Evergreen - Data Security Engineer

JW Affinity IT; Fort Worth, Town of Texas (TX, WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JW Affinity IT in Dallas, TX is seeking a security engineer who designs and implements controls to protect data across its lifecycle, including encryption, DLP, and access controls. You'll work with privacy, security, infrastructure, and application teams to safeguard district data.

Requires a Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field and 5–7 years of security engineering experience focused on data protection, plus strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM, and data transfer security.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of security engineering experience focused on data protection.
• Strong knowledge of encryption, key management, DLP, data classification, database security, cloud security, IAM, logging, and secure data transfer.
• Experience integrating controls across hybrid environments and automating security operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support controls protecting district data throughout its lifecycle.
• Collaborate with privacy, security, infrastructure, and application teams to deploy protections.

Skills

Data protection

Encryption

Key management

DLP

Data classification

Cloud security

IAM

Logging

Secure data transfer

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field

Job description

Dallas, United States | Posted on 08/04/2026

JW Affinity IT is continuously buildingconnections with Professionals who are interested in future rolessupporting secure enterprise network environments.

If you have professional experience in therelevant field, we look forward to connecting with you!

About This Pipeline

Applying to this evergreen posting places youinto our talent community for consideration as new openings arise thatalign with your background.

Job Summary

Designs, implements, andsupports controls that protect district data throughout its lifecycle.Engineers encryption, data loss prevention, key and secretsmanagement, database and cloud data protections, classification,monitoring, and access controls while partnering with privacy,security, infrastructure, and application teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5–7 years of security engineeringexperience with a focus on data protection
• Strong knowledge of encryption, keymanagement, DLP, data classification, database security, cloudsecurity, IAM, logging, and secure data transfer
• Experience integrating controls acrosshybrid environments and automating security operations