DB Security Specialist / Database Engineer SME

We are looking for an experienced DB Security Specialist / Database Engineer SME to support enterprise cyber security and database security initiatives across critical platforms. The role requires strong expertise in securing, administering, monitoring, and optimizing enterprise databases while ensuring compliance with organizational security standards and regulatory requirements., Manage and secure enterprise database environments across production and non-production systems Implement database security controls, hardening standards, and access governance policies Monitor database environments for security vulnerabilities, threats, and unauthorized access Perform database patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and compliance activities Configure and manage encryption, masking, auditing, and privileged access controls Support incident response activities related to database security events Collaborate with Cyber Security, Infrastructure, IAM, and Application teams on remediation initiatives Perform performance tuning, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability activities Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards, SOX, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and internal audit controls Create technical documentation, SOPs, security standards, and operational runbooks

Mandatory Skills

Database Technologies

Strong hands-on experience with:

Oracle DBA

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL / MariaDB

MongoDB (preferred)

Experience managing enterprise-scale database environments.

Database Security

Database hardening and security best practices

Database activity monitoring (DAM)

TDE (Transparent Data Encryption)

Data masking/tokenization

Role-based access control (RBAC)

Privileged access management

Audit logging and compliance monitoring

Vulnerability assessment and remediation

Cyber Security & Compliance

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database administration, security controls, vulnerability remediation, access governance, encryption, auditing, performance optimization, and compliance management within enterprise environments., The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in database administration, access control, vulnerability management, encryption, performance optimization, and security governance across large-scale enterprise environments., Cyber security governance frameworks Experience handling security incidents and audit findings. Cloud & Infrastructure Experience with cloud database platforms, AWS RDS