Highmark Health · 2 months ago
Senior Data Protection Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$79K/yr - $148K/yr
7+ years expHighmark Health is a leading healthcare organization seeking a Senior Data Protection Engineer to enhance its data protection infrastructure. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining data protection solutions while providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
Health CareHospital
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's data protection infrastructure across multiple platforms and vendors, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security. This includes DLP, DSPM, data de-identification solutions, and etc
Design and architect robust data protection solutions that align with business requirements and industry best practices. This encompasses both on-premises and cloud-based environments (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Develop, implement, and maintain data protection policies across all relevant platforms and systems. This includes configuring sensitive information types, tuning detection parameters, managing exception lists, and etc
Conduct thorough root cause analysis to determine the underlying causes of errors, leveraging advanced troubleshooting techniques and escalating to appropriate teams when necessary to ensure timely and effective remediation
Proactively manage complex data protection projects with minimal supervision, leading meetings, providing technical presentations, and effectively communicating project status and proposals to stakeholders. This includes representing the data protection engineering team in cross-functional initiatives
Develop custom data protection solutions and automation scripts (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to enhance efficiency, streamline processes, and support the deployment and maintenance of data protection software. This includes integrating with existing systems, and leveraging DevOps practices such as Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Helm charts for efficient deployment and management
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the data protection team
Stay up-to-date on relevant data privacy regulations and industry standards, ensuring the organization maintains a strong data protection posture
Other duties as assigned or requested
Qualification
Required
7 years of experience with Data Loss Prevention
7 years of experience with Information Security and Systems Analysis
5 years of experience with at least two modern programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, BASH, PowerShell etc.)
5 years of experience with designing and providing architectural support to at least two of the following cloud service providers: Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services or Azure
5 years of experience with deploying and maintaining infrastructure for DLP software's
5 years of experience with creating and managing DLP policies
5 years of experience with Operating Systems and Software Administration
Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Computer Science or related field
Preferred
3 years of experience with Kubernetes or other Container orchestration technologies
3 years of experience with Gitlab or other versioning control tools and processes
Master's degree in Information Security, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Computer Science or related field
CISSP
Advanced certification in any of these cloud providers - GCP, AWS or Azure (E.g. Professional Cloud Architect/Security Engineer)
Terraform or similar certification
Company
Highmark Health
Highmark Health is an integrated health care delivery and financing network.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$6.75MKey Investors
Henry L. Hillman FoundationRichard King Mellon Foundation
2025-06-11Grant· $1.75M
2021-05-10Grant· $5M
Leadership Team
David Holmberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Karen Hanlon
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
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