Senior Data Protection Security Engineer (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work LI-Remote

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Holiday scheduling

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and improve security controls across the enterprise data estate. You will work with platforms like Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure SQL, and SQL Server, enforcing encryption, access controls, and secure data pipelines.

This remote role requires 7+ years in information security or related fields, with hands-on scripting, IaC, and experience securing data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information security or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in information security, cloud engineering, data engineering, or related fields, with data protection focus.

Responsibilities

• Implement, operate, and improve data security controls across the enterprise data estate.
• Configure encryption controls for data at rest and in transit; manage keys, secrets, and CMKs.
• Enforce least-privilege access models and perform entitlement reviews quarterly.
• Harden security configurations for data platforms and analytics tools like Fabric and Databricks.
• Embed security controls into data ingestion, transformation, and export workflows.
• Automate control deployment and compliance validation via scripting and IaC.
• Create implementation guides, runbooks, and provide hands-on technical support.

Skills

Data security

Encryption

Key management

Access controls (RBAC/ABAC)

Data classification

Scripting

IaC (infrastructure as code)

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Azure SQL

SQL Server

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and improve security controls across the enterprise data estate. You will work with platforms like Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure SQL, and SQL Server, enforcing encryption, access controls, and secure data pipelines.

This remote role requires 7+ years in information security or related fields, with hands-on scripting, IaC, and experience securing data platforms.