Staff Security Assurance Engineer
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead high-visibility security compliance implementation projects, reporting to the Senior Director. You will manage end-to-end delivery of new security certifications and federal authorizations, remove blockers, drive cross-functional decisions, refine delivery methods and provide executive-level status reporting. This role requires an active Top Secret clearance and residence in the Washington, DC area.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance with ability to work in a SCIF
- Located in or willing to relocate to the Washington, DC metropolitan area
- 7+ years of experience (with Bachelor's or 5+ with advanced degree) in security and technical program/project management
- Experience leading security compliance initiatives (FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, NIST 800-53, CMMC, PCI, HIPAA)
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and geo-distributed teams
- Ability to communicate across technical and senior leadership audiences
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field (or equivalent experience)
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery of work for security certifications, federal authorizations and compliance initiatives
- Identify and remove project blockers
- Drive consensus across Engineering, IT, Product and Security on technical and compliance trade-offs
- Refine project delivery frameworks
- Oversee project lifecycles including milestones, dependencies and risk mitigation with accurate status reporting
- Build partnerships with Security Assurance subject matter experts and technical stakeholders