Help Wanted: Privacy Engineer

There are numerous jobs in our industry and we all have an understanding of what those roles entail. But there is a new role that has emerged. It is the elusive role of the Privacy Engineer.

This is the Jackalope of our professional community: seldom seen, hard to explain and has the traits of other professions mixed into one. But does it exist? And if it does exist, what would that profession look like? Not to mention, how would we start on this professional path?

Accompany me as I look at what influenced the need for Privacy Engineering, other professions that followed this same evolutionary journey and where the profession is headed.

About David Sietz

David Sietz is a solutions architect at International Association of Privacy Professionals with more than 25 years of hands-on experience. Starting his IT career in Munich Germany, his professional history as a data architect, system designer, and adult educator, instilled in him a sense of IT with the business customer in mind.

David's specialty is architecting, designing, and constructing of viable solutions that are properly engineered for their purpose and longevity. His breadth of knowledge of data management, microservice architecture, and building cloud platforms allows him to bridge disciplines and provide MVP solutions.

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