Cloud Engineer - Data Protection and Cryptography

YOH Services LLC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Health savings account

401k plan

Life insurance

EAP

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is seeking a Cloud Engineer to lead data protection and cryptography efforts in a mission-critical environment. The role focuses on encryption, tokenization, and policy management within enterprise cloud security initiatives.

The successful candidate will act as a technical lead, mentor engineers, and drive secure deployments using Protegrity, Ansible, Terraform, and serverless AWS patterns. Onsite in Plano, TX with a strong governance and compliance orientation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years in cryptography.
• 3+ years in cybersecurity engineering.
• 2+ years in cloud-native tech (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 2+ years of Unix/Linux administration.
• 2+ years of SELinux experience.
• 2+ years using Protegrity data protection solutions.
• 2+ years using Ansible Automation Platform.
• 2+ years of Terraform Enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Lead cryptography, cloud security, and microservices projects.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams on secure cloud solutions.
• Assess risks to data confidentiality and integrity; identify vulnerabilities.

Skills

Cryptography

Cloud security

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

DevOps

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Protegrity

AWS

Azure

Job description

Cloud Engineer – Data Protection and Cryptography

18 month contract

Plano, TX (Onsite)

Seeking a Cloud Engineer to support enterprise data protection, cryptography, and cloud security initiatives. This role will serve as a technical lead and subject-matter expert within a mission-critical environment focused on data encryption, tokenization, and protection policy management.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology projects involving cryptography, distributed microservices, cloud platforms, and full-stack systems.
• Partner with Cyber product managers, architects, and engineering teams to deliver secure, cloud-based solutions.
• Assess security risks related to data confidentiality and integrity, identify vulnerabilities, and evaluate potential cyber threats.
• Design, implement, and support cryptographic solutions, including encryption, hashing, digital signatures, and secure key management.
• Help mature the enterprise cryptography governance framework, including policies, standards, guidelines, compliance, and auditability.
• Serve as the technical lead and subject-matter expert for a 5x9 mission-critical data protection environment.
• Support Protegrity Data Encryption and Tokenization solutions, including data protection policies and platform integrations.
• Develop and maintain Ansible automation for the lifecycle management of Protegrity Agent software across a large Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.
• Use Terraform Enterprise to support AWS serverless deployments and integrations with Protegrity Cloud Protector.
• Implement and support at-rest encryption using Protegrity Fuse File Encryption technologies.
• Maintain, enhance, and troubleshoot Protegrity data protection policies.
• Support integrations with data management platforms, including Snowflake and Teradata.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, participate in technical communities, mentor engineers, and contribute to coding or code reviews as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 2 years of experience in cryptography.
• At least 3 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience with cloud-native technologies, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• At least 2 years of Unix or Linux systems administration experience.
• At least 2 years of SELinux experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with Protegrity data protection solutions.
• At least 2 years of DevOps experience using Ansible Automation Platform.
• At least 2 years of experience using Terraform Enterprise.
• 2+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• 3+ years of coding or scripting experience using Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl, or Ruby.
• 4+ years of experience with the Protegrity Data Protection platform.
• 2+ years of experience with Linux file system technologies, such as FUSE, GPFS, or NFS.
• 2+ years of experience with Linux storage subsystems, clustering, high availability, fault tolerance, and replication.
• 3+ years of experience with DevOps principles and Agile development practices.

Estimated Min Rate: $47.25

Estimated Max Rate: $69.84

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.

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