Database Security Engineer

PTR Global; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a Database Security Engineer with strong database administration experience to manage and expand our Imperva Database Activity Monitoring platform across Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and Teradata.

The role focuses on achieving 100% monitoring coverage, automating routine checks, and refining security baselines to minimize policy drift while collaborating with DBAs and vendor teams for modern security operations.

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing Imperva DAM in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on DB admin background with monitoring coverage across MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, Teradata.
• Automation via scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash or REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations, configuration, and maintenance of the Imperva DAM environment.
• Ensure 100% monitoring coverage across MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, and Teradata.
• Automate health checks, monitoring verification, and reporting.
• Reconcile database inventories against DAM coverage with platform DBAs.
• Evaluate policy drift and update security baselines and rules.
• Collaborate with vendors for support and incident management.

Skills

Oracle

SQL

DB2

Database Activity Monitoring

Database Security

Policy Monitoring and Controls

Troubleshooting

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Tools

Imperva DAM

Job description

• Seeking a Database Security Engineer with strong experience in enterprise database security, activity monitoring, policy management, troubleshooting, and automation.
• The role will focus on monitoring and securing database platforms, ensuring security policies are properly applied, identifying and addressing policy drift, and supporting database security operations.

Top Skills:

• Oracle
• SQL
• DB2
• Imperva – Primary tool
• Database Activity Monitoring
• Database Security
• Python, PowerShell, or Bash scripting
• Policy Monitoring and Controls
• Troubleshooting

Job Description:

• Role Overview:Client is 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 candidate will ensure 100% monitoring coverage across critical database environments, automate routine operational tasks and refine security baselines.
• Key Responsibilities:Imperva Platform Management and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Efficiency: Script and automate daily health checks, monitoring verification, reporting, and operational task workflows to streamline routine platform maintenance.
• Required Qualifications and Technical Skills:Imperva DAM Expertise: Direct, hands-on administration, engineering, and troubleshooting experience with Imperva DAM (SecureSphere).
• Automation and Scripting: Demonstrated capability to automate operational tasks using scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, or REST APIs).
• Vendor and 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.