Database Security Engineer

Dexian; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexian seeks an experienced Database Security Engineer with strong database administration background to manage, optimize, and expand our Imperva DAM platform across enterprise environments in Richmond, VA. The contractor will ensure 100% monitoring coverage, automate routine tasks, and refine security baselines to align with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities include managing Imperva DAM operations, auditing inventories across MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, and Teradata, monitoring health, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on Imperva DAM (SecureSphere) administration and troubleshooting.
• Deep knowledge of MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, and Teradata.
• Automation scripting with Python/PowerShell/Bash or REST.
• Vendor management for support, upgrades and bug fixes.
• Security-minded auditing, baselining, and anomaly detection.

Responsibilities

• Imperva platform management, troubleshooting, and vendor escalation handling.
• Reconcile database inventories with DAM coverage across platforms.
• Monitor telemetry for health anomalies and logging integrity.
• Review policy drift and adjust security baselines to enterprise standards.
• Automate daily health checks, reporting, and maintenance workflows.

Skills

Imperva DAM

Database administration

Automation scripting

Vendor management

Database security

Job description

Location : Richmond, VA

Role Overview

• We are seeking an experienced Database Security Engineer with a strong database administration background to manage, optimize, and expand our enterprise Imperva Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) platform. This contractor will ensure 100% monitoring coverage across critical database environments, automate routine operational tasks and refine security baselines.

Key Responsibilities

• Imperva Platform Management & Support: Manage daily operations, troubleshooting, configuration, and maintenance of the Imperva DAM environment. Serve as the primary technical point of contact for vendor escalations and support tickets.
• Scope Assurance & Inventory Auditing: Partner closely with platform DBAs to continuously reconcile database inventories against DAM coverage, ensuring all target assets across MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, and Teradata are actively monitored without blind spots.
• Operational Health & Anomaly Detection: Monitor platform telemetry to detect health anomalies, agent outages, or logging drops. Ensure continuous, active activity recording across all targeted databases.
• Policy Optimization & Security Baseline Governance: Apply a strong cybersecurity mindset to review policy drift, evaluate security baselines, and recommend actionable rule adjustments to align with enterprise security standards and industry best practices.
• Automation & Efficiency: Script and automate daily health checks, monitoring verification, reporting, and operational task workflows to streamline routine platform maintenance.

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Imperva DAM Expertise: Direct, hands‑on administration, engineering, and troubleshooting experience with Imperva DAM (SecureSphere).
• Strong Database Background: Deep foundational knowledge of database architectures, querying, logging mechanisms, and system catalogs across multiple enterprise platforms:
  • MS SQL Server (MSSQL)
  • IBM DB2
  • Oracle
  • Teradata
• Automation & Scripting: Demonstrated capability to automate operational tasks using scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, or REST APIs).
• Vendor & Incident Management: Proven experience working with vendors for technical support to resolve complex platform issues, upgrades, and bug fixes.
• Database Security Mindset: Familiarity with database auditing principles, baseline governance, policy drift resolution, and threat/anomaly detection.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory‑changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.