Job Title – Data Security Engineer
Duration – Contract
Location – Charlotte, NC
Only Local
Job Description
We are seeking a datafocused security engineer who can bring deep knowledge of Snowflake and modern data platforms into our security organization This role will act as the bridge between data engineering and information security helping the security team design implement and manage controls that keep sensitive data safe across our enterprise
The ideal candidate has strong experience in data architecture governance and analytics platforms and is excited to apply that expertise to building and enforcing data security policies monitoring and compliance within a dedicated security team
Responsibilities
Partner with security leadership to translate data workflows into enforceable security policies
Integrate data governance and security tools eg ALTR for tokenization monitoring and activity control
Help security teams understand how sensitive data is created stored and used across Snowflake and related systems
Build processes for data discovery classification and tagging to support compliance frameworks
Monitor data access patterns to detect anomalies and enforce leastprivilege principles
Support audit compliance and regulatory requirements SOC2 PCIDSS HIPAA GDPR CJIS
Educate and guide the broader security team on best practices in data security and governance
Qualifications
4 years in data engineering database administration or data platform operations
Experience using Snowflake SnowPro certification preferred
Familiarity with data tokenization masking and encryption solutions
Strong SQL skills and an ability to map data flows across systems
Understanding of security frameworks and compliance requirements
Interest in transitioning into a securityfirst role applying data expertise to enterprise security programs
Excellent collaboration skills with crossfunctional teams data security compliance engineering
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Snowflake,ANSI-SQL,Dimensional Data Modeling,Snowpark Container services,Snowflake-Data Science