Senior Remote Data Security Engineer

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

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and operate security controls across the enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases such as Azure SQL and SQL Server.

You will work 100% remotely from approved US states, collaborating with Security Operations, Data & Analytics, Governance, and IT teams to safeguard data and support secure data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field.
• 7+ years in information security, cloud/data engineering.
• Experience with data protection controls and cloud databases.
• Strong communication to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data protection controls across enterprise data estate.
• Implement encryption, key management, and CMK with vaulting.
• Enforce least-privilege access across platforms and conduct entitlement reviews.
• Harden security configurations for Fabric, Databricks, Azure SQL, SQL Server.
• Integrate security controls into data ingestion and pipelines.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data protection

Automation scripting

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS

Tools

Platform APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Vaulting services

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Data Security Engineer to implement and operate security controls across the enterprise data estate, including analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases such as Azure SQL and SQL Server.

You will work 100% remotely from approved US states, collaborating with Security Operations, Data & Analytics, Governance, and IT teams to safeguard data and support secure data solutions.