Senior Data Access Protection Engineer - Vice President
Marks & Spencer Group plc24 days ago
Alpharetta, GA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and contribute to enterprise Data Asset Protection platforms aligned with technology and operational risk objectives.
- Translate regulatory, audit, and risk requirements into scalable engineering solutions and automated controls.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Python and PowerShell services, DevOps pipelines, and platform tooling.
- Contribute to access controls, entitlement governance, policy-as-code, automation frameworks, and data protection platform architecture.
- Implement control monitoring, audit telemetry, and evidence generation within platforms and delivery pipelines.
- Use analytics, metrics, and dashboards to identify trends, risk signals, and control effectiveness improvements.
- Participate in design reviews and technical discussions for complex and high-risk initiatives.
- Manage platform improvement roadmaps, goals, priorities, and complex vendor relationships.
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Audit, and Engineering stakeholders.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering.
- Experience serving as a technical implementation lead from production through deployment.
- Experience with data protection technologies, Varonis Platform Architecture, Active Directory, and Zero Trust architecture.
- Knowledge of cloud security principles and tools including AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Azure Security Center, and Google Cloud Security Command Center.
- Experience or exposure to data analytics tools and techniques including SQL and Splunk.
- Experience with file and folder permissions, Active Directory, and enterprise security tools.
- Experience with Python frameworks, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving.
- Familiarity with PowerShell script development.
- Understanding of DevOps principles, source control, containerization, and orchestration tools including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience managing complex vendor relationships and defining platform roadmaps, goals, and priorities.
- Understanding of data protection regulations and standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA is a plus.
- Familiarity with Agile, Kanban, and Scrum practices.
Benefits
- Expected base pay is $125,000–$175,000 per year, with potential additional incentive compensation, bonuses, long-term incentives, and sponsored benefits.
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks are offered to support employees and their families.
- The company supports diversity, inclusion, career mobility, and professional development opportunities.
About Marks & Spencer Group plc
Marks & Spencer Group plc is a British retailer selling clothing, home goods, and food to consumers through stores and ecommerce, with a focus on own-brand products. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in 1884, and is headquartered in London. In the UK, its online grocery offering runs via Ocado Retail, a joint venture in which M&S holds a significant stake.