Senior Database Engineer: Data Masking & Security Lead

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks an experienced DB Tech Lead to architect and implement data masking, encryption, and virtualization across development, testing, and production environments. You will guide Delphix deployments, integrate masking into CI/CD, and collaborate with application, infra, and security teams to ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include mentoring junior engineers, maintaining lit runbooks, and supporting audits with clear evidence of control effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of DB tech experience, or HS diploma with 12 years of DB tech experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement data masking and virtualization for development, testing, QA.
• Lead design of masking algorithms, rulesets, and policies for PII, PHI, PCI data.
• Configure and manage Delphix environments across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, Netezza, VSAM.
• Integrate masking into CI/CD pipelines for secure-by-design development workflows.
• Conduct risk assessments of non-production environments to identify residual data exposure and drive remediation.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize masking performance, data consistency, and reliability.
• Design and implement dynamic data masking to redact data in production.
• Work with application owners, developers, DBAs, infrastructure teams, and testers to understand workflows.
• Explain data masking and TLS controls to stakeholders; balance security with usability.
• Educate teams on TLS and masking technologies, including limitations, trade-offs, and best practices.
• Influence adoption through collaboration—onboarding new apps, platforms, and integrations.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to operations teams.
• Develop, maintain, and improve documentation, runbooks, standards, and guidance.
• Support audits/regulatory inquiries with clear evidence of controls.
• Automate monitoring, testing, and validation of encryption/masking controls.
• Stay current on data protection threats and best practices.

Skills

TLS & encryption

Delphix masking

Relational databases

Data masking strategies

Cloud deployment (Azure/AWS)

CI/CD security controls

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/SQL)

Regulatory compliance (PCI/HIPAA/GDPR)

ServiceNow & Jira

Communication & mentorship

Delphix virtualization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Database Technologies

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Delphix

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

DB2

Netezza

VSAM

Azure

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Python

PowerShell

SQL

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks an experienced DB Tech Lead to architect and implement data masking, encryption, and virtualization across development, testing, and production environments. You will guide Delphix deployments, integrate masking into CI/CD, and collaborate with application, infra, and security teams to ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include mentoring junior engineers, maintaining lit runbooks, and supporting audits with clear evidence of control effectiveness.