Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States Remote - Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Education
- Bachelor's
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Qualifications
Requires an active Top Secret clearance and ability to access and work within a SCIF. Requires 7+ years of security and technical program/project management experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years with an advanced degree. Requires experience leading security compliance initiatives, managing complex projects and stakeholders, influencing and communicating across technical and executive audiences, and learning new processes, technologies, and security frameworks. Requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Required
- Active Top Secret clearance and ability to access and work within a SCIF.
- 7+ years of security and technical program/project management experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years with an advanced degree.
- Experience leading security compliance initiatives from inception to authorization or market, with examples including FedRAMP, DoD...
- Experience navigating projects with intricate technical dependencies, multiple stakeholders, competing constraints, and geo-distributed...
- Ability to influence and communicate with engineers, senior leadership, and government stakeholders.
- Ability to rapidly master new processes, methodologies, technologies, and security frameworks.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including translating complex project data into clear documentation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred
- Experience supporting U.S. Government, Defense, Intelligence Community, or other highly regulated environments.
About the role
Original posting provided by Databricks
P-1528
You will navigate a complex, cloud-native landscape, collaborating with Security, IT, Engineering, Internal Audit, Corporate Operations, and other teams, to assure successful completion of highly cross-functional projects that enable the growth of our business and safeguard our customers.
This role requires an active Top Secret Clearance, the ability to access and work within a SCIF environment, and residence within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The impact you will have:
- Drive Project Outcomes: Adopt an ownership mindset to manage the end-to-end delivery of work required for new security certifications, federal authorizations, and compliance initiatives that expand Databricks’ reach across regulated and government markets.
- Accelerate Execution: Act as a force multiplier by proactively identifying and neutralizing project blockers, reducing friction, and maintaining high velocity in a cloud-native environment.
- Orchestrate Cross-Functional Decision Making: Navigate complex technical and compliance trade-offs, driving consensus across Engineering, IT, Product, and Security teams to reach timely resolutions.
- Optimize Delivery Methodologies: Continuously refine project frameworks to maximize effectiveness, ensuring that security initiatives are both rigorous and agile.
- Precision Program Management: Masterfully oversee project lifecycles—including milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation—while providing executive-level transparency through accurate status reporting.
- Build Strategic Partnerships: Forge deep, collaborative relationships with Security Assurance Team subject matter experts and technical stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment on security goals.
We are looking for a professional with the following skills and practical experience in:
- Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance with the ability to access and work within a SCIF environment.
- Location Requirement: Must be located in, or willing to relocate to, the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
- Proven Expertise: 7+ years of experience (with Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years with advanced degree) in security and technical program/project management. Ideally, at a fast-paced, cloud-native organization.
- Strategic Ownership: Demonstrated success in leading high-stakes security compliance initiatives (e.g., FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, NIST 800-53, CMMC, PCI, HIPAA) from inception to authorization or market.
- Complexity Management: Experience navigating projects with intricate technical dependencies, multiple stakeholders, and competing constraints with geo-distributed teams.
- Executive Presence: Ability to influence and communicate effectively across the spectrum, from deep-dive technical discussions with engineers to high-level briefings for senior leadership and government stakeholders.
- Agility & Continuous Learning: A proven track record of rapidly mastering new processes, methodologies, technologies, and security frameworks to meet evolving business needs.
- Communication Excellence: Superb verbal and written skills, with a knack for translating complex project data into clear, actionable insights and documentation.
- Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Federal Experience Preferred: Experience supporting U.S. Government, Defense, Intelligence Community, or other highly regulated environments is strongly preferred.
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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About the company
Databricks
Large Enterprise
Databricks is a cloud-based data platform that specializes in providing solutions for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, the company enables organizations to unify data processing and analysis workflows, facilitating collaboration for data professionals. Databricks offers an integrated environment for data scientists, engineers, and business analysts, streamlining the process of building and deploying AI and data-driven applications. With a strong emphasis on simplifying big data management, Databricks helps businesses harness the power of their data to drive innovation and insights.