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Senior Data Security Architect

Job Title : Senior Data Security Architect ( Hybrid)
Type - Full Time 
Location: New York City OR , Bethlehem, PA OR Holmdel, NJ
Salary range : $150000/yr - $180000/yr

Overview Client company is seeking a strategic and collaborative Senior Data Security Architect to lead the secure design, protection, and governance of enterprise data assets. This role requires deep expertise in data security technologies, regulatory compliance, and hands-on experience developing scalable data protection architectures. The successful candidate will work closely with data architects, data engineers, and data science teams to embed security and privacy into the entire data lifecycle

You Will:

• Lead the definition and implementation of enterprise-wide data protection strategies, policies, and frameworks.
• Partner with data architecture, engineering, and science teams to embed security into data platforms, pipelines, and ML workflows.
• Oversee the adoption and enforcement of data retention and destruction policies in line with business and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee secure implementation of encryption (in transit, at rest, and in use), tokenization, masking, and anonymization in collaboration with Cryptography and engineering teams
• Provide architectural oversight for AI agents, LLM pipelines, and ensure adoption of Agentic security principles.
• Support governance and compliance efforts (CCPA, HIPAA) through effective controls and audit readiness.
• Collaborate with privacy, legal, and compliance teams to assess data risks across jurisdictions.
• Provide architectural guidance for secure data lakes, AI/ML datasets, and entire data landscape.
• Guide secure design for AI and GenAI systems—including secure model development, data protection, model governance, adversarial testing, and emerging risks (e.g., prompt injection, data leakage, data poisoning).
• Evaluate and pilot emerging tools and technologies aligned with the organization's cybersecurity strategy—particularly in the Data technologies and AI security domains.

You Have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in information security, with 5+ years in data security and privacy.
• Proven experience with data protection technologies: encryption, tokenization, masking, DLP, data classification.
• Strong experience securing data in cloud-based analytics environments, especially Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent.
• Understanding of MLOps pipelines and security controls across model training, validation, deployment, and drift monitoring.
• Familiarity with AI/ML security principles including model inversion attacks, data poisoning, and inference risks.
• Awareness of Agentic security considerations for autonomous agents, including alignment, containment, and safe delegation.
• Strong knowledge of data protection frameworks and secure data lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with data governance platforms (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Microsoft Purview).
• Proficient with cloud data services (AWS) and their native security features
• Strong understanding of data privacy laws (HIPAA, CCPA).
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with experience influencing multi-functional teams.

Preferred Certifications

• CISSP, CISM, or CCSP
• CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional)
• GIAC Data Protection (GDAT), AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent

Estimated Min Rate: $150000.00
Estimated Max Rate: $180000.00


What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.