Compliance & Privacy Engineer || Cupertino, CA

Our client, a leading technology and consumer electronics company, is looking to hire a Compliance & Privacy Engineer in Cupertino, CA.

Pay Rate Range: $90 to $100/hr on w2, depending on experience
Contract Duration: - 12 months

Responsibilities: 


About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Compliance & Privacy Engineer to join our team. This role sits at the intersection of data governance, privacy engineering, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of a centralized data registry, enforcing data classification standards, and driving execution of compliance controls across multiple audit and assessment frameworks. This is a hands-on role requiring strong organizational skills, technical aptitude, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
Data Registry & Privacy Governance

• Input, update, and validate metadata for databases and data assets within a centralized data registry, ensuring all entries are current and accurate.
• Apply data tags and classifications (e.g., data type, sensitivity level, personal data indicators) in alignment with established privacy and data governance standards.
• Review database documentation and collaborate closely with data owners, engineers, and privacy stakeholders to ensure accurate and comprehensive metadata capture.
• Support migration activities by mapping existing metadata to new registry schemas and standards, ensuring continuity and compliance during transitions.
• Perform regular quality checks to ensure completeness, consistency, and accuracy of tagged and classified data across the registry.

• Monitor, track, and execute compliance controls across audits and assessments, ensuring timely completion and adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Track and execute recurring monthly controls including Splunk monitoring, GitHub access reviews, patching status verification, and baseline compliance checks.
• Monitor compliance and governance tools for privacy and compliance operations, flagging issues and ensuring platform health.
• Monitor and track scheduled tickets related to audits and compliance projects, ensuring milestones are met and blockers are escalated promptly.
• Monitor and track patching cycles, aging vulnerabilities, and vulnerability reports while coordinating remediation efforts with engineering teams.
• Track PCI training completion across applicable teams to ensure compliance and certification requirements are met.
• Assist with collecting, organizing, and submitting evidence required for audits including PCI, PCI PIN, APN, SOX, and related assessments.
• Maintain Confluence and Quip documentation spaces to track compliance projects, issues, progress, and follow-ups.
• Serve as a project management point of contact for internal compliance initiatives, driving accountability and visibility.
• Perform AWS routine operational tasks in support of compliance infrastructure and monitoring.

• 10 years of experience in compliance engineering, data governance, privacy engineering, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with data classification frameworks and metadata management in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with regulatory and audit frameworks such as PCI DSS, PCI PIN, SOX, and related compliance standards.
• Working knowledge of compliance and monitoring tools such as Splunk, GitHub, or similar platforms.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and routine cloud operations.
• Strong documentation skills with proficiency in Confluence, Quip, or similar collaboration tools.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, including privacy-by-design principles.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management tools and patching lifecycle processes.
• Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, PCI QSA, CIPM/CIPP, or AWS certifications.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments with complex data ecosystems.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
 
Fair Chance Employment
Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.
 
Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us. 
 
Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.
 
 
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