Senior Encryption Engineer (Data at Rest)

Elevance Health; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health, Inc. is seeking a Senior Encryption Engineer (Data at Rest) to support encryption, tokenization, key management, and security across hybrid cloud and on‑prem environments.

The role partners with application and infrastructure teams to ensure protection of sensitive data in complex production ecosystems. Responsibilities include leading architecture, risk assessment, incident response planning, and developing comprehensive access security strategies.

Qualifications

• Requires BS/BA in information technology or related field and 8+ years in security, systems administration, and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Leads system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies.
• Leads development of risk assessment methodologies and security requirements.
• Troubleshoots integrations and provides technical escalation on complex problems.
• Designs and engineers access management and network security solutions; updates technology direction as needed.
• Develops reports to support management strategy; may serve as technical merger & acquisition lead.

Skills

Access Control

Application Security

Business Continuity and Disaster Recov

Cryptography

Information Security and Risk Mgmt

Legal, Regulations

Compliance and Investigations

Operations Security

Physical (Environmental) Security

Security Architecture and Design

Telecommunications and Network Sec

Education

BS/BA in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

AWS

Azure or GCP

Serverless (Lambda/Azure Functions/Cloud Functions/Cloud Run)

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/Cloud Run)

Splunk

ServiceNow

Snowflake

HashiCorp Vault

HSM operations

Job description

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Senior Encryption Engineer (Data at Rest) is responsible for supporting and securing enterprise-scale data protection platforms across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, with a strong focus on encryption, tokenization, key management, and operational stability. This role partners closely with application and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot integrations, automate operational processes, maintain security controls, and ensure reliable protection of sensitive data across complex production ecosystems.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Leads system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies; leads development and execution of risk assessment methodologies to fit business, regulatory, and technical environment considerations; leads the development of requirements, system architecture, and software design of security products and services.
• Leads the development of strategies for discovery, evaluation and response to new networking attacks; develops security incident response plans and strategies.
• Provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems.
• Creates presentations and seeks IT management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security systems serving the Enterprise.
• Sets vendor strategy and direction.
• May be assigned to project teams for technical consultation to business partners and developers.
• Designs & engineers comprehensive access management and network security technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards; works with architecture to update technology direction & strategy.
• Develops reports supporting strategy and direction for management. Capable of serving as technical merger & acquisition lead.
• Acts as a subject matter expert among peers, with manager and senior management.
• Must be capable of providing top-tier support for 5 or more of the information security technology common body of knowledge skill sets: 1) Access Control, 2) Application Security, 3) Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, 4) Cryptography, 5) Information Security and Risk Management 6) Legal, Regulations, 7) Compliance and Investigations, 8) Operations Security, 9) Physical (Environmental) Security, 10) Security Architecture and Design, 11) Telecommunications and Network Security.

Minimum Requirements

Requires BS/BA in information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 8 years experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people; experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities & Experiences

• Deep Protegrity expertise across components (architecture familiarity, deployment patterns, policy design/administration, integration troubleshooting, performance/stability considerations).
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience deploying and troubleshooting with Terraform, including debugging plans/applies, module usage, environment promotion, and state troubleshooting practices.
• Source control workflows: Experience maintaining infrastructure/config/code in GitHub (or similar), including PR reviews and release/change workflows.
• Multi-cloud exposure: Practical experience across AWS plus either Azure or GCP (or strong willingness to ramp quickly), especially where app integrations span environments.
• Serverless integration patterns: Hands-on experience with serverless services (e.g., Lambda/Azure Functions/Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run) and the security/identity patterns around them.
• Containers/Kubernetes familiarity: Working knowledge of EKS/AKS and/or Cloud Run (or equivalent), particularly around connectivity, identity, secrets, and logging.
• SIEM/log analysis: Ability to write effective Splunk queries and use log data to support troubleshooting and investigations.
• ServiceNow experience (incident/request management; creating or maintaining request/catalog forms is a plus).
• Experience supporting data protection for object storage, databases, and file-based transfers (delimited/fixed-width), including operational concerns like scanning, access patterns, and throughput.
• Experience with Snowflake integrations/usage (connectivity, role/access concepts, data pipelines, or security model familiarity).
• Secrets management integration: Experience integrating pipelines/apps with HashiCorp Vault (auth methods, secret consumption patterns, rotation)
• Experience performing HSM initialization and operations (key ceremony participation, partition/user setup, integration troubleshooting).