Remote Data Security Engineer: Encryption & Access Control

Southern New Hampshire University; South Dakota Park (SD); Remote; USD 97,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free tuition program

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and operate data protection controls across the enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms such as Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases like Azure SQL and SQL Server. You will work 100% remotely from approved US states, collaborating with Security Operations, Data & Analytics, and IT teams.

The role emphasizes encryption, access control, and secure data pipelines with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information security, IT, or related field.
• 7+ years in information security, cloud/DB security or related field.
• Strong SQL, encryption, and data-protection experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements data protection controls across the enterprise data estate.
• Configures and operates encryption for data at rest and in transit.
• Implements least-privilege access models and conducts entitlement reviews.
• Hardens security configurations for platform services and databases.
• Automates control deployment and integrates with Security Operations.
• Documents implementation guides, runbooks, and threat modeling outputs.

Skills

SQL

Data protection

Encryption

RBAC/ABAC

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology / computer science

Tools

Azure SQL

SQL Server

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and operate data protection controls across the enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms such as Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases like Azure SQL and SQL Server. You will work 100% remotely from approved US states, collaborating with Security Operations, Data & Analytics, and IT teams.

The role emphasizes encryption, access control, and secure data pipelines with strong