Data Protection Engineer
Highmark Health · United States · US
Health Tech
Remote
Not yet analysed
Demand82
Career growth78
Healthcare fit25
Remote potential55
Salary band
USD 79k – 127k
5-year outlook
Strong demand for cybersecurity and data protection engineers with cloud, DLP, and DSPM expertise; compensation should remain competitive within health-tech/security engineering, though exact figures depend on location, seniority, and specialization.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
mid
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-22
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- License jurisdiction
- US
- Rate period
- Annual
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Why this is worth applying to
Only clinicians with prior IT, cybersecurity, cloud, or health informatics engineering experience should consider this role. Most clinicians would face a high experience barrier and limited clinical-to-nonclinical transition support.
Who should apply
Clinicians with prior cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, cloud security, or health informatics engineering experience; healthcare graduates with genuine DLP/security internships or certifications; not typical bedside clinicians without technical security backgrounds.
CV angle
Frame real experience with HIPAA/HITECH compliance, data governance, EHR/security projects, incident response, scripting, cloud platforms, and DLP/DSPM tools. Quantify policy tuning, risk remediation, and cross-functional security work, but do not claim DLP engineering experience unless genuine.
Skills to highlight
- DLP policy configuration and tuning
- Microsoft Purview
- ForcePoint, BigID, or Varonis
- Cloud security across GCP, AWS, or Azure
- PowerShell and Python automation
- Incident troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- HIPAA, HITECH, HITRUST, and NIST compliance
- Kubernetes and GitLab workflows
Role summary
Cybersecurity engineering role implementing and maintaining data loss prevention, data security posture management, encryption, and cloud data protection controls for a healthcare payer/technology organization.
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