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About the Team

At T. Rowe Price, Enterprise Security helps protect the firm, our associates, and our clients by strengthening cyber resilience across the organization. The team partners closely with technology, risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to safeguard sensitive information, support regulatory obligations, and enable the business securely in a dynamic, highly regulated environment.

Role Summary

We are seeking aSenior Data Security Engineerwith deepexpertiseinData Loss Prevention (DLP)and data protection engineering to join our Enterprise Security team. In this role, you will design, implement, tune, andoptimizeenterprise DLP controls across email, endpoint, cloud, web, and collaboration platforms. You will help improve detection fidelity, reduce false positives, support regulatory compliance, and strengthen the firm's data protection and insider risk posture.

This role is ideal for a security engineer who combines strong technical depth with sound judgment, operational discipline, and the ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into effective, scalable controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain DLP controls across email, endpoint, cloud, web, and collaboration platforms.
• Engineer and tune custom DLP detections usingregex, Exact Data Matching (EDM), Indexed Document Matching (IDM), classifiers, and contextual telemetry.
• Own the full DLP policy lifecycle, including policy creation, normalization, testing, deployment, tuning, version control, and change management.
• Analyze and triage DLP and insider risk alerts, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend mitigation strategies to improve control effectiveness.
• Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Information Protection teams to investigate potential data exfiltration and insider risk events.
• Build and enhance automation workflows, dashboards, and reporting to improve visibility into data movement, user behavior, and program performance.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for DLP platforms and data protection capabilities across the enterprise.
• Translate regulatory requirements, business needs, and risk scenarios into practical, enforceable technical controls.
• Continuously improvedetectionquality, operational processes, and reporting to advance program maturity and business alignment.
• Contribute to the evaluation and responsible use of AI-enabled security capabilities that improve detection, analysis, and operational efficiency within data protection workflows.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 5+ years of experience in information security, with at least 3+ years focused onDLP engineering, data protection, policy development, or insider risk programs.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise DLP platforms such asSymantec DLP, Proofpoint DLP, Microsoft Purview, or similar technologies in a production environment.
• Strong experience designing and tuning DLP policies to improve signal quality and reduce false positives and false negatives.
• Experience investigating DLP alerts, performing triage and root cause analysis, and supporting incident response or insider risk workflows.
• Strong understanding of data protection concepts across structured and unstructured data,endpoint, email, cloud, and collaboration environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing documentation, playbooks, metrics, and stakeholder reporting.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability tooperateeffectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting data protection programs withinfinancial servicesor another highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory and control frameworks, includingGLBA, SOX, PCI-DSS, and broader data protection and privacy requirements.
• Experience integrating DLP telemetry withSIEM, SOAR, case management, or insider risk platformsto improve detection, response, and reporting.
• Familiarity with Microsoft security and compliance technologies, includingMicrosoft Purview Information Protection, Insider Risk Management, and Defender ecosystem capabilities.
• Experience with scripting or automation using tools such asPowerShell, Python, or APIsto streamline DLP operations and reporting.
• Understanding ofdata classification, labeling, and information governance practices.
• Experience evaluating or applyingAI/ML-enabled capabilitiesto improve alert enrichment, detection tuning, workflow automation, or analyst efficiency in security operations.
• Ability to influence across teams, communicate risk clearly, and balance strong security outcomes with business enablement.
• Demonstrated sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TNvisaor any other non-immigrant work status)

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are notrequiredand will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for full time remote work.

Base Salary Ranges

Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.

$96,500.00 - $164,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers
$105,000.00 - $180,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C.
$120,000.00 - $205,000.00 for the location of: New York, California

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual's relevant experience and skills for the role. Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

This job posting is expected to be available until:

08/14/2026

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.

Benefits

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.