Be Part Of A High-Performing Team
Join the information security organization of a leading global financial services institution focused on strengthening enterprise data protection, modernizing security architecture, and supporting secure technology innovation. This team collaborates across security engineering, enterprise architecture, technology operations, risk management, compliance, and privacy functions to protect critical information assets across a complex international environment.
The Senior Data Security Architect will play a strategic role in advancing enterprise data security capabilities, developing scalable protection frameworks, and establishing consistent security controls across traditional databases, cloud platforms, and modern analytics environments. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced architect who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to influence enterprise security strategy and lead cross-functional initiatives.
What's In Store For You
- Remote opportunity available throughout the United States, with a hybrid option in Charlotte, NC.
- Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099).
- Opportunity to contribute to enterprise-wide data security modernization and architecture initiatives.
- Work with modern data technologies, including Databricks, Oracle, SQL, and cloud-based analytics platforms.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary security and technology teams in a global financial services environment.
- Contribute to strategic decisions involving security tooling, automation, and long-term data protection capabilities.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Design and enhance enterprise data security architectures that protect sensitive information across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
- Establish security architecture standards covering data discovery, classification, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), encryption, key management, access governance, monitoring, and recovery.
- Develop security strategies for enterprise data platforms, including Databricks, Oracle, SQL-based systems, and analytics environments.
- Define security controls for structured and unstructured data throughout its lifecycle, including storage, processing, integration, transmission, and recovery.
- Evaluate existing data protection technologies, identify capability gaps, and recommend improvements that strengthen enterprise security.
- Develop target-state security architectures, reference designs, and implementation roadmaps aligned with organizational requirements.
- Support security automation initiatives that improve the consistency, scalability, and effectiveness of data protection controls.
- Provide architectural guidance for enterprise technology implementations, ensuring security requirements are incorporated throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to translate security architecture principles into practical technical controls.
- Partner with risk, compliance, legal, and privacy stakeholders to align data security architecture with regulatory and organizational requirements.
- Communicate architectural decisions, security risks, and technology recommendations to technical teams and senior stakeholders.
Requirements
Do You Have The Expertise To Lead In Enterprise Data Security Architecture?
- 10+ years of relevant experience in information security, enterprise architecture, data security, or related technology disciplines, with substantial experience designing enterprise data protection solutions.
- Strong expertise in data security architecture, including data discovery, classification, DLP, encryption, key management, access governance, and monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience securing enterprise data platforms, particularly Databricks, Oracle, and SQL-based environments.
- Strong understanding of data architecture, data integration, analytics platforms, and security requirements for structured and unstructured information.
- Experience designing security controls across cloud, hybrid, and traditional enterprise technology environments.
- Knowledge of enterprise security architecture frameworks, regulatory requirements, and data protection principles.
- Experience evaluating security technologies, assessing architecture gaps, and developing target-state solutions.
- Proven ability to support enterprise-scale technology implementations and security automation initiatives.
- Understanding of data access controls, security monitoring, resilience, and recovery strategies.
- Strong documentation skills, including the ability to develop architecture diagrams, security standards, and technical recommendations.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively with security architects, engineers, technology operations, risk, compliance, legal, and privacy teams across a global organization.