Database Encryption & Database Security Engineer

About This Role

This engineering role focuses on protecting, monitoring, and securing sensitive and critical databases. The work involves database encryption, security monitoring, onboarding servers, configuring policies, and managing alerts, as well as integrating security events with the central security operations environment.

Responsibilities

• Support encryption of sensitive and critical databases
• Implement and maintain database security and encryption configurations
• Integrate database security and monitoring solutions with in-scope database environments
• Onboard additional database servers and applications to the security monitoring platform
• Configure database monitoring policies, audit rules, alerts, and security controls
• Monitor database activity and investigate suspicious or unauthorized activity
• Coordinate with DBAs to implement database security and encryption requirements
• Support integration of database security alerts with SIEM/SOC platforms
• Assist in privileged-user monitoring and database access-control activities
• Support security assessments, compliance reviews, and audit evidence collection
• Perform platform health checks, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades
• Maintain technical documentation, configuration records, and operational procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in database security, database administration, cybersecurity, or data protection
• Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or comparable enterprise database platforms
• Knowledge of database encryption, auditing, access controls, privileged access, and database activity monitoring
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent recognized cybersecurity certification

Nice to have:

• Experience with enterprise database security/DAM platforms such as Imperva, IBM Guardium, Oracle Audit Vault/Database Vault, or equivalent is preferred
• Experience integrating database security alerts with SIEM/SOC platforms is an advantage
• Imperva Data Security / DAM certification or official training
• IBM Guardium certification or official training
• Thales DAM-related training where applicable
• Oracle database security or administration certification
• Microsoft SQL Server security or administration certification

Important Details

• Project Duration: Long-term project assignment

Application Process

• Ensure your CV clearly identifies the database platforms and database-security technologies you have worked with