Data Protection Engineer

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a Data Protection Engineer for a prominent client of ours. This is a 100% Remote role. Details for the position are as follows: Pay Rate Range - $65 - 82/hr on W2 7-12 months assignment with possibility of extension or conversion based on performance and budget Job Description: Data Protection Engineer within the Information Security organization will be responsible for driving an enterprise-wide data loss prevention program to safeguard and secure the organization's data. This includes creating and modifying DLP policies and rules to identify, detect, and protect data. In this role, this individual will be part of the Data Protection Engineering team for Information Security, working with the cyber security teams and key business stakeholders to help define data loss prevention strategy and roadmap and influencing teams to deliver best in class data loss prevention service. Responsibilities: • Accountable for designing and building effective DLP policies and rules to protect and safeguard the organization's data. • Responsible for strategy and development of data labeling to protect firm's sensitive data • Support the Data Protection product owner defining the intent, roadmap, and strategy to ensure execution and delivery of the data loss prevention roadmap. • Aid development and management of Data Loss Prevention metrics. • Stays current with emerging threat landscape and develops/enhances capabilities and strategies to safeguard the business from data exfiltration. • Acting as a subject matter expert to assist with solving data loss prevention problems, especially as it relates to the Data Protection security service. • Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of sensitive data to protect for data loss prevention capabilities. • Serves as a data loss prevention expert, trusted advisor, and central point of contact for IT and business stakeholders. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree preferred. • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) space. Open for any DLP tools experience. • Experience building Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and rules. • Some experience in data labeling and data discovery required. • Financial services/industry experience preferred. If you are interested in hearing more about the position, please respond to this posting with your resume attached. Please forward this posting to any friends or colleagues as we do offer a Referral Bonus for any candidate hired. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Privacy Policy