- Company Name
- Canada Life
- Job Title
- DAM Engineering Specialist
- Job Description
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Job title: DAM Engineering Specialist
Role Summary:
Architect, implement, and support enterprise‑level Data Access Management (DAM) solutions. Collaborate with leadership and cross‑functional teams to design, build, test, and deploy tools that govern data discovery, classification, access control, monitoring, and remediation across on‑prem, SaaS, and cloud environments.
Expectations:
- Deliver technical implementation of DAM products in alignment with program milestones.
- Own defined modules and sustain services to meet business requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement of data governance processes and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement access control frameworks (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC) integrated with data classification and sensitivity.
- Execute DAM lifecycle activities: identification, certification, remediation, analytics, and reporting.
- Integrate DAM with data catalogues, marketplaces, data lakes, SSO/AD, privileged management, SIEM, DLP, and ticketing systems.
- Conduct data source identification, mapping, functional and detailed design, and guide implementation.
- Analyze access issue trends, generate insights, and recommend solutions.
- Prepare status updates for stakeholders on solutions, timelines, progress, and risks.
- Participate in testing to validate tool integrations and data flows.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in data discovery, classification, access control, and governance tools.
- Hands‑on implementation of DAM programs (≥3 years) in financial or similarly regulated sectors.
- Proficiency with on‑prem (file shares, mainframe, relational databases), SaaS (Salesforce, ServiceNow), and cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) data sources.
- Experience integrating with data catalogues, marketplaces, data lakes, AD/SSO, privileged access tools, SIEM, DLP, and ticketing.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and risk‑assessment abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive, confidential data.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, or related field; or equivalent experience.
- Relevant certifications in data governance, security, or cloud platforms (e.g., CISA, CDMP, CCSP) preferred.