Principal Information Security Architect - Data Security

Company : enGen Job Description :  JOB SUMMARY ***CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)*** The   Principal Information Security Architect - Data Security   serves as the   enterprise leader   for designing and advancing   data security architectures   that   protect sensitive information   across its entire lifecycle. This role partners with business, technology, data, cloud, and security teams to establish   secure solutions for modern data platforms, analytics environments, distributed query engines, and enterprise data movement capabilities . The position provides   technical leadership   for   securing platforms   such as   Starburst   and other data services by ensuring appropriate controls for   data access, sharing, storage, processing, and analytics   across cloud and on-premises environments. The architect develops   enterprise strategies   for   encryption, key management, tokenization, data masking, data classification, data loss prevention, and database security   to safeguard sensitive and regulated data. This role guides the adoption of   Zero Trust principles   and   data-centric security controls   that enable secure access while reducing organizational risk. The position evaluates   emerging technologies , develops   security roadmaps , and promotes   secure design patterns   for data integration, APIs, data pipelines, and information exchange. The architect serves as a   trusted advisor to executive leadership and engineering teams , helping balance business innovation,   regulatory compliance, privacy requirements, and security objectives . Additionally, the role provides   thought leadership for securing AI and machine learning workloads , mentors security professionals, and champions   security-by-design principles   across enterprise data initiatives. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Develop systems and component architectures and APIs that meet the test of time. Articulate and evangelize architectural principles reciprocally with engineering, architecture and product teams that ensure system components fit securely, are sustainable, and align with company’s business direction. Analyze and recommend novel technologies, architectural solutions (and associated business cases) to the various technology executives across the company which simultaneously optimize value, risk, spend & design footprints. Influence enterprise solutions architects and engineers to define, develop, maintain, and communicate the technology and platform strategy, guidelines, and re-usable design patterns to all levels including the Highmark Health executive team.   Work with external and internal engineering teams to provide continuous architecture and design mentorship/leadership and be a source of support that ensures successful product delivery and operational excellence in production, including leadership and support for application development and change management activities. Establish relationships with key architects and executive technology leadership across the enterprise technology organization and collaborate on promoting architectural standard methodologies. Collaborate with key internal and external partners such as security, developers, development managers, product and program management and senior technical and business executives to drive the Architecture strategy, reference enterprise architecture documents, functional specifications, designs, and architectural libraries. Resolve approaches for new areas by quickly investigating and synthesizing the state of the art and available technologies including leading the development of enterprise solutions which meet current and future business requirements. Take a consultative approach to develop, present and share the value and vision of proposed architectures and solutions to a wide audience Promote architecture standard methodologies and mentor key technical people within the Data Product organization. Champion a culture of innovation in an environment that requires high levels of scalability, security and reliability for our most critical enterprise cloud and 'on premise' applications and infrastructure. Other duties as assigned or requested. EXPERIENCE Required 10 years of experience in Information Security. 4 years of experience as Information Security Architect with deep understanding of domains of security (e.g. zero trust, data protection, identity & access mgmt., threat mgmt., etc.) 3 years of experience with data management, query processing, distributed processing, high availability, statistical and machine learning and operational excellence of production systems. Preferred 3 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions (evaluation, integration, etc.) 3 years of experience managing and leading teams.   SKILLS Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts to technical and non-technical people at multiple organization levels Outstanding technical acumen across a broad range of cloud and on premise technologies, architectures, applications and APIs Demonstrated ability to initiate and guide enterprise technical programs and/or products and services business cases to successful outcomes at scale Demonstrated ability to both navigate technical details for enterprise security programs and services, and guide staff through solution development Outstanding judgement and ability to methodically analyze cyber risk, and intelligence and both offer risk appropriate advice and make risk appropriate decisions EDUCATION Required Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field of study   or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.   Preferred Masters Computer Science or related field of study.   LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS Required None Preferred Secu