Privacy Engineer (Senior)
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Our client is looking for a Senior Privacy Engineer to develop and implement privacy-enhancing technologies that protect sensitive information while enabling enterprise data products and advanced analytics. This role offers the opportunity to shape privacy-by-design practices across modern cloud and data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement privacy-enhancing technologies across enterprise data platforms.
- Apply techniques such as k-anonymity l-diversity t-closeness and differential privacy.
- Support privacy-by-design initiatives throughout the development lifecycle.
- Develop data protection controls for sensitive information.
- Work closely with engineering governance and compliance teams.
- Ensure solutions align with applicable privacy regulations and organisational policies.
- Contribute to data lineage access control and audit readiness.
- Produce technical documentation and privacy implementation guidelines.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security Data Science or a related discipline.
- 10 years experience in data privacy security or information governance.
- Strong understanding of privacy engineering principles.
- Experience implementing privacy controls in enterprise environments.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms data architecture and secure software development.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
Advantageous:
- Experience with PETs in large-scale data environments.
- Privacy certifications such as CIPP/E CIPM or similar.
- Experience supporting regulated industries.
- Knowledge of enterprise governance frameworks.
Personal Attributes:
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organisational abilities.
- Collaborative and solution-focused.
- Passionate about protecting sensitive information.
- Committed to continuous learning and best practices.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC