data Security, or a similar role.
• Strong organizational skills and motivation for self-improvement and achieving results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with technical personnel, business stakeholders, and management.
• Understanding of key data governance concepts and data management practices.
• Familiarity with common data privacy concepts and compliance methodologies.
• Ability to make independent judgments and accurately identify risks.
• Familiarity with API calls, SQL queries and practical scripting/coding experience (e.g., Python, PowerShell).

Nice to Have :

• Certification as a Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), or other Security certification (CISSP, CCSP, CISA).
• Experience with JIRA, ServiceNow, Power BI, and data management software.
• Exposure to cloud-native application hosting, containers, and APIs.