Senior Data Security Engineer: AI-Driven Data Protection

HF Sinclair; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Time-Off

401(k) Retirement Plan with match

Educational Reimbursement

Parental Bonding Time

Employee Discounts

Job summary

HF Sinclair in Dallas, Texas seeks a Senior Data Security Engineer to define and operationalize the enterprise data security execution model, translating governance, privacy and policy into repeatable controls across production environments with focus on applications, APIs, analytics and AI-driven data access paths.

The role is the first dedicated data security engineering position, providing hands-on technical leadership while shaping architecture standards, maturity targets, and implementation

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in cybersecurity or security engineering with hands-on data security or application security experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field required.
• Proven ability to design and operationalize security controls, not just select tools.
• Strong understanding of application and API security, identity-based access models, and data access enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain data security reference architectures and control patterns across application, API, analytics and automation.
• Monitor data security capability maturity across structured and unstructured data.
• Translate architectural intent into implementable standards for engineering teams.
• Lead data exposure reduction and enforcement of data protection measures across environments.
• Advise on securing data used in analytics and AI initiatives and embedding security into data pipelines.

Skills

Data security

Application security

API security

Cloud security

Identity-based access models

Data access monitoring

AI/ML security

Security controls design

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or cybersecurity or computer science

Tools

Snowflake

Azure

Purview

MS SQL

Endpoint security

Job description

HF Sinclair in Dallas, Texas seeks a Senior Data Security Engineer to define and operationalize the enterprise data security execution model, translating governance, privacy and policy into repeatable controls across production environments with focus on applications, APIs, analytics and AI-driven data access paths.

The role is the first dedicated data security engineering position, providing hands-on technical leadership while shaping architecture standards, maturity targets, and implementation