Remote Data Security Engineer

Southern New Hampshire University; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to protect institutional data across our enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and databases like Azure SQL and SQL Server. You will implement encryption, access controls, data masking, and secure pipelines while collaborating with IT and security teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering in the data protection domain, with reporting to the Deputy CISO and

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains data protection controls across the enterprise data estate.
• Configures encryption for data at rest and in transit, including CMK and key rotation.
• Implements least-privilege access models and conducts entitlement reviews.
• Harden security configurations for platform services (Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure SQL, SQL Server).
• Embeds security controls into data ingestion, transformation, and export workflows.
• Automates control deployment and compliance validation using scripting and IaC.

Skills

Data protection

RBAC/ABAC

Encryption

Automation/IaC

Security monitoring

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure SQL

SQL Server

Vaulting services

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to protect institutional data across our enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and databases like Azure SQL and SQL Server. You will implement encryption, access controls, data masking, and secure pipelines while collaborating with IT and security teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering in the data protection domain, with reporting to the Deputy CISO and