Databricks Security Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Data Security Engineer to support the implementation and ongoing operation of data access controls within our Databricks Lakehouse environment. This position will be part of a growing Databricks data security function and will work closely with the data engineers, workspace administrators, and platform engineers to help establish and maintain a secure, scalable, and auditable access model. This is a hands-on role well suited for an engineer with experience in data platforms, cloud security, or access administration. The preferred location for this role is Falls Church VA. We will also consider a remote working scenario for this role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience, degree in software engineering, data engineering or a related technical field. 3 years with a Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
- Familiarity with access control concepts, including RBAC and ABAC.
- Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, and familiarity with Databricks system tables, audit logs, and access reporting.
- Working knowledge of SQL and Python.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and the use of Terraform.
- Familiarity with cloud IAM concepts such as groups, roles, policies, and service principals in AWS.
- Experience supporting data classification, data governance, or data tagging.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to work within established governance and approval processes
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting technical or operational aspects of compliance requirements such as SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR
Responsibilities
- Support implementation of the Databricks access control model.
- Manage data structures, permissions, and tagging within Unity Catalog.
- Maintain security controls for sensitive data, including filtered and masked access.
- Keep access controls managed as code using Terraform and related tools.
- Partner with admins and platform teams to keep access controls aligned across the environment.
- Support audits, reporting, and documentation related to data access.
- Provide day-to-day guidance to engineers on tagging and access requests.
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
