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Security Specialist - EMEA (location flexible)

ClickHouse· Go-To-Market
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Hybrid (EMEA)Not specifiedPosted 2mo ago

About the role

Security Specialist to own security, data residency, and regulatory compliance conversations in deals within EMEA, combining deep security expertise with data architecture experience.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the security overlay on EMEA opportunities supporting conversations related to security, privacy, or compliance, engaging customers and prospects alongside the account Solutions Architect and Account Executive, discussing deployment models, BYOC architectures and related security questions
  • Lead security conversations with CISOs, security architects, and GRC teams, translating ClickHouse architecture into the controls frameworks they recognize
  • Design and validate secure ClickHouse Cloud and BYOC deployment patterns including network isolation, private connectivity, encryption, customer-managed keys, identity federation, and granular access control
  • Run threat modelling and architecture reviews with customer security teams, and own the security workstream through POC and production readiness
  • Be the field's authority on compliance posture — SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR and EU data residency, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and regulatory landscape including DORA and NIS2
  • Raise the quality and speed of security questionnaires, RFP security sections, DPIAs, and third-party risk reviews, building a reusable answer library
  • Build the security playbook for EMEA Solutions Architecture and enable SAs and AEs so routine security questions stay with the account team

Qualifications

  • Significant customer-facing technical experience at a data platform, analytics, streaming, or database company
  • Demonstrable depth in cloud and data security: IAM, key management and cryptography, network isolation, secure multi-tenancy, threat modelling, and audit
  • Working command of the frameworks that gate enterprise data deals — SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS — and comfort with EU regulation
  • Credibility with security buyers; experience presenting to CISOs
  • Overlay instincts and clear writing — ability to produce artefacts suitable for auditors

Skills

Required:Security strategy and advisoryThreat modellingCompliance know-how (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS)

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment - remote-friendly across 20+ countries
  • Healthcare - employer contributions
  • Equity in the company - stock options for new hires
  • Time off - flexible time off in the US, generous elsewhere
  • A $500 Home office setup for remote employees
  • Global Gatherings - opportunities for company-wide offsites
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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