Data Security Engineer
Talent Smart
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 163KJob location
Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data analysis
Cloud Computing
Databases
Continuous Integration
Data Governance
Data Masking
Data Security
Data Warehousing
Identity and Access Management
Metadata
PCI Data Security Standards
Role-Based Access Control
Security Information and Event Management
Unstructured Data
Google Cloud Platform
Data Classification
Software Security
Data Lake
Data Management
Database Monitoring
Data Pipelines
Devsecops
Job description
As a Data Security Engineer, you will:
- Implement secure data platform controls aligned to enterprise architecture standards
- Configure and enforce fine-grained access controls (RBAC/ABAC)
- Integrate identity-aware data access policies with enterprise IAM solutions
- Deploy encryption, masking and tokenisation controls across structured and unstructured data
- Support the build and hardening of secure data lakes and data warehouse platforms
- Embed security controls within CI/CD and DevSecOps workflows
- Assist with metadata-driven governance and policy propagation
- Contribute to regulatory compliance mapping (GDPR, PCI DSS, internal audit)
- Support security testing, validation and remediation activities
This is a delivery-focused engineering role within a complex, regulated environment.
Required ExperienceEnterprise Data Security Implementation
- Hands-on experience securing data platforms in large enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of database and data lake security controls
- Experience working within regulated industries (ideally financial services)
Zero Trust & Identity Integration
- Practical implementation of RBAC/ABAC models
- Integration with IAM and privileged access management systems
- Experience designing fine-grained data access controls
Cloud Data Platform Security
Experience securing data platforms within one or more major cloud environments:
Amazon Web Services Microsoft Google Cloud
- Securing data lakes, warehouses and analytics platforms
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Key management integration
- Secure API and data pipeline controls
Data Governance & Metadata Controls
- Data classification and tagging implementation
- Supporting lineage and audit traceability
- Integration with enterprise catalogue or governance tools
- Policy enforcement through metadata-driven frameworks
Technical Exposure (Desirable)
- Data masking and tokenisation technologies
- Database activity monitoring
- SIEM integration
- Infrastructure-as-Code security
- Secure event-driven architectures
Requirements
- Strong engineering mindset with attention to security detail
- Comfortable working within structured enterprise governance frameworks
- Ability to collaborate across data, security and platform teams
- Delivery-focused with strong documentation and communication skills
