Data Security & Tokenization Architect

Data Security Architect
Contract Position
Fully Remote - supporting EST hours

Position Summary
Our client is seeking a senior Enterprise Data Security Architect to lead the strategy and roadmap for modernizing data protection across a complex hybrid enterprise environment following a major acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Assess enterprise data security architecture across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
• Lead strategy for enterprise tokenization and sensitive data protection.
• Evaluate tokenization, encryption, vaulting, and data protection technologies.
• Conduct vendor evaluations, proof-of-concept activities, and build an implementation roadmap.
• Reduce attack surface through data minimization and retention strategies.
• Partner with Security, Data Engineering, Architecture, and Governance teams.
• Support Snowflake and modern analytics security initiatives.

Required Experience

• 12+ years in Enterprise Security Architecture or Data Security.
• Proven enterprise tokenization implementations from strategy through deployment.
• Experience with encryption, tokenization, data vaults, key management, and data masking.
• Hybrid environments (On-Prem, AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Snowflake experience.
• Financial Services, Mortgage, Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, or other regulated industries.