Data Privacy Engineer: Secure Data, Enable AI Innovation

Illinois Tollway; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Illinois Tollway is hiring a Data Privacy Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data privacy and protection capabilities. You will partner with IT, Security, Legal, and business stakeholders to embed privacy into systems and data lifecycles, enabling data-driven innovation while strengthening governance and AI governance programs.

This role focuses on creating technical privacy controls, supporting regulatory compliance, and advancing Privacy

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Privacy, Privacy Engineering, Data Governance, Information Security or Data Protection.
• Experience implementing enterprise privacy or security technologies.
• Experience conducting privacy assessments and translating regulatory requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience implementing Microsoft Purview capabilities.
• Experience supporting AI governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise data privacy controls across structured and unstructured data environments.
• Embed Privacy by Design principles into application development, cloud solutions, data platforms, and AI initiatives.
• Develop technical standards for protecting PII, SPI, payment information, and operational data.
• Design and implement Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) including data masking, tokenization, encryption, pseudonymization, and anonymization.
• Support enterprise data governance by documenting privacy requirements throughout the data lifecycle.
• Assist in developing privacy metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and regulatory reporting.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and industry regulations including PIPA, DPPA, BIPA, PCI-DSS, NIST Privacy Framework.

Skills

Data Privacy

Privacy Engineering

Data Governance

Information Security

Data Protection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The Illinois Tollway is hiring a Data Privacy Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data privacy and protection capabilities. You will partner with IT, Security, Legal, and business stakeholders to embed privacy into systems and data lifecycles, enabling data-driven innovation while strengthening governance and AI governance programs.

This role focuses on creating technical privacy controls, supporting regulatory compliance, and advancing Privacy