Remote Data Security Engineer | Protect & Encrypt Data

Southern New Hampshire University; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 96,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from approved states

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators committed to transforming lives through data‑driven security. The Data Security Engineer role focuses on implementing and operating controls that protect institutional data across analytics platforms, databases, and data pipelines.

This hands‑on position reports to the Deputy CISO and supports security teams enterprise‑wide. Remote work is available from approved states, with an emphasis on least‑privilege access, encryption,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, information security or related field.
• 7+ years of information security, cloud engineering, data engineering, or related work.
• Experience implementing data protection controls and encryption.

Responsibilities

• Implement data protection controls across the enterprise data estate.
• Operate encryption controls for data at rest and in transit.
• Maintain least-privilege access models and conduct entitlement reviews.
• Harden security configurations for data platforms and pipelines.
• Automate deployment, assessment, and compliance of controls.

Skills

RBAC/ABAC

SQL security

Scripting & automation

Security ops collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Azure SQL

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

SQL Server

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators committed to transforming lives through data‑driven security. The Data Security Engineer role focuses on implementing and operating controls that protect institutional data across analytics platforms, databases, and data pipelines.

This hands‑on position reports to the Deputy CISO and supports security teams enterprise‑wide. Remote work is available from approved states, with an emphasis on least‑privilege access, encryption,