1 Year ContractRemote Must work EST hours Must have experience securing Data Lakehouse environments. Expert in Snowflake Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Data Security Architect with extensive experience in securing Data Lakehouse environments. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of data security principles, best practices, and the ability to implement robust security frameworks. Experience with Snowflake and other cloud-based data platforms is highly preferred. Key Responsibilities: Design & Implement Security Frameworks: Develop and implement comprehensive security architectures for Data Lakehouse environments, ensuring data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. Snowflake Security Expertise: Leverage expertise in Snowflake to design and enforce security policies, access controls, and data protection mechanisms within the platform. Data Governance: Collaborate with data governance teams to ensure that data management practices comply with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment: Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews to identify vulnerabilities and implement appropriate countermeasures. Access Management: Design and implement role-based access controls (RBAC), ensuring that access to sensitive data is restricted based on the principle of least privilege. Encryption & Data Masking: Implement and manage encryption standards and data masking techniques to protect sensitive information in transit and at rest. Secure PII Data: Design and engineer security safeguards for PII data. Security Policies: Define, create, implement, and maintain corporate security policies and procedures. Pattern Development: Use security best practices to develop security and data protection patterns, working with Enterprise Architecture for pattern standardization. Collaboration: Work closely with IT, data engineering, and analytics teams to ensure security requirements are integrated into data pipelines and data storage solutions. Compliance & Audits: Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and participate in internal and external audits. Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging security trends, threats, and technologies. Continuously refine security architectures to address evolving risks. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. A Master’s degree or professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or SANS GIAC are preferred. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in application security and DevSecOps roles or a related field, with a proven track record of developing and managing security architectures for complex applications. Technical Skills: Deep understanding of data security principles, encryption techniques, and secure data storage practices. Hands-on experience with Snowflake security features, including access controls, encryption, and data masking. Familiarity with other cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Proficient in security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls. Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex security concepts to a variety of audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders. Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex security issues and quickly adapt to changing environments. Leadership: Demonstrated leadership abilities, with the capacity to lead cross-functional teams and drive projects to completion. Self Management: Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with SAFe Agile Methodologies. Core Work Activities Standards & Business Partnership Contributes to, evaluates, and supports the documentation and validation processes necessary to assure that associates, information technology systems, and business processes meet the organization’s information assurance, security, and privacy requirements. Defines strategy and roadmap, provides guidance, creates standards and guidelines, and reviews architectural designs. Conducts security and privacy technology research, assessments, and integration processes. Consults with customers to gather and evaluate functional requirements and provides security and privacy requirements, guidelines, and standards. Provides sound advice and recommendations to leadership and staff. Applies knowledge of priorities to define an entity’s direction and identify required programs or infrastructure. Works with the Security Architect Analysts to monitor ongoing project activities, including but not limited to: Data Classification, Security Controls, Threat Models, Architecture Review Boards, Authority to Operate. Management Competencies Leadership Communication: Conveys information and ideas convincingly and engagingly. Leading Through Vision and Values: Keeps organizational vision and values at the forefront of decisions. Managing Change: Energizes and manages the change process; models composure and performance during challenges. Problem Solving and Decision Making: Identifies and evaluates alternatives and solves problems effectively. Professional Demeanor: Displays confidence and represents the company in alignment with its values. Strategy Development: Systematically evaluates opportunities to develop and execute business plans. Managing Execution Building a Successful Team: Builds cohesive, mission-focused teams. Strategy Execution: Ensures successful execution of plans to maximize satisfaction, profitability, and market share. Driving for Results: Sets high performance standards, monitors efforts, and proactively acts. Building Relationships Customer Relationships: Develops and sustains stakeholder-focused relationships. Global Mindset: Supports diverse employees and uses diversity to drive results. Strategic Partnerships: Develops collaborative internal and external relationships and leverages shared services. Generating Talent and Organizational Capability Developing Others: Supports development of others with visibility and confidence-building assignments. Organizational Capability: Structures assignments and processes to support unit goals. Learning and Applying Professional Expertise Business Acumen: Uses business knowledge to manage operations and generate innovative solutions. Technical Acumen: Technical Intelligence: Identifies technology opportunities/threats. Technology Life Cycle: Understands timelines and their relation to infrastructure and applications. IT Systems: Understands business-supporting systems, including operations and cost justification. IT Resources: Secures and manages IT resources to achieve objectives and measure impact. Continuous Learning: Proactively learns and applies new knowledge on the job. Strategy Knowledge: Utilizes functional expertise to address strategic business challenges. Basic Competencies Basic Computer Skills: Uses basic hardware and software tools. Mathematical Reasoning: Quickly and accurately solves mathematical problems. Oral Comprehension: Understands spoken information. Reading Comprehension: Understands written content. Writing: Communicates effectively in writing as needed. Job Type: Contract Pay: $70.00 - $74.00 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Schedule: 8 hour shift Work Location: Remote