Overview:
A Data Security Architect designs secure systems and frameworks to protect organizational data throughout its lifecycle. This role blends expertise in data engineering and cybersecurity to build resilient architectures that enable safe storage, transfer, and analysis of sensitive information while meeting compliance and privacy standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure data pipelines, databases, and cloud environments.

• Apply encryption, tokenization, and access control mechanisms to safeguard sensitive data.

• Develop strategies to ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

• Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to integrate security into analytics and AI workflows.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001).

• Lead risk assessments and security audits for data-related infrastructure.

• Establish and advocate best practices for secure data management.

Required Skills:

• Expertise in cybersecurity principles, cloud security, and zero-trust architectures.

• Strong background in data engineering (ETL pipelines, databases, APIs).

• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and security services.

• Experience with data security technologies (e.g., KMS, DLP, IAM).

• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory frameworks.

• Ability to translate security requirements into scalable technical solutions.