Federal Senior Security Assurance Engineer

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · CA · Remote · Security

This role focuses on ensuring Databricks meets compliance and certification standards, particularly for the U.S. Federal Government (e.g., FedRAMP, DISA CC SRG). The engineer will develop ATO packages, manage audit evidence, lead continuous monitoring, and support security compliance reviews, working cross-functionally with various teams and external auditors.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop Databricks ATO packages.
  2. Ensure audit readiness and security compliance across the organization by working cross-functionally with other teams such as Engineering, IT, and HR.
  3. Collect and manage evidence for audits.
  4. Lead continuous monitoring and authorizations.
  5. Support security compliance reviews of new features.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of security compliance or audit related experience.
  • FedRAMP and/or DISA SRG auditing (3PAO) or implementation (CSP) experience.
  • NIST 800-53 and RMF experience.
  • A comprehensive understanding of security controls across all domains.
  • A general understanding of key technical security controls in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working effectively across the spectrum of individual contributors and senior leadership within an organization (for example, Engineering IT, Security, etc.).

Nice to have

  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret/Secret Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) clearance with full scope polygraph.

What the JD emphasized

  • FedRAMP
  • NIST 800-53
  • RMF