Databricks Security Engineer

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Data Security Engineer to implement and operate data access controls in its Databricks Lakehouse environment. The role works with data engineers, workspace administrators, and platform engineers to maintain a secure, scalable, and auditable access model.

Responsibilities:

• Support implementation of the Databricks access control model
• Manage data structures, permissions, and tagging within Unity Catalog
• Maintain security controls for sensitive data, including filtered and masked access
• Keep access controls managed as code using Terraform and related tools
• Partner with admins and platform teams to keep access controls aligned across the environment
• Support audits, reporting, and documentation related to data access
• Provide day-to-day guidance to engineers on tagging and access requests

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related experience, degree in software engineering, data engineering or a related technical field. 3 years with a Master's degree in a relevant discipline
• Familiarity with access control concepts, including RBAC and ABAC
• Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, and familiarity with Databricks system tables, audit logs, and access reporting
• Working knowledge of SQL and Python
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and the use of Terraform
• Familiarity with cloud IAM concepts such as groups, roles, policies, and service principals in AWS
• Experience supporting data classification, data governance, or data tagging
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work within established governance and approval processes
• Experience supporting technical or operational aspects of compliance requirements such as SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR