Security Data Platform Architect & Engineer

Citi; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Data Platform Engineer in Irving, Texas, to design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines, storage backbones, and data lakes powering advanced security analytics. This role requires deep architectural expertise and hands-on leadership to shape how security data is stored, queried, and consumed at enterprise scale.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity operations analysts, detection engineers, and data science teams to ensure platform reliability, performance, and

Qualifications

• Deep, demonstrable expertise in data platform architecture and engineering for large-scale platforms.
• Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines (batch and streaming).
• Experience with data lake/warehouse architecture and cloud-native infra.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable, high-throughput data pipelines ingesting security telemetry.
• Develop normalization/enrichment logic for heterogeneous SOC data formats.
• Architect and maintain storage backbones (data lakes/warehouses) for enterprise-scale SOC data.
• Build and operate data lake infrastructure optimized for high-volume telemetry.
• Ensure low-latency delivery of normalized data into analytics platforms and SIEM/XDR tooling.
• Tune throughput, partitioning, and query performance; ensure data quality and observability.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Enterprise-scale pipelines

Security telemetry

Cloud-native data infra

Python/Go/Java/Scala

CI/CD & IaC

Observability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cribl

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Airflow

Delta Lake

Iceberg

Job description

Citi is seeking a Data Platform Engineer in Irving, Texas, to design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines, storage backbones, and data lakes powering advanced security analytics. This role requires deep architectural expertise and hands-on leadership to shape how security data is stored, queried, and consumed at enterprise scale.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity operations analysts, detection engineers, and data science teams to ensure platform reliability, performance, and