Lead Data Privacy Engineer — Enterprise PETs & DLP

CVS Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise privacy engineering and data protection across data environments. You will drive strategy, design, and implementation of scalable PETs and governance controls while partnering with Cybersecurity, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes privacy-by-design, data discovery and classification, and protection of PHI/PII across sensitive datasets.

Qualifications

• 7+ years advancing Privacy Engineering, Security Engineering, Data Protection, Cybersecurity, or related technical disciplines.
• 5+ years designing and deploying enterprise-scale data protection capabilities including encryption, tokenization, key management, data classification, DLP.
• Strong software engineering foundation with 5+ years developing, integrating, and automating solutions using Python, Java, Go, or similar languages.
• 5+ years operating within cloud-native and DevSecOps environments with CI/CD, IaC, security automation.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, or compliance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and implementation of enterprise data protection and privacy engineering across structured and unstructured data.
• Design and deploy Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) like encryption, tokenization, anonymization, DLP.
• Partner with multiple teams to embed privacy-by-design and translate regulatory requirements into architecture and governance controls.
• Conduct privacy risk assessments, threat modeling, and control evaluations to support audits and regulatory obligations.
• Drive governance, privacy metrics, automation, and advanced analytics to strengthen privacy posture and operational efficiency.

Skills

Privacy engineering

Security engineering

Data protection

Cybersecurity

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Java

Go

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise privacy engineering and data protection across data environments. You will drive strategy, design, and implementation of scalable PETs and governance controls while partnering with Cybersecurity, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes privacy-by-design, data discovery and classification, and protection of PHI/PII across sensitive datasets.