# Staff Security Assurance Engineer - Special Projects

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: United States
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

As a Staff Security Assurance Engineer within the Security Risk Management and Special Projects team, you will lead high-visibility security compliance and risk management initiatives.

Reporting directly to the Director, you will serve as a strategic catalyst for these programs, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with Databricks' global security objectives.

You will navigate a complex, cloud-native landscape, collaborating with Security, IT, Engineering, Internal Audit, Corporate Operations, and other teams, to assure successful completion of these highly cross-functional projects that enable the growth of our business and safeguard our customers.

The impact you will have:

- Drive Project Outcomes: Adopt an ownership mindset to lead the end-to-end delivery of new security certifications, expanding Databricks' reach across global markets.

- Accelerate Execution: Act as a force multiplier by proactively identifying and neutralizing project blockers, reducing friction, and maintaining high velocity in a cloud-native environment.

- Orchestrate Cross-Functional Decision Making: Navigate complex technical and compliance trade-offs, driving consensus across Engineering, IT, and Product teams to reach timely resolutions.

- Optimize Delivery Methodologies: Continuously refine project frameworks to maximize effectiveness, ensuring that security initiatives are both rigorous and agile.

- Precision Program Management: Masterfully oversee project lifecycles,including milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation,while providing executive-level transparency through accurate status reporting.

- Build Strategic Partnerships: Forge deep, collaborative relationships with Security Assurance subject matter experts and technical stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment on security goals.

What we look for:

- Proven Expertise: 4+ years of experience in technical program/project management, specifically within the security domain at a fast-paced, cloud-native organisation.

- Strategic Ownership: Demonstrated success in leading high-stakes security compliance initiatives (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI, HIPAA) from inception to market.

- Complexity Management: Experience navigating projects with intricate technical dependencies, multiple stakeholders, and competing constraints with geo-distributed teams.

- Executive Presence: Ability to influence and communicate effectively across the spectrum, from deep-dive technical discussions with engineers to high-level briefings for senior leadership.

- Agility & Continuous Learning: A proven track record of rapidly mastering new processes, methodologies, technologies, and security frameworks to meet evolving business needs.

- Communication Excellence: Superb verbal and written skills, with a knack for translating complex project data into clear, actionable insights and documentation.

Educational Foundation: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

## Skills

### Required
- technical program management
- security compliance
- cloud-native
- project management
- security assurance

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