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Data Privacy Engineer

Mclean, VA ยท On-site

$117K - $141K/yr

Hands-on Data Privacy / Data Catalog Engineer to support enterprise data discovery and governance with Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) as the primary platform. The role focuses on ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

$104K - $138K/yr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Phoenix, AZ ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Salem, OR ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Cheyenne, WY ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Columbia, SC ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Austin, TX ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Annapolis, MD ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Columbus, OH ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Atlanta, GA ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Olympia, WA ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

Lead Data Privacy Engineer

Boise, ID ยท On-site

$150 - $200/hr

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will play a critical role in advancing enterprise privacy engineering and data protection capabilities that safeguard sensitive information while enabling secure ...

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Data Privacy Engineer

Mclean, VA โ€ข On-site

Stratacent
IT Servicesย โ€ขย 51 - 200 employees

$117K - $141K/yr

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Job description

Job Description:
Hands-on Data Privacy / Data Catalog Engineer to support enterprise data discovery and governance with Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) as the primary platform. The role focuses on source onboarding, scan configuration, catalog operations, and troubleshooting access/connectivity issues across AWS and multiple database technologies. The ideal candidate has strong experience setting up and operating CDscanners/connectors, partnering with DBAs/security teams to enable least-privilege access, and ensuring reliable metadata and classification coverage. Exposure to BigID is a plus.
 
Key Responsibilities:
CDscanning & onboarding: Configure and operate CDmetadata/data scans, schedules, scope rules, and performance-safe scan settings; onboard new sources end-to-end.
Connection setup: Create and maintain secure connections (JDBC/ODBC/connectors), service accounts, and credential management for enterprise data platforms.
Access troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve scan failures related to RBAC/privileges, expired credentials, TLS/certificates, drivers, firewall/ports, DNS, and network routes.
Catalog operations: Curate catalog assets (domains, tags, ownership/stewardship), support glossary alignment, improve metadata quality, and ensure consistent taxonomy/naming standards.
Sensitive data support: Assist with configuring and validating sensitive data identification/classification outcomes (PII/PHI/PCI) and reduce false positives/negatives in partnership with data owners.
AWS support: Work within AWS environments to enable scanning connectivity (VPC/security groups, private endpoints/PrivateLink patterns where applicable) and support components running on EKS (logs, configs, secrets, scaling) when needed.
Operational excellence: Provide scan coverage and health reporting, and support incident/problem management for catalog/scanning services.
 
Required Qualifications:
Experience in data governance/catalog operations, privacy tooling, data engineering, or production support for data platforms.
Strong hands-on experience with Informatica CD(connectors/scanners, metadata ingestion, scan operations, troubleshooting).
Experience integrating and troubleshooting connections to databases/platforms including DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake.
Strong SQL skills and ability to validate schemas, permissions, and scan behavior.
Solid understanding of authentication/authorization concepts (least privilege, service accounts), secure credential handling, and basic network troubleshooting.
 
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with BigID (discovery/classification, scan operations) in a supporting capacity.
AWS experience, including EKS operational familiarity (Kubernetes basics, logs, secrets/config management).
Working experience with Python scripting and regular expressions (regex) to automate onboarding/scan tasks and tune custom classification patterns.
 
Key Skills:
Informatica CD(primary), scanning/connectors, catalog curation, access troubleshooting, AWS/EKS, DB2/Oracle/PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Snowflake, SQL, Python/regex (preferred).