Lead Data Privacy Engineer — Privacy by Design

CVS Health

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 106,605 - 284,280

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise data protection and privacy capabilities. This highly visible role collaborates with cybersecurity, engineering, data, legal, and compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design and safeguard patient data while enabling innovation.

You will design scalable privacy solutions across structured and unstructured data, oversee risk assessments, and drive governance metrics.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in privacy/security/data protection roles.
5+ years delivering enterprise data protection capabilities (encryption, DLP, etc.).
5+ years hands-on coding in Python/Java/Go or similar.
5+ years in cloud and DevSecOps, incl. CI/CD and IaC.
3+ years leading cross-functional privacy/compliance initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, prioritization, and implementation of data protection and privacy engineering across data environments.
Design and deploy PETs like encryption, tokenization, anonymization, DLP, and data classification.
Partner with engineering, product, legal, compliance, and security teams to embed privacy-by-design.
Conduct privacy risk assessments, privacy impact assessments, threat modeling, and control evaluations.
Drive governance metrics, automation, and continuous improvement for privacy posture.