Privacy Engineer

Cigna Group•Bloomfield, CT

About The Position

The Privacy Engineer will join The Cigna Group’s Enterprise Privacy Office and turn complex privacy and technology issues into practical solutions. Reporting to the Chief Privacy Counsel, the role leads platforms used to monitor, assess, and manage online privacy technologies across websites and mobile applications. It combines technical problem-solving, data analysis, and cross-functional partnership to improve privacy controls, support incident response, and reduce risk. The position owns and improves online privacy technology platforms and assesses digital technologies, applications, vendors, consent behavior, and data transfers to identify privacy risks. It builds data maps, analyzes findings and technical evidence, supports incident response, and translates legal and privacy requirements into controls, corrective actions, and reporting. The role partners with Privacy, Legal, Information Security, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Procurement, and business stakeholders to embed privacy into digital products and processes. For occasional or permanent work from home, the internet connection must be through a cable broadband or fiber optic provider with speeds of at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload. The anticipated annual salary is $116,500–$194,100, depending on relevant factors including experience and geographic location. The position is anticipated to be eligible for an annual bonus plan.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, software engineering, data science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
At least 5 years of experience in privacy engineering, security engineering, web engineering, platform administration, application security, data protection, or a related technical field.
Hands-on experience with a privacy, security, consent, web-governance, or digital-monitoring platform.
Knowledge of web and mobile technologies, including JavaScript, cookies, local storage, tags, pixels, APIs, and network requests.
Experience using technical tools and data sources to investigate data flows, map data, analyze incidents, and reach well-supported conclusions.
Ability to turn legal, privacy, and information security requirements into practical technical controls and measurable results.
Strong communication and partnership skills, including the ability to explain technical issues clearly to legal, business, and leadership audiences.
For occasional or permanent work from home, a cable broadband or fiber optic internet connection with at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required.

Responsibilities

Own and improve online privacy technology platforms, including access, asset onboarding, scans, rules, workflows, releases, and vendor support.
Assess cookies, scripts, pixels, tags, applications, vendors, consent behavior, and data transfers to identify meaningful privacy risk.
Build practical data maps showing what data is collected, why it is used, where it moves, who receives it, and how long it is kept.
Analyze platform findings, logs, inventories, tickets, and other data to identify trends, control gaps, affected assets, and potential exposure.
Support incident response by analyzing technical evidence and helping determine affected systems, data, individuals, vendors, locations, and time periods.
Translate findings and legal requirements into clear controls, corrective actions, and decision-ready reporting; confirm fixes and escalate material risk.
Partner with Privacy, Legal, Information Security, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Procurement, and business stakeholders to reinforce requirements and embed privacy into digital products and processes.