Overview

Guardian 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

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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 systemsincluding 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 organizations cybersecurity strategyparticularly in the Data technologies and AI security domains.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal collaborators and external vendors to influence technology roadmaps and drive secure outcomes.
• Develop and maintain prescriptive blueprints and reference architectures in collaboration with business and solution architects.
• Deliver executive-level reporting on data security risks strategy and program effectiveness.

You Have:

• Bachelors or Masters 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

Why Join Guardian

At Guardian you will shape the foundation of secure trusted and compliant data environments that power the future of our business. Be part of a purposeful team that values innovation collaboration and proactive risk management in the age of data and AI.

Location

• Three days a week at a Guardian location in New York NY Bethlehem PA and Holmdel NJ