PCI Compliance Engineer

PCI Compliance Engineer - must have recent PCI DSS engineering experience
Description
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Compliance & Privacy Engineer to join their 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 our 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
Metadata Management: Input, update, and validate metadata for databases and data assets within a centralized data registry, ensuring all entries are current and accurate.
Data Classification & Tagging: Apply data tags and classifications (e.g., data type,
sensitivity level, personal data indicators) in alignment with established privacy and data governance standards.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Review database documentation and collaborate closely with data owners, engineers, and privacy stakeholders to ensure accurate and comprehensive metadata capture.
Migration Support: Support migration activities by mapping existing metadata to new registry schemas and standards, ensuring continuity and compliance during transitions.
Quality Assurance: Perform regular quality checks to ensure completeness, consistency, and accuracy of tagged and classified data across the registry.
Engineering Compliance
Compliance Review: Review a specific feature from a compliance & privacy standpoint
Compliance Controls Execution: Monitor, track, and execute compliance controls across all audits and assessments, ensuring timely completion and adherence to regulatory requirements.
Monthly Controls Management: Track and execute recurring monthly controls including but not limited to Splunk monitoring, GitHub access reviews, patching status verification, and baseline compliance checks.
Tooling & Platform Monitoring: Actively monitor compliance and governance tools for WPC (Wallet, Payments & Commerce) operations, flagging issues and ensuring tool health.
Audit & Project Tracking: Monitor and track all scheduled tickets related to WPC audits and projects, ensuring milestones are met and blockers are escalated promptly.
Vulnerability & Patch Management: Monitor and track patching cycles, aging vulnerabilities, and vulnerability reports, coordinating remediation efforts with relevant engineering teams.
Training Compliance: Monitor and track PCI training completion across applicable teams, ensuring all personnel maintain required certifications and awareness.
Evidence Collection: Assist in collecting, organizing, and submitting evidence required for WPC audits, including but not limited to PCI DSS, PCI PIN, PCI MPoC, APN, SOX, NIST etc assessments.
Documentation & Project Management: Maintain Confluence and Quip documentation spaces to track all internal compliance projects, issues, progress, and follow-ups. Serve as a project management point of contact for internal compliance initiatives, driving accountability and visibility.
Cloud Operations: Perform AWS routine operational tasks in support of compliance infrastructure and monitoring.
Required Qualifications
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, NIST, SOX etc
Working knowledge of compliance and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, GitHub or similar).
Experience with AWS cloud services and routine cloud operations.
Strong documentation skills with proficiency in Confluence, Quip, or similar collaboration platforms.
Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to track multiple work streams simultaneously.
Familiarity with AI to create AI agents to perform compliance day to day jobs.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Engineering, or a related field.
Experience with data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and privacy-bydesign 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.
What We Value
Attention to Detail - Precision in data tagging, metadata validation, and audit evidence collection.
Collaboration - Ability to work across engineering, privacy, and compliance teams seamlessly.
Accountability - Ownership of compliance timelines, controls, and project deliverables.
Continuous Improvement - A mindset geared toward optimizing processes, tools, and documentation.
Skills
Compliance, Security, Risk management, Risk assessment, Risk analysis, payment card industry, pci compliance, Pci, Pci dss, aws, project management, program management, data governance
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Cupertino, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $65.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Cupertino,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 21, 2026.

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