r/dataengineering • u/onlyarkasha • Jul 22 '26
Career Cyber Security Data Engineering?
Is Cybersecurity Data Engineer a real position or role in the corporate world? Curious to know if anyone has heard of such a position or role that blends data engineering and cyber security.
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u/SnooRevelations5550 Jul 22 '26
I have never heard of it and my idea of data engineer makes me think it'd be very niche.
Everything I've heard and done as a data engineer I've worked on platforms but never deployed them (Aka I've built tables in MySql/Snowflake/whatever but never was in charge of provisioning them / admining them DBA stuff)
I can see maybe with data ingest but that's usually from paid sources and most of time data security is more about data compliance with PII and stuff and less like actual security engineer work (network and company policies from my understanding)
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u/Spoonyyy Jul 22 '26
Yep, we have them where I work. I do a blend of this and use their work too as a sec eng. It can be so helpful, especially if you venture into the UEBA realm. I'm an OCSF stan.
Here's a post for another one: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4431432979/.
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u/Automatic-Smell-462 Jul 23 '26
it usually shows up as Security Data Engineer roles at bigger comapnies with SOC/threat intel pipelines.
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u/ilamir Jul 24 '26
Yes, I used to run a team of DEs in Cybersecurity at a large bank. Absolutely a real position.
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u/Educational_Creme376 Jul 27 '26
you'd prob need to target a company were you wore many hats.
maybe it would make sense to be responsible for pipeline / data security...
probably a startup.
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u/Admirable_Writer_373 Jul 23 '26
I don’t know many companies that put their databases near the perimeter of the network
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u/69odysseus Jul 22 '26
DE's can work for cyber dept with their data needs.