Data Protection Engineer

First Student
📍 Cincinnati, OH, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 25, 2026

Job Description

The Data Protection & Security Engineer will serve as the primary owner of First Student's data protection capability while also providing hands-on security engineering support across cloud, infrastructure, and application security domains. This is a practitioner role. The position partners with IT, I&O, and Legal teams to design and operate security controls that protect student, employee, and operational data across cloud and on-premises environments. The role defines what must be protected and how, coordinates with I&O and Data teams to ensure controls are implemented correctly, and builds validation and reporting of outcomes.

This role is a direct replacement for a departing senior team member who owned both data protection and security engineering. Candidates must be comfortable holding both domains simultaneously and ramping quickly into an active program.

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Job Details

  • Location Cincinnati, OH
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date July 25, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 30, 2026