Staff Security Assurance Engineer (Cloud Security)

Location: Remote within the Washington, DC metropolitan area; must reside in or be willing to relocate to the area and be able to work within a SCIF

Company

Databricks provides a unified Data and AI Platform for building and scaling data, analytics, and AI applications.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end security certification, federal authorization, and compliance initiatives.
• Manage project lifecycles, milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive status reporting.
• Identify and remove delivery blockers in a cloud-native environment.
• Drive technical and compliance decisions across Engineering, IT, Product, Security, and other stakeholders.
• Improve project frameworks and build strong partnerships with security and technical subject-matter experts.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance and the ability to access and work within a SCIF environment.
• Residence in, or willingness to relocate to, the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
• 7+ years of experience in security and technical program or project management with a bachelor's degree, or 5+ years with an advanced degree.
• Experience leading security compliance initiatives such as FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, NIST 800-53, CMMC, PCI, or HIPAA.
• Experience managing complex technical dependencies, distributed stakeholders, and competing constraints.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting the U.S. Government, Defense, Intelligence Community, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, cloud-native organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks are provided according to the employee's region.
• Inclusive workplace focused on equal employment opportunity and respect for diverse backgrounds.
• Collaboration spans Security, IT, Engineering, Internal Audit, Corporate Operations, and other functions.