Senior Remote Data Security Engineer

Southern New Hampshire University; Mississippi; Remote; USD 97,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free tuition program

Employer‑funded retirement

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is hiring a Data Security Engineer to protect institutional data across analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases such as Azure SQL and SQL Server. This remote role reports to the Deputy CISO and collaborates with multiple IT teams.

Responsibilities include encryption, access controls, data masking, and secure data pipelines, with a focus on automation, IaC, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information security or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in information security, cloud engineering, data engineering, or related fields; 2+ years focused on data protection or database security.

Responsibilities

• Implement data protection controls across enterprise data estate including classification, masking, tokenization, redaction, and de-identification.
• Operate encryption controls for data at rest and in transit; manage CMKs, key rotation, and vaulting services.
• Enforce least-privilege access models and conduct entitlement reviews; automate access validation and remediation.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data protection

Cloud security

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Tools

Azure SQL

SQL Server

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is hiring a Data Security Engineer to protect institutional data across analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and relational databases such as Azure SQL and SQL Server. This remote role reports to the Deputy CISO and collaborates with multiple IT teams.

Responsibilities include encryption, access controls, data masking, and secure data pipelines, with a focus on automation, IaC, and compliance.