Patterson isn't just a place to work, it's a partner that cares about your success.

One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.

The Principal Security Engineer sets the technical strategy for the overall architecture, roadmap, and framework used in the security solutions to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Patterson's information assets and systems. This role represents the highest level of expertise across multiple domains of information security architecture. Serving as a strategic security consultant for both internal and external systems, the role is responsible for designing solutions, evaluating vendor products, developing business cases, and ensuring alignment with the organization's security architecture. Additionally, this role leads engineers in implementing, deploying, and transitioning solutions into production while overseeing the overall security architecture lifecycle.

*This role will be Hybrid (2-days a week in office), and it is required that you are located within 50 miles of our Corporate Offices in either Mendota Heights, MN or Loveland, CO. In-person attendance is expected to foster collaboration, innovation, and team connection.

Essential Functions

Champion the design, development, and establishment of information security architecture standards for security solutions while ensuring thorough documentation; communicate complex security architectural concepts and principals to technical and non-technical audiences

Lead and implement a comprehensivedata protection strategy,technology platform,and complianceroadmap, aligning it with current goals andobjectives, while integrating the existing IT Infrastructure and Security roadmap.?

Drive continuous improvement initiatives tooptimizeperformance, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency of our cloud environments andsecuritytechnology portfolio.

Advise key stakeholders and drive the translation of complex business requirements into robust, security-first designs for Azureand multiple-cloudsolutions.

Ensure alignment witha well-architectedframeworkwhilebalancing security, performance, and businessobjectives. Leverage deep business acumen tocreatesolutions that not only mitigate risks but also enable strategic growth and innovation.

Through collaborationwith the Enterprise Architecture and IT Infrastructure teams, design and document detailed Azuresecurityarchitecturesutilizingservices likecompute, storage, networking, databases, and application services.

Provide escalated support for Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Azure issues, serving as a liaison for problem management between the functional team and Microsoft for security related issues.

Product and technical ownership ofdata protection solutions such asMicrosoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management, InformationProtectionandotherData Loss Prevention (DLP)solutions.

Oversight of sensitive data cataloging, classification, and labeling strategies.

Serve as the technical data protectionsubject matter expert-forenterpriseproject advising on secure handling requirements and solution design for sensitive data (e.g., PCI,ePHI,PII), including tools and capabilities such as redaction/tokenization and data loss prevention.

Partner with IT Risk & Compliance and Regulatory Compliance to design, implement, andmaintainan enterprise Data Protection Matrix,establishingstandardized security patterns for sensitive data.

Conduct security design reviews for data protection initiatives, document findings, and drive action-item closure to reduce risk and align implementations to enterprise security standards,and activelyparticipatein architectural review boards, working groups, committees, and other oversight and governance forums asrequired.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor'sor Master'sDegree with an emphasisinsecurity, technology, or engineering or equivalent work experience.

At least 8years of work experience in information technology, cyber security, or information security with a minimum of6years of experience in cloud engineering or related roles.

Deep understanding of Azure cloud architecture principles, networking concepts, Data Platforms, MSFabric,and security best practices, as well asITinfrastructure management.

Provenand demonstrableexperience inthedeployment and implementationofthe Microsoft E5advanced securityand compliancesuite, such asPurviewand theMicrosoft Defendersolutions.

Proficiencyin automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell,Azure CLI).

Security industry certification.

? Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

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We provide competitive benefits, unique incentive programs and rewards for our eligible employees:

Full Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits and an integrated Wellness Program

401(k) Match Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Educational Assistance Program

Full Paid Parental and Adoption Leave

LifeWorks (Employee Assistance Program)

Patterson Perks Program

The potential compensation range for this role is below. The final offer amount could exceed this range, based on various factors such as candidate location (geographical labor market), experience, and skills.

$123,200.00 - $164,333.33

EEO Statement

Patterson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.

At Patterson Companies, we live our values everyday. With more than 8,000 employees worldwide, we're responsible for providing dentists, veterinarians, animal producers, and farmers with the support they need to keep us and our animals healthy.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Patterson Companies, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.