Data Security Engineer
Strategic Staffing Solutions · Tampa, FL
$110,000–$120,000
Jul 16, 2026
Tampa, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on designing and operating enterprise-wide data protection and platform security capabilities across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and SaaS environments. Core work includes implementing Microsoft Purview for data classification, labeling, and loss prevention, building secure architecture patterns for Kubernetes, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines, and developing governance frameworks and automation. Suits an experienced security engineer comfortable leading technical strategy and mentoring others.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Contract
Pay in the description: $110,000–$120,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
Location is listed as 'Hybrid (Onsite/Remote)' with no specific city or metro mentioned — CBSA could not be determined from the posting.
The posting is Contract-to-Hire, classified here as Contract per the engagement type at time of posting; the W2-only restriction is explicitly stated.
The role title is 'Data Security Engineer' with no seniority modifier, but the 7+ years requirement and scope (enterprise architecture, mentoring, driving strategy) clearly support a Senior-level classification.
The role sits at the boundary between a hands-on security engineer (15-1212) and a platform/cloud engineer with security focus (15-1299); 15-1212 was chosen as the primary because data protection, DLP, governance, and incident investigation are the dominant day-to-day activities.
IaC is listed as a required architectural domain (securing IaC pipelines) rather than a specific tool; no particular tool (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.) is named.
'Cloud security' is listed as a required domain but no specific cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) is named in the requirements — the only named platform tool is Microsoft Purview.
Data governance, tokenization, and information protection are required capabilities but name no specific tool beyond Microsoft Purview, so they are captured under the Purview and data classification skills rather than emitted as separate unnamed skills.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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