Senior Data Privacy Engineer — Enterprise Privacy Leader

CVS Health; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 106,605 - 284,280; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Bonus eligibility

Equity award program

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise privacy protections, embedding privacy‑by‑design across data environments and collaborating with legal, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to safeguard sensitive information while enabling business innovation.

The role emphasizes risk assessments, PETs implementation, and governance across structured and unstructured data, with a focus on regulatory alignment and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Privacy Engineering, Security Engineering, Data Protection, or related disciplines with regulatory experience (GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA).
• 5+ years designing and implementing enterprise data protection capabilities (encryption, tokenization, DLP).
• 5+ years hands‑on programming or scripting in Python, Java, Go, or similar.
• 5+ years in cloud and DevSecOps environments, including CI/CD and IaC.
• 3+ years leading enterprise privacy/data protection initiatives with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and continuous improvement of enterprise data protection and privacy engineering capabilities.
• Design and deploy Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to protect data while enabling business innovation.
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, compliance to implement privacy‑by‑design and regulatory controls.
• Conduct privacy risk assessments, threat modeling, and control evaluations for audits and investigations.
• Drive governance metrics, automation, and data protection initiatives aligned with regulatory developments.

Skills

Privacy Engineering

Security Engineering

Data Protection

Cybersecurity

Regulatory compliance (GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Java

Go

AWS

GCP

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Data Privacy Engineer to advance enterprise privacy protections, embedding privacy‑by‑design across data environments and collaborating with legal, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to safeguard sensitive information while enabling business innovation.

The role emphasizes risk assessments, PETs implementation, and governance across structured and unstructured data, with a focus on regulatory alignment and scalable architectures.