Data Protection Security Engineer
Core
Build and operationalize the enterprise data protection program by identifying, classifying, and protecting sensitive data across cloud, on-premises, endpoint, email, and SaaS environments.
Role type
Data Protection Security Engineer
Builds
Enterprise data protection controls, sensitivity labels, encryption, and secure-sharing mechanisms
Domain
Cybersecurity / Data Governance
Required skills
Data loss prevention (DLP) platform administration, sensitive data discovery and classification, policy configuration and tuning, alert investigation, identity-based safeguards, automation scripting
Preferred skills
Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Proofpoint DLP, PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, insider-risk investigation, Zero Trust frameworks, NIST, ISO 27001
Technologies
Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Proofpoint Data Loss Prevention, PowerShell, Python, REST APIs
Responsibilities
Administer and support enterprise data protection technologies; Discover and classify sensitive data and implement sensitivity labels; Configure, test, and tune data loss prevention policies; Monitor data protection alerts and investigate potential data exposure; Partner with data owners to remediate oversharing; Translate business and legal requirements into technical controls; Support retention and secure information-sharing requirements; Apply least-privilege safeguards; Contribute to program documentation and automation
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
