üîê We‚Äôre Hiring: Privacy Engineering Specialist | Data Protection Architect
üïí Employment Type: Full-Time
üíº Level: Mid-Level to Senior
We are seeking a detail-oriented, technically skilled, and privacy-focused Privacy Engineering Specialist | Data Protection Architect to design, implement, and maintain privacy-focused systems and data protection architectures across our organization. This role combines privacy engineering, data governance, security architecture, regulatory compliance, and technical risk management.
The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, cybersecurity teams, data architects, legal professionals, and business stakeholders to integrate privacy requirements into technology platforms, applications, and data processing environments. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of data protection principles, privacy-enhancing technologies, secure system design, and applicable privacy regulations.
üéØ Key Responsibilities
- * Design and implement privacy-focused architectures for enterprise applications, platforms, databases, and digital services.
- Integrate privacy requirements into system development, software engineering, and technology implementation processes.
- Develop technical strategies to protect personal, confidential, and sensitive information throughout its lifecycle.
- Establish privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles across technology projects and business systems.
- Assess existing systems and data processing activities to identify privacy risks, security weaknesses, and compliance gaps.
- Develop data protection architectures aligned with organizational privacy policies and regulatory requirements.
- Implement privacy-enhancing technologies such as data anonymization, pseudonymization, tokenization, and encryption.
- Design secure data collection, storage, processing, sharing, retention, and deletion mechanisms.
- Collaborate with software development teams to incorporate privacy controls into application architecture and development workflows.
- Evaluate data flows and system integrations to identify how personal information is collected, transferred, accessed, and processed.
- Develop technical controls to minimize unnecessary personal data collection and limit access to sensitive information.
- Design and maintain data access management, identity verification, and authorization mechanisms.
- Support the implementation of data classification, data masking, and information protection solutions.
- Evaluate cloud-based platforms, databases, APIs, and third-party services for privacy and data protection risks.
- Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and support Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
- Translate legal and regulatory privacy requirements into practical technical specifications and engineering controls.
- Support compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including GDPR, Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), and other relevant privacy frameworks.
- Work with cybersecurity teams to align privacy controls with information security standards and risk management practices.
- Develop technical guidelines, architecture documentation, and reusable privacy engineering standards.
- Review system designs, technical specifications, and development proposals to ensure privacy requirements are addressed.
- Assess third-party data processors, technology vendors, and external service providers from a privacy engineering perspective.
- Support secure data-sharing arrangements and establish appropriate technical safeguards for cross-border data transfers.
- Monitor changes in privacy technologies, regulatory requirements, and industry practices.
- Investigate privacy-related technical incidents and support remediation activities.
- Recommend improvements to data protection controls, privacy monitoring, and information governance processes.
- Provide technical guidance and privacy engineering support to project teams and relevant stakeholders.
- Maintain privacy architecture diagrams, data flow documentation, technical risk assessments, and control records.
- Support privacy testing, validation, and ongoing monitoring to ensure implemented controls remain effective.
‚úÖ Requirements
- * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant experience in privacy engineering, data protection architecture, information security, data governance, or security engineering.
- Strong understanding of privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles.
- Knowledge of applicable data protection regulations, including GDPR, Malaysia's PDPA, and other relevant privacy requirements.
- Understanding of personal data processing, data lifecycle management, data classification, and information governance.
- Experience designing secure application architectures, enterprise systems, databases, or cloud-based platforms.
- Knowledge of encryption, tokenization, anonymization, pseudonymization, and other privacy-enhancing technologies.
- Familiarity with identity and access management (IAM), role-based access control (RBAC), and authentication mechanisms.
- Understanding of secure software development practices and security architecture principles.
- Experience conducting or supporting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
- Ability to analyze data flows and identify privacy risks across applications, databases, APIs, and integrated systems.
- Familiarity with cloud security and data protection services across platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Knowledge of database security, data masking, data loss prevention (DLP), and secure data transmission.
- Understanding of API security, system integrations, and third-party data-sharing arrangements.
- Ability to translate regulatory and business privacy requirements into technical controls and architecture specifications.
- Familiarity with privacy management frameworks, information security standards, and risk assessment methodologies.
- Experience working with software developers, cybersecurity professionals, data architects, and compliance teams.
- Strong analytical, technical problem-solving, and risk assessment skills.
- Excellent technical documentation and communication abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple privacy engineering initiatives and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
- Strong attention to detail when handling sensitive information and technical privacy requirements.
- Ability to evaluate emerging privacy technologies and recommend practical implementation approaches.
- Professional integrity and sound judgment when managing confidential and personal data.
- Relevant certifications in privacy, data protection, information security, or cloud security are advantageous.
üåü What We Offer
- * Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits.
- Opportunities to design and implement enterprise-level privacy architectures.
- Exposure to modern data protection technologies and privacy-enhancing solutions.
- Professional development in privacy engineering, cybersecurity, and data governance.
- Opportunities to collaborate with software engineers, security architects, and compliance professionals.
- Access to modern cloud platforms, enterprise systems, and data protection tools.
- A technology-focused working environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
- Opportunities to contribute to privacy-by-design strategies and organizational data protection initiatives.
- Support for relevant professional training and industry certifications.
- Opportunities to strengthen technical architecture, privacy risk management, and engineering expertise.
- Career progression toward Senior Privacy Engineer, Data Protection Architect, Privacy Engineering Manager, or Chief Privacy Officer.
