Listing Description
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the national umbrella organization for the nation’s leading network of women’s health care providers, educators, and advocates, serving women, men, teens and families. For over 100 years, Planned Parenthood has done more than any other organization in the United States to improve women’s health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible health care decisions. Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) is the advocacy and political arm of PPFA.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) seeks a dynamic and effective Sr. Director, Data Security Architecture. This job reports directly to the Nation Director, InfoSec Architecture in the Information Security division of PPFA. The Office of Information Security provides the strategy and implementation of the information security program that safeguards the data entrusted to Planned Parenthood by its patients, supporters, donors, and staff.
Purpose: The Sr. Director, Data Security Architecture is a senior position in the Information Security team that is expected to have a thorough understanding of complex hybrid system architecture and stay up to date with the latest security standards, systems, and authentication protocols, as well as best practice security products in a hybrid environment. This requires both knowing the business, digital strategy, and having a comprehensive awareness of its technology and information needs. This knowledge is ultimately used to develop and test security structures to protect PPFA’s Enterprise.
Delivery:
● Foster a trusted partnership and relationships with key business product(s) stakeholders (i.e., Information Technology, Managed Service Provider, Human Resources, Finance, Data Governance, and Analytics, etc.)
● As InfoSec Data Architecture Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will be responsible for:
○ Enterprise data platform security architecture
○ Cloud-based, SaaS and PaaS data security architecture
○ Application data security “Privacy by Design”
○ AWS Shared Responsibility Model and Data Security
○ Hybrid System Architecture
● Experience with the concepts of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL), data warehousing, and general data management including technologies associated with “Big Data.”
● Provides enterprise data security architecture planning, design, and deployment in business solutions.
● Annually assess data catalog, under the data classification guidelines sent by PPFA, to ensure risks are identified and appropriate controls are designed and implemented to protect the:
○ Confidentiality of data to ensure accessibility by authorized users
○ Integrity of data to ensure changes by authorized users
○ Availability of data to ensure the data is always accessible by authorized users when needed.
● As SME, create, own, and update InfoSec data policies, standards, and procedures, clarifying them when questions arise; is always prepared to accurately discuss these policies. Track risk acceptance not in line with policies, standards, and procedures.
● Design and supervise data engineering solutions that are secure, agile, and scalable, to meet the changing business requirements
● Working as part of a team as the Data Security SME to formulate an information security strategy that will allow businesses to achieve objectives while designing controls that are both effective and efficient
● Manage and support complex security projects and other strategic security initiatives, in support of our digital and business priorities
Engagement: The Sr. Director, Data Security Architecture, will engage with senior, chief, and executive-level staff, and as required, leading, and mentoring direct and indirect reports.
● SME and owner of the InfoSec data security engineering and architecture domain
● Work independently with affiliates, and InfoSec shared services. vendors and product managers, vendor account managers, vendor account support representatives, and purchasing to achieve the company's major business objectives
● Understand PPFA’s business initiatives and requirements and map these business needs into technical and security architecture
● Develop and maintain relevant engineering and architecture metrics to assess the system and data integrity
● Create and present architecture drawings depicting environments both existing and proposed to designs
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Reports to Nation Director, InfoSec Architecture and serves as key technical support.
● Bachelor’s degree preferred
● 15 years of broad-based information security experience, with expertise in the following areas: security operations/ administration, complex hybrid system architecture, incident response, control review, and risk management
● Proficient with cloud-based data architecture and DW/BI/Analytics domain knowledge
● Experience in data integration patterns (AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Event Hub, Databricks, etc.), storage and processing (Redshift, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Snowflake); Infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform)
● Hands-on experience with one or more relational SQL or NoSQL databases.
● Knowledge of R, Python, and predictive analytics is desired.
● Experience drafting policy and standards
● PM Experience for a large implementation/migration project (10+ user team)
● Develop and maintain relevant metrics to assess the system and data integrity, including release planning, sprint planning, execution, quality, and cadence management
● Strong executive presence, communication, and collaboration skills with executive and senior leaders
● Practical experience with modern information security and cybersecurity technologies including but not limited to strong authentication, network security, endpoint security, Cloud/SaaS/PaaS security, security information, and event management, user behavior analytics, vulnerability management, information assurance, security operations, anti-DDoS, privacy, and regulatory compliance
TRAVEL: As needed
Starting salary: $190K
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Final offers for this job will be based on capabilities and will be made within the parameters of the PPFA compensation program. Total offer package to include generous vacation + sick leave + paid holidays, individual/family provided medical, dental and vision benefits effective day 1, life insurance, short/long term disability, paid family leave and 401k. We also offer voluntary opt in for Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Transportation/Commuter accounts.
We value a truly diverse workforce and a culture of inclusivity and belonging. Our goal is to attract qualified candidates and encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We're committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
PPFA participates in the E-Verify program and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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If denoted as NYC, DC, or both, this position is usually located in our New York City or DC office, but is remote while offices remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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