Senior Data Security Specialist

Synechron is a leading digital consulting firm with 17,000+ collaborative employees in 55+ global offices across 17+ countries.

From our solid financial services industry foundation, we have become a prominent global digital consulting firm for large financial services and technology firms.

With a key focus on trust, and in partnership with our clients, we're leading modernization and digital optimization journeys with expertise that spans Consulting, Data, Design, Cloud and Engineering across various industries.

We can provide you with customized end-to-end solutions that drive business value.

We are seeking a skilled Data Security Specialist to help develop and implement data security controls, monitor data-related risks, support regulatory compliance, and partner with technology, cybersecurity, risk, legal, and business teams to safeguard sensitive and confidential information.

• Develop, implement, and maintain data security policies, standards, procedures, and control frameworks.
• Identify and assess risks associated with sensitive, confidential, and regulated data.
• Support data classification, discovery, inventory, tagging, and data-loss-prevention initiatives.
• Implement and monitor controls that protect data throughout its lifecycle, including creation, use, sharing, storage, archival, and destruction.
• Partner with technology teams to secure data across on-premises, cloud, database, application, and endpoint environments.
• Support access governance activities, including least-privilege access, privileged access reviews, entitlement reviews, and segregation-of-duties controls.
• Monitor security events and investigate potential data exposure, unauthorized access, and policy violations.
• Support data security incident response, remediation, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvement activities.
• Evaluate third-party and vendor data security practices and support related risk assessments.
• Contribute to security architecture reviews and the implementation of secure data flows and data-handling processes.
• Support compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Prepare security metrics, risk reports, audit evidence, and management presentations.
• Participate in internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, and control-testing activities.
• Promote data security awareness and provide guidance to business and technology stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Risk Management, or a related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3–7 years of experience in data security, information security, cybersecurity, data governance, technology risk, or a related discipline.
• Working knowledge of data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, key management, access control, identity governance, data discovery, secure data transfer, retention, and deletion.
• Experience working with security, data governance, risk, or compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud security concepts and platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
  .
• Understanding of databases, APIs, enterprise applications, file systems, and data integration technologies.
• Experience supporting security assessments, control testing, audits, or risk reviews.
• Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a highly regulated, fast-paced global environment.

• Experience in investment banking, wealth management, asset management, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, SOX, PCI DSS
  , or applicable local data-protection requirements.
• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Purview, Symantec/Broadcom DLP, Forcepoint DLP, BigID, Varonis, SailPoint, Cyber Ark, Splunk, or Service Now
  .
• Knowledge of NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, CIS Controls
  , or COBIT
  .
• Familiarity with privacy impact assessments, records of processing activities, and privacy-by-design principles.
• Experience with Python, SQL, Power Shell, security automation, reporting, or data analysis.
• Relevant…