Hiring: Compliance & Privacy Engineer (Contract: 6–12 Months)
Cupertino, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Compliance & Privacy Engineer to support data governance, privacy engineering, and regulatory compliance initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment.
This role sits at the intersection of data governance, compliance operations, and privacy engineering, and is critical in ensuring data integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory adherence across multiple frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
Data Governance & Privacy
- Maintain and update metadata in a centralized data registry
- Apply data classification and tagging (including sensitivity and personal data indicators)
- Collaborate with data owners, engineers, and privacy stakeholders
- Support data migration and schema mapping efforts
- Perform regular data quality and consistency checks
Compliance & Audit Execution
- Track and execute compliance controls across audits and assessments (PCI, SOX, etc.)
- Manage monthly compliance activities (access reviews, patch status, monitoring checks)
- Collect and organize audit evidence for regulatory requirements
- Monitor compliance tools and flag issues proactively
- Track audit tickets, milestones, and project progress
Security & Cloud Operations
- Monitor vulnerabilities and patching cycles in coordination with engineering teams
- Support AWS operational tasks related to compliance infrastructure
- Work with security monitoring tools such as Splunk and GitHub
Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain Confluence/Quip documentation for compliance programs
- Track compliance initiatives, risks, and action items
- Ensure visibility and accountability across all workstreams
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in compliance engineering, data governance, privacy engineering, or related fields
- Experience with data classification and metadata management in enterprise environments
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOX, etc.
- Working knowledge of tools like Splunk, GitHub, or similar platforms
- Experience with AWS cloud operations
- Strong documentation and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple compliance workstreams simultaneously
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with GDPR, CCPA, and privacy-by-design principles
- Security or compliance certifications (CISA, CISM, CRISC, CIPP/CIPM, AWS, etc.)
- Familiarity with vulnerability management and patching lifecycle
- Experience in large-scale enterprise environments
- Strong cross-functional communication skills
