Database Security Engineer

Location: Richmond, Virginia (Hybrid). Employment type: W2 contract. Duration: Contract.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Database Security Engineer with a strong database administration background to manage, optimize, and expand our enterprise Imperva Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) platform. The selected candidate will ensure 100% monitoring coverage across critical database environments, automate routine operational tasks, and refine security baselines.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations, troubleshooting, configuration, and maintenance of the Imperva DAM environment; serve as primary technical point of contact for vendor escalations and support tickets.
• Partner closely with platform DBAs to continuously reconcile database inventories against DAM coverage, ensuring all target assets across MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, and Teradata are actively monitored without blind spots.
• Monitor platform telemetry to detect health anomalies, agent outages, or logging drops, ensuring continuous, active activity recording across all targeted databases.
• Review policy drift, evaluate security baselines, and recommend actionable rule adjustments to align with enterprise security standards and industry best practices.
• Script and automate daily health checks, monitoring verification, reporting, and operational task workflows to streamline routine platform maintenance.

Qualifications

• Direct, hands‑on administration, engineering, and troubleshooting experience with Imperva DAM (SecureSphere).
• Deep foundational knowledge of database architectures, querying, logging mechanisms, and system catalogs across Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), IBM DB2, Oracle, and Teradata.
• Demonstrated capability to automate operational tasks using scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, or REST APIs).
• Proven experience working with vendors for technical support to resolve complex platform issues, upgrades, and bug fixes.
• Familiarity with database auditing principles, baseline governance, policy drift resolution, and threat/anomaly detection.

About PTR Global

PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. With over 5,000 professionals, PTR Global delivers services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.ptrglobal.com.

Pay

Pay Range: $65–$70 per hour. The specific compensation will be determined by factors such as scope, complexity, location, market labor costs, candidate’s skills, education, training, credentials, experience, and other employment conditions.

Benefits

Full‑time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or local laws.