Data Protection Engineer, Sr.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement data protection strategies and initiatives, including classification and handling, data access controls, inventory, encryption, and retention.
• Work closely with other stakeholders to enforce data protection related policy and respond to regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain data security policies, procedures, standards, and ensure that they are followed by the entire organization.
• Work with cross-functional teams to create and maintain data inventories and data flows, and manage data sharing controls.
• Drive the design and implementation of data access controls, ensuring only authorized access to Classified data.
• CO-develop and implement data retention policy and procedures, ensure compliance with internal policy and external regulations.
• Enforce data encryption standards and strategies to secure data at rest and in transit.
• Lead incident response efforts related to data breach and work with stakeholders to mitigate impact.
• Lead and conduct regular data risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats to the organization's data and information systems.
• Stay abreast of new developments in the field of cybersecurity and ensure that the organization's risk assessment and data security processes are aligned with industry standards and best practices.
• Represent the organization in external meetings and interactions with clients, stakeholders, and other industry experts as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with data discovery, classification, handling, access, inventory, and retention.
• Proven experience with data protection technologies, such as encryption, tokenization and data loss prevention tools.
• Experience with designing and implementing data security solutions for enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of data protection regulations and standards.
• Experience in developing and implementing data protection strategies and frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate with various teams.