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Sr. Security Engineer, Enterprise Security
Databricks · 🇺🇸 Remote - California · Remote
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Databricks paid sponsored hires in similar roles103 certified filings for “Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $158k–$191k, median $188k. Most were filed at wage level II (47%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
RDQ427R608 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other US locations will be considered. --- About the Team The Enterprise Security team at Databricks is responsible for securing the corporate environment, including the SaaS platforms, internal tools, integrations, automation workflows, and AI-adjacent systems that Databricks employees and operations depend on. We work at the intersection of enterprise architecture, security engineering, and business enablement, partnering with IT, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Procurement to surface risk early, set enforceable security standards, and enable the business to operate securely at scale. The Role As a Sr. Security Engineer on the Enterprise Security team, you turn security requirements into working protections across Databricks' enterprise environment. You implement, integrate, test, and improve security controls across enterprise applications, identity, endpoint, network, SaaS, and data-security systems. You bring strong hands-on engineering experience, developing automation and reusable capabilities that strengthen preventive controls, improve security coverage, and reduce repetitive manual work. You work closely with security domain leads, IT, and platform owners to translate approved security designs into practical implementations. Your focus is on delivering reliable controls, automating recurring security checks and workflows, and continuously validating that protections remain effective as enterprise systems evolve. The Impact You Will Have Security Control Engineering & Implementation • Implement and improve preventive security controls across enterprise systems, translating approved security requirements into tested, operational protections. • Partner with security domain leads, IT, and platform owners to implement access, configuration, endpoint, network, and data-protection guardrails. • Develop reusable technical implementations and secure configuration patterns that improve consistency and reduce recurring security gaps. Security Automation & Integrations • Build and maintain security automation using Python, Go, APIs, Terraform, or comparable technologies to improve control enforcement and operational efficiency. • Automate recurring configuration checks, access validation, evidence collection, and remediation workflows to reduce dependency on manual security processes. • Develop and integrate AI-assisted and agent-based security automation to streamline recurring reviews, control validation, and remediation workflows, with appropriate access controls, testing, and auditability. • Integrate security platforms and enterprise systems to streamline established review and approval workflows, surface actionable findings, and support consistent enforcement. Continuous Control Validation & Remediation • Develop automated testing, monitoring, and validation capabilities to confirm security controls operate as intended. • Identify control gaps, configuration drift, and ineffective enforcement; partner with system owners to implement and validate remediation. • Measure improvements in security coverage, control effectiveness, automation reliability, and reduced manual effort. Cross-Functional Security Engineering • Partner with Enterprise Security, IT, Engineering, and business-system owners to deliver security improvements across interconnected enterprise platforms. • Troubleshoot complex implementation challenges involving authentication, API integrations, permissions, configurations, and security tooling. • Contribute to Security by Design initiatives by translating recurring security requirements into reusable controls, automated checks, and secure defaults. What We Look For • 7+ years of experienc