American Express ยท 4 days ago
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $215K/yr
8+ years expAmerican Express is a company with a long-standing history of innovation and a commitment to its customers and employees. They are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead efforts in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Lifecycle Management (LCM) Architecture and Engineering team, focusing on designing data architecture and managing data pipelines essential for access management. The role requires deep expertise in distributed data technologies and a strong understanding of security and compliance requirements.
Credit CardsFinanceFinancial ServicesPaymentsTravel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Build, operate and enhance ETL/ELT data pipelines and ingestion frameworks to ingest data from multiple internal systems for real-time and batch processing of large-scale application data
Develop pipelines using platforms such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, Databricks, Airflow, NiFi, or equivalent
Ensure data quality by implementing validation, error-handling, and observability mechanisms in the pipelines
Work with a mix of relational, NoSQL, and distributed systems to support analytics, BI, and ML workloads
Collaborate with Information Security analysts to ensure the data environment supports advanced detection and reporting
Administer the data platform ensuring performance, capacity planning, and cost optimization
Implement backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies to maintain resiliency and high availability
Conduct regular monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for data systems and services
Manage access controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance requirements across the data ecosystem
Qualification
Required
8+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, or Data Administrator
Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and at least one JVM-based language (Scala/Java preferred)
Deep experience with data pipeline frameworks: Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Databricks, Flink, NiFi, Step Functions, etc
Understanding of database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch)
Ability to design and maintain secure, scalable, high-throughput ingestion pipelines
Knowledge of machine learning lifecycle tooling (MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, etc.)
Preferred
Experience with data lakes/warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Lakehouse technologies)
Background in cybersecurity, information security analytics, or equivalent
Certifications such as: AWS/GCP/Azure data engineering credentials, Security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, CCSP)
Knowledge of modern data platform architectures
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their data services
Strong understanding of Linux administration, system monitoring, and distributed systems
Strong communication and documentation skills
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and security teams
Self-driven and able to operate in fast-paced, high-stakes environments
Strong problem-solving mindset with an emphasis on reliability and operational excellence
Benefits
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities
Company
American Express
American Express is a financial services company that provides credit cards, charge cards, payment solutions, and related services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Brett Mooney
CEO & Country Manager, American Express Canada
Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEO
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