Data Governance & Security Specialist (Data Engineering Focus)

About the Role

Data Governance & Security Specialist (Data Engineering Focus) is a key individual contributor primarily responsible for operationalizing and monitoring data governance and data security frameworks across Amaze. This role ensures the company's data assets are secure, private, and compliant with PDPA regulations and internal standards, through active collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. The specialist will leverage hands-on data engineering skills to embed governance and security principles into data pipelines and infrastructure, providing technical support and expertise as needed.

Responsibilities

• Apply, control, and continuously monitor data governance policies related to data quality, metadata, data lineage, and access controls.
• Implement and maintain data security measures, including data encryption, masking, and privacy-enhancing techniques across data platforms.
• Develop and automate technical controls and validation processes to enforce data governance and security standards within data pipelines and systems.
• Serve as a technical expert for data privacy (PDPA) and security compliance, ensuring all data operations adhere to regulations and company standards.
• Collaborate with the Data Protection Officer (DPO), Cybersecurity Officer, Legal, IT, and business units to align data handling practices, security protocols, and incident response.
• Communicate complex data governance and security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Utilize SQL and Python to build data quality checks, automate governance processes, and assist with pipeline optimization and maintenance.
• Work with the Data Engineering team to ensure security-by-design and privacy-by-design principles are integrated into data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions.
• Provide technical support related to data platform configurations, access management, and data flow best practices from a governance perspective.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of direct experience in roles focused on data governance, information security, data quality, or cybersecurity compliance.
• Strong, demonstrable understanding and practical experience with data privacy regulations, specifically PDPA in Thailand.
• Proven hands-on technical proficiency in SQL and Python for scripting and automation.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM) for security and access control.
• Solid understanding of ETL/ELT concepts, data pipeline development, data warehousing principles, and data modeling.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills; strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities; meticulous attention to detail.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CDMP, CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+) are highly desirable.

Skills

• SQL, Python, Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Cloud Storage), IAM
• Data governance: data quality, metadata, data lineage, access controls
• Data security: encryption, masking, privacy-enhancing techniques