Transformational Lead – Data Loss Prevention & Identity Defense

Job Description

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The Transformational Lead – Data Loss Prevention (DLP) & Identity Defense

Senior individual contributor responsible for driving innovation, modernization, and operational maturity across the organization’s data protection and identity‑centric threat defense capabilities. Sitting within Cyber Security Operations (CSO), this role will focus on leading emerging technology initiatives that expand and enhance existing security platforms while exploring and evaluating new tools, vendors, and techniques.

The ideal candidate is a strategic self‑starter who can work independently, partner effectively with technology and business stakeholders, and lead complex, cross‑functional programs from inception through execution. A strong emphasis will be placed on improving efficiency through automation, leveraging AI‑enabled capabilities, and proactively addressing emerging threats through forward‑looking risk mitigation strategies.

• Drive modernization of DLP and Identity Defense capabilities, identifying opportunities to enhance, expand, or rationalize existing platforms.
• Lead exploration and evaluation of emerging technologies, tools, and techniques to address evolving data loss and identity‑based threats.
• Assess and recommend new vendors and products, developing clear problem statements, options analysis, and business cases.
• Shape future‑state architectures for identity‑centric threat defense and data protection, including ITDR‑aligned capabilities.

• Lead initiatives to increase automation, reduce manual effort, and improve detection signal quality across DLP and identity workflows.
• Leverage AI, machine learning, behavioral analytics, and advanced data analysis to enhance prevention, detection, and decision‑making.
• Partner with engineering, SOAR, and platform teams to embed automation and orchestration into end‑to‑end security workflows.
• Focus on capacity creation by reducing noise, streamlining response paths, and improving analyst effectiveness.

• Perform advanced analysis and investigation of identity‑based attacks and data misuse scenarios, including account takeover, privilege escalation, insider risk, and anomalous behavior.
• Apply deep understanding of attacker TTPs, identity abuse patterns, and data exfiltration techniques to evolve detections and mitigations.
• Help govern and optimize security technologies such as DLP platforms, MFA, identity verification, IGA, behavioral analytics, and ITDR‑adjacent controls.
• Collaborate with detection engineering to continuously refine use cases, logic, and coverage.

• Stay current on emerging threats, attacker techniques, and industry trends related to identity compromise and data protection.
• Translate threat intelligence and risk insights into actionable controls, roadmap enhancements, and mitigation strategies.
• Support alignment of DLP and identity controls to enterprise policy and external standards (NIST, ISO, MITRE, GDPR).
• Inspect and challenge existing controls to strengthen risk posture and operational discipline.