Lead Data Privacy Engineer - Enterprise Privacy Architect

CVS Health; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 106,605 - 284,280; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Job summary

CVS Health seeks a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise data protection by designing scalable privacy and security solutions across the data lifecycle. This highly visible role partners across cybersecurity, engineering, data, legal, and compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and drive enterprise-wide data protection strategy.

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will influence future privacy engineering at CVS Health, lead the adoption of modern data protection

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Privacy Engineering, Security Engineering, Data Protection, Cybersecurity, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years designing and implementing enterprise data protection capabilities (encryption, tokenization, data classification, DLP, etc.).
• 5+ years programming in Python, Java, Go, or similar.
• 5+ years cloud and DevSecOps environments with CI/CD and IaC.
• 3+ years leading enterprise-scale data protection initiatives with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, prioritization, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data protection and privacy engineering capabilities.
• Design, deploy, and optimize Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) like encryption, tokenization, anonymization, data classification, and DLP.
• Partner with engineering, product, legal, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and translate regulatory requirements into scalable architectures.
• Conduct privacy risk assessments, privacy impact assessments, threat modeling, and control evaluations to identify and mitigate risks.
• Drive governance metrics, automation, and cross-functional initiatives to strengthen privacy posture and operational efficiency.

Skills

Privacy Engineering

Security Engineering

Data Protection

Cybersecurity

Programming (Python/Java/Go)

Cloud & DevSecOps

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL/NoSQL

Job description

CVS Health seeks a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise data protection by designing scalable privacy and security solutions across the data lifecycle. This highly visible role partners across cybersecurity, engineering, data, legal, and compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and drive enterprise-wide data protection strategy.

The Lead Data Privacy Engineer will influence future privacy engineering at CVS Health, lead the adoption of modern data protection