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We focus on protecting sensitive information throughout its entire lifecycle by implementing secure data architectures, access controls, encryption, masking, tokenisation, data loss prevention, and monitoring solutions across the organization.\nAs a Data Security Architect, you will define and develop the company's target data security architecture, establishing consistent protection standards across products, data warehouses, cloud platforms, internal systems, and integrations. 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data.\nBuilding a long-term data security roadmap based on identified risks, business priorities, and regulatory requirements.\nSupporting security reviews and providing architectural sign-off for solutions that process critical or sensitive data.\nDefining data security metrics and helping measure control coverage, effectiveness, and maturity across the company.\nProviding technical guidance to the Data Security Engineer and other teams implementing data protection controls.\nOur technology stack:\n\nData Platforms & Storage\nCloud data warehouses and data lakes.\nRelational and NoSQL databases.\nObject storage and backup platforms.\nETL/ELT pipelines, analytical platforms, and data integration services.\nSnowflake, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3, and related technologies.\nCloud & Infrastructure\nAWS and cloud-native security services.\nKubernetes and Docker.\nIAM, OIDC/SAML SSO, and RBAC.\nKey management, secrets management, and encryption technologies.\nSecurity & 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