Data Protection Analyst

Role overview Join a growing Professional & Managed Services team as a Data Protection Analyst focused on insider-threat investigations and endpoint forensics. You'll analyze data-security incidents, surface risk across customer environments, and help clients operationalize a Data Detection & Response platform to reduce data loss. The position reports to the Head of Global Service and suits a technically deep, client-obsessed communicator who thrives in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities - Act as a subject-matter expert on data protection, incorporating external DLP market trends to demonstrate value for customers. - Analyze event data from a Data Detection and Response platform to refine policies, sharpen alerts, and focus on high-risk data-loss areas. - Partner with clients to design incident-response workflows aligned to their security objectives and policies. - Refine datasets and policies as customers' data-risk strategy matures and business needs evolve. - Identify trends and drive requirements that improve existing detection and response policies. - Deliver formal summaries and presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Collaborate with engineering teams to develop strategies for monitoring and preventing data loss. - Reduce noise and false positives in analytic outputs, and conduct forensic analysis on individuals, groups, and unauthorized egress destinations.

Requirements - 3+ years of experience working with data protection products, plus knowledge of endpoint protection best practices and incident mitigation. - Background advising on security issues related to data protection and insider risk (both accidental and malicious). - Hands-on expertise with DLP, Insider Threat, and CASB solutions; familiarity with SIEM/SOAR integrations. - Strong understanding of macOS, Linux, and Windows environments. - Knowledge of security controls for handling sensitive data types. - Experience performing technical analysis and managing documentation or project aspects of incident response. - Familiarity with cloud apps and services, with a passion for cloud technologies. - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, blending creative and logical thinking. - Customer-centric mindset with strong empathy, motivation, and focus. - Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to produce management-level presentations. - Effective collaborator within a global, cross-functional team.

Nice to have - Exposure to AI-driven data-security tooling and workflows protecting modern enterprise environments.