Job Title: DB Security Specialist (DBA / Database Engineer SME)
Client: Emphasis / Wells Fargo
Work Locations: Charlotte, NC / Chandler, AZ / Irving, TX / Iselin, NJ (Onsite)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Rate: $70/hr on C2C
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced DB Security Specialist / Database Engineer SME to support enterprise cyber security and database security initiatives across critical platforms.
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.
Role Overview
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.
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.
Key Responsibilities
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
Knowledge of:
CIS benchmarks
NIST
SOX
PCI-DSS
GDPR
Cyber security governance frameworks
Experience handling security incidents and audit findings.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Experience with cloud database platforms:
AWS RDS
Azure SQL
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