Data Security Architect

Join a multibillion-dollar global company that brings together amazing technology, people, and operational scale to become a powerhouse in the memory industry. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, Solidigm combines elements of an established, successful technology company with the spirit, agility, and entrepreneurial mindset of a start-up. In addition to the U.S. headquarters and other facilities in the U.S., the company has international presence in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Solidigm will continue to lead the world in innovating new Memory technologies with aspirations to be the #1 NAND memory company in the world. At Solidigm, we view problems as opportunities to define innovative solutions that hold the power to change the world and unleash the potential technological needs that the future holds. At Solidigm, we are One Team that fosters a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that embraces individual uniqueness and empowers us to bring our best selves to deliver excellence in support of Solidigm's vision and mission to be the go-to partner for optimized data storage solutions. You can be part of the takeoff of an innovative business that develops cutting-edge products, delivers strong business value for customers, provides an engaging workplace for its employees, and serves a greater impact on the world. This is a golden opportunity for the right applicant to join us and help design, build, and lead Solidigm. We want a diverse team of dedicated professionals who will not just be Solidigm team members but contribute to how we shape the future of the organization. We are seeking applicants who will grow and thrive in our culture; be customer inspired, trusting, innovative, team-oriented, inclusive, results driven, collaborative, passionate, and flexible.

Develops and maintains data security solution and technology roadmaps for structured and unstructured data discovery, classification, protection and data rights management on premise and in the Cloud. Develops the enterprise security solutions that deliver Secure Data Analytics, collecting and analyzing business and event data to drive security value and enabling the utilization of data as a business asset. Develops information security policies and procedures. Evaluates and recommends hardware and software to provide the appropriate level of protection for data, software and hardware. Manages the development, deployment and execution of controls and defenses to ensure the security and risk mitigation of company infrastructure technology, information systems and digital payment systems. Analyzes business needs and establishes priorities for protection of critical systems and operational policies. Establishes and implements appropriate standards and criteria for hardware, software, email and web firewall, access verification and encryption requirements. Evaluates potential business impacts from security breaches and provides strategic and tactical guidance to business decision-makers.

Key Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge

- Bachelor’s Degree with Master’s preferred in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent.

- A minimum of 10 years of experience in Information Technology, a minimum of 5 years in information security and a minimum of 3 years in data security, preferably with recent data and Cloud technology experience.

- Security Architecture: designing and implementing data security solutions involving data encryption and tokenization.

- Data discovery and classification: asset and data discovery, classification, right management and labeling technologies.

- Data Protection: assessing or building programs related to data encryption (FPE), tokenization, masking, and key management.

- Data encryption and key management solutions within Cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Data Security Vendor Selection and Management: hands-on evaluation of vendors, product capabilities, and solutions focusing on Data Encryption, Data Loss Prevention, Data Rights Management, Data Classification, and Data Privacy.

- Expert level knowledge of data security concepts and relevant future technology trends.
- Expert knowledge of traditional and modern Cloud data solutions, including Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), DLP using Microsoft Security Solutions (Defender, Purview, MDCA)
- Strong knowledge of privacy/data standards and regulations across local, domestic, and global jurisdictions (e.g.,  ISO, GAPP, NIST 800 53, HIPPA, HiTrust, Privacy by Design, ITPA, PCI, SOX etc).
- Ability to interface with senior leaders across the enterprise to collaborate on, contribute to and influence concepts, architectures, plans,