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Enterprise Data & Platform Security Enginee

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POSITION CONC

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The Enterprise Data and Platform Security Engineer protects sensitive data across endpoints, networks, cloud services, and enterprise platforms by designing, implementing, and operating data protection controls. This role partners with security, infrastructure, application, legal, privacy, and business teams to reduce the risk of data loss, improve governance, support regulatory compliance, and strengthen the organization’s overall security posture. The role also is responsible for building and scaling security engineering capabilities across cloud infrastructure, identity systems, data services, Kubernetes and container platforms, CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and platform observabil

ity.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBI

LITIES

1. Design and lead enterprise-scale data protection strategies across on-premises, cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments. Define policy architecture, control objectives, and implementation patterns for data classification, encryption, retention, tokenization, and exfiltration prevention. Drive roadmap planning, vendor evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives for data protection platfor

ms. 30%

2. Define secure architecture patterns and engineering guardrails for Kubernetes, containers, virtual infrastructure, storage platforms, managed cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure-as-code pipeli

nes. 25%

3. Lead complex incident investigations involving sensitive data exposure, insider risk, or control breakdowns, and coordinate remediation strategies and security architecture improvements across stakeholders (e.g., infrastructure, cloud, application, and data teams). Drive incident response support for platform and data security events, including forensic coordination, containment recommendations, lessons learned, and control enhancem

ents. 10%

4. Lead security assessments, threat analysis, and control design reviews for enterprise platforms, cloud environments, databases, middleware, and business-critical applications. Own complex vulnerability and misconfiguration investigations, including prioritization based on exploitability, business risk, and compensating con

trols. 10%

5. Translate business, legal, privacy, and regulatory requirements into practical technical and operational controls. Provide concise risk communication, metrics, and executive-ready summaries to leadership and governance stakeh

olders. 10%

6. Develop and improve standards, baselines, playbooks, and security procedures for enterprise services and data platforms. Develop dashboards, metrics, and trend analysis to measure policy effectiveness and risk re

duction. 10%

7. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and quality oversight for analysts and specialists at earlier care

er stages. 5%

Knowledge/Skills/

Abilities

(KSA)

Required:

· Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles (confidentiality, integrity, availability, least privilege, defense in depth), data protection, networking, operating systems, cloud fundamentals, and common threat vectors impacting enterprise

IT environments.

· Deep familiarity with enterprise environments, ticketing systems, and docume

ntation practices.

· Strong exposure to SIEM, DLP, or endpoint monitoring tools, with the ability to navigate dashboards and review compl

ex security alerts.

· Strong ability to interpret logs from systems such as Active Directory, VPN, endpoint, and cloud platforms to identify

anomalous activity.

· Independently investigate complex incidents, including building timelines, gathering evidence, and

documenting findings.

· Strong ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable insights for leadership, including executive briefings, risk summaries, and pr

ogram recommendations.

· Strong ability to manage multiple alerts or tasks simultaneously, prioritize based on risk, and meet deadlines in a fast-pac

ed working environment.

· Ability to mentor associate and junior analysts, guide investigative standards, and influence cross-functional teams (e.g., HR, Legal, IT, Compliance) to improve data and platform security maturity an

d control effectiveness.

· Strong attention to detail, analytical, willingness to learn, organizational, and communication ski

lls (written and verbal).

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rom Meeting with Director:Meeting Summary – IAM & Data Se

curity Hiring

RequirementsKey DirectionThe goal is not to hire administrators or analysts performing day-to-day operational work. IBM already provides Tier 1/Tier 2 support a

nd routine administration.The organization needs senior-level Data Security professionals who drive maturity, innovation

, and strategic execut

ion.

Core Hiring Philo

sophyTarget candidates w

ho:

Challenge the status quoIdentify gaps a

nd opportunities proactivelyDrive progra

m maturity and modernizationAutomate man

ual processes where possibleDevelop

roadmaps and execution plansPartner with IBM rather than perform

outsourced operational tasksHave engineering/problem-solving mindsets rather than t

icket-process

ing backgrounds

Id

eal Traits:Eng

ineering mindsetProblem s

olverProcess improvement focusAbility to bui

ld programs from the gro

und upStrong

analytical skillsSelf-

directed

Data Security PositionRole FocusThis i

s not a monitoring analyst role.Partners already handle mu

ch of the day-to-day monitoring.The

organization wants someone

who:

Owns Data Security maturityDr

ives data governance improvementsImpr

oves visibility of sensitive d

ataEnhances protection

strategiesIdentifies blin

d spotsDevelops remediat

ion plans

Primar

y Technology FocusMicrosoft PurviewCan

didate should

have experience wit

h:

Data disco

ver

yData classificationDa

ta labelingDLPI

nformation protectionData g

overnanceRecent Purview capabilitiesAI-relate

d monitoring and

governance features

Responsibil

ities

Improve Purview value realizat

ionEnsure scanning coverage is complete

Work with business teams on remediationCoordinate wit

h IAM to enforce least-privilege

accessPartner

management and oversightS

LA validationRisk reduction in

itiativesPolicy

tuning and optimization

Example mindset:

"You are utilizing Purview at 40% of its capability; here's how we get to 6

0%, then 80%, and ultimately full value."