Senior Data Security Engineer

The role

You will own data security and access for the company by building access models in Foundry. You will work with IT and Security to manage identity, network, and data protection policies.

What you will do

• Build the company's access model in Foundry
• Partner with IT and Security on Okta groups, SSO, SCIM provisioning, and egress policies
• Keep Foundry in parity with access levels in source systems and other data platforms
• Protect sensitive and export-controlled data with Foundry Markings and security policies
• Administer Foundry day to day including users, groups, roles, upgrades, and access reviews
• Work with autonomy and AI infrastructure engineers on AI agent and coding tool connections
• Lead in the cross-functional Data Council to set standards for data sharing and protection

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in data platform, data security, or infrastructure engineering
• Experience owning access control on a data platform such as Foundry, Databricks, or Snowflake
• Experience provisioning groups from an HR system and identity provider such as Workday and Okta
• Production experience implementing row- and column-level security, masking and redaction, and classification-based policies
• Knowledge of SAML, SCIM, SSO, Okta, and network egress controls
• Strong SQL and Python
• Experience building with AI coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor

Nice to have

• Palantir Foundry experience, especially Markings, Organizations, security policies, and project roles
• Databricks Unity Catalog experience
• Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code experience
• Governance work under ITAR, CMMC, or FedRAMP

Benefits

• Equity in the form of stock options
• Group health insurance plans
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan
• Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles

Before you apply

• Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged and required for certain positions
• Skydio, Inc. uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.