Senior Data Security Engineer (Cloud)

Triwill Group; United States; Remote; USD 112,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the Data Security domain and shape how we protect sensitive data at scale across cloud-native environments.

You will partner with Data Platform, Analytics, Engineering, Security Operations, and GRC teams to implement data discovery, encryption, access controls, data loss prevention, and secure data sharing. This hands-on role emphasizes practical, scalable security patterns.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data security, cloud security, or related field.
• Hands-on experience securing data in cloud environments and applying controls.
• Experience embedding security requirements into data platforms and pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Establish data security strategy and roadmap for sensitive data.
• Protect PII, financial, health, and regulated data across lifecycles.
• Define standards for classification, encryption, masking, retention, and sharing.
• Embed security controls into data pipelines, warehouses, and ML workflows.
• Automate security workflows and develop reusable patterns.

Skills

Data security

Cloud security

Security engineering

Privacy engineering

Stakeholder communication

Tools

IAM

RBAC/ABAC

KMS/HSM

DLP

Audit logging

Job description

Root is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the Data Security domain and shape how we protect sensitive data at scale across cloud-native environments.

You will partner with Data Platform, Analytics, Engineering, Security Operations, and GRC teams to implement data discovery, encryption, access controls, data loss prevention, and secure data sharing. This hands-on role emphasizes practical, scalable security patterns.