Security Engineer

About the company

• Position listed on behalf of a partner company managing applications
• Modern cloud-based Lakehouse environment

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage data access control frameworks within Databricks Lakehouse
• Configure and maintain Unity Catalog permissions, grants, and tagging
• Maintain security controls for sensitive data (filtering, masking, access restrictions)
• Manage access controls as code using Terraform and IaC tools
• Collaborate with workspace admins, data engineers, and platform teams
• Support security audits, access reviews, reporting, and documentation
• Monitor data access via Databricks system tables and audit logs
• Guide engineering teams on data tagging, permission management, access requests
• Support data classification, tagging, and governance initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve access management and security automation

Requirements

• Bachelor's in software engineering, data engineering, CS or related + 5 years experience (or Master's + 3 years)
• IAM principles: RBAC and ABAC
• Databricks and Unity Catalog: system tables, audit logs, permissions, access reporting
• SQL and Python
• Terraform or similar IaC tools
• AWS IAM: groups, roles, policies, service principals
• Data classification, tagging, governance processes
• Familiarity with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR preferred
• Strong attention to detail, collaboration, problem-solving
• Remote work readiness

Conditions

• Competitive annual salary: $113,900–$170,900 USD
• Potential overtime, shift differentials, or discretionary bonuses