Remote Data Protection Engineer: Encryption & Access

Southern New Hampshire University; Manchester (NH); Remote; USD 97,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-quality medical insurance

Low to no-cost dental and vision plans

5 weeks of paid time off

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain data protection controls across the enterprise data estate. You will work with encryption, key management, access controls, data labeling, masking, and secure data pipelines in a hands-on role.

This 100% remote position supports teams across IT and Security Operations, Data & Analytics, Governance, and Engineering, with a focus on secure data platforms like Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in IT, CS, information security or related field.
• 7+ years in information security, cloud engineering, data security or related area.
• Experience with data protection lifecycle, encryption, and access controls.

Responsibilities

• Implement, operate, and improve data protection controls across the enterprise data estate.
• Configure and manage encryption for data at rest/in transit; manage CMK and key rotation.

Skills

Data protection

Encryption

Least privilege

RBAC/ABAC

Data classification

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information security or related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Platform APIs

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain data protection controls across the enterprise data estate. You will work with encryption, key management, access controls, data labeling, masking, and secure data pipelines in a hands-on role.

This 100% remote position supports teams across IT and Security Operations, Data & Analytics, Governance, and Engineering, with a focus on secure data platforms like Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and