Senior Technical Data Security Architect

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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GuidePoint Security

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

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GuidePoint Security is a cybersecurity firm offering consulting, engineering, and managed services to help organizations secure their digital assets. The company specializes in application security, cloud security, data protection, email security, threat intelligence, and identity and access management. With solutions tailored to various platforms including AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and OT environments, GuidePoint Security aims to enhance cybersecurity resilience for both enterprise and government clients. They focus on integrating advanced security technologies and providing expertise in risk assessment, compliance, and security awareness education, helping clients navigate complex cybersecurity challenges and improve their security posture.

📋 Description

• Design and maintain end-to-end data security architecture across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, ADLS Gen2, and Databricks Lakehouse • Define and enforce enterprise data classification, labeling, and handling standards aligned with Microsoft Purview Information Protection • Develop reference architectures and security blueprints for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers • Lead threat modeling for data pipelines and analytics workloads • Establish Zero Trust data security across data platforms and integration points • Architect and govern Microsoft Fabric permissions, sensitivity labels, and OneLake security • Design RBAC and ABAC strategies across Azure data services and Databricks • Implement and operationalize Microsoft Purview for catalog governance, lineage, and sensitivity classification • Configure Azure Private Endpoints, VNet integration, and network security groups • Oversee encryption, Azure Key Vault, customer-managed keys, and data protection standards • Enforce Entra ID Conditional Access, PIM, and managed identities • Lead Microsoft Defender for Cloud DSPM implementation and tuning • Architect Databricks Unity Catalog, workspace security, credential governance, OAuth, masking, fine-grained access controls, audit logging, workflows, notebooks, and job-cluster security • Review MLflow models and Feature Store configurations for data leakage risks • Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and PCI-DSS • Design audit trails and data-access logging architectures; conduct risk assessments, gap analyses, and maturity evaluations • Maintain security runbooks, policies, and standards documentation • Coordinate DSARs and regulatory inquiries with legal, compliance, and privacy teams • Advise data engineering, analytics engineering, and BI teams throughout development • Lead security architecture review boards for new data initiatives, integrations, and platform changes • Mentor engineers and architects; lead knowledge-sharing sessions and workshops • Partner with engineering managers and HR on competency frameworks, leveling guides, and certification pathways • Maintain a data security community of practice • Collaborate with SecOps and SOC teams on detection rules, incident response playbooks, and forensic capabilities • Present security posture, risk findings, and remediation roadmaps to executives and board-level stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or information security, with at least 7 years focused on data security architecture OR Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ years of experience in those fields, with at least 3 years focused on data security architecture • Deep hands-on expertise with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, and Microsoft Fabric • Expertise designing and implementing Databricks Unity Catalog, including workspace federation, metastore design, and fine-grained access control • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Purview, including data map configuration, classification rules, sensitivity labels, and policy enforcement • Expert-level knowledge of Entra ID, Managed Identities, Conditional Access, PIM, and service principal governance • Hands-on experience with Azure Key Vault, customer-managed encryption keys, and secrets management integration • Understanding of Zero Trust, least privilege, data minimization, and data governance frameworks • Experience with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS compliance programs as applied to data platforms • Proficiency in SQL and at least one of Python, PySpark, PowerShell, or Terraform for security automation • Experience securing data workloads across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP multi-cloud environments • Hands-on experience with Snowflake data security, including RBAC/DAC, column-level and row-level security, dynamic data masking, network policies, Private Link, and Data Sharing governance • Experience supporting presales activities, including technical discovery, RFP/RFI responses, solution demonstrations, and client-facing proposals and statements of work • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Preferred: active AZ-500, DP-203, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional, CISSP, or CISM certifications; Microsoft Sentinel; Databricks Delta Sharing, Cleanroom, and cross-cloud governance; Terraform or Bicep; data mesh; AI/ML security; regulated-industry experience • Embraces emerging technologies, including AI tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote workforce primarily; U.S. based only • Up to 10% travel • Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan; GuidePoint pays 90% of employee premiums and 70% of family premiums • High Deductible Health Plan with HSA; GuidePoint pays 100% of employee premiums and 75% of family premiums • HSA contributions of $850 annually per employee or $1,750 annually per family • Group Dental Insurance; GuidePoint pays 100% of employee premiums and 75% of family premiums • 12 corporate holidays • Flexible Time Off (FTO) program • Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance • Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment • Pet Benefit Option • Mentorship and guidance opportunities

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