Senior Data Protection Engineer PQC; Remote

Description

The Data Protection Engineer Expert (PQC) will independently lead and perform Data Protection engineering activities of building, configuring, troubleshooting, integrating and administrating Data protection technologies aligned to one of the Data Protection sub-domains (Data in Transit, Data at Rest, Cryptographic Services, and Strategy & Governance) and will support one or more of the following core technologies or services related to Data Loss Prevention (DLP), DLP Investigations, Secure Data Transmission, Key Management, Certificate Management, Encryption, Data Discovery, Data Inventory, Tokenization, Cloud Accessible Security Broker (CASB), Security Metrics/Reporting, and line of business consultation and governance.

• Under general supervisory guidance, build, configure, troubleshoot or administer assigned technology per BAU Data Protection engineering standard operating procedures; execute and design BAU Data Protection engineering processes.

• Independently lead execution of both scheduled engineering build/configuration events as well as incident (break/fix) events including 24x7 support.

• Proactively monitor output of data protection technology to ensure effective operation and respond to trouble tickets/events following standard operating procedure; provide independent analysis/Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of issues, develop and test solutions, present problem and solution recommendation to management for approval/prioritization.

• Generate and publish data protection technology performance metrics; identify trends and make recommendation for improvement/tuning/configuration changes;
  Identify, develop and document configuration/design improvements/optimization for supporting continuous engineering and systems performance improvement. Maintain and refine documentation to ensure “evergreen state”.

• Lead efforts to design and maintain documentation of engineering activities in accordance with Agile project management methodology (Backlog activity, Change Mgt, Sprint activity planning, etc).

• Design and maintain standard operating procedures, run books and topology / data flow drawing for aligned Data Protection technology solutions.

• Lead activities supporting evaluation, selection, and implementation of data protection technologies.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Associate degree or 4+ additional years of equivalent experience.

• 5-7+ years IT or related experience or training required (Military service may qualify).

• Basic understanding of Post Quantum Cryptography and Post Quantum Cryptographic Remediation efforts.

• Expert proficiency with leading troubleshooting moderately complex IT infrastructure/Server/Networking issues.

• Expert proficiency with leading technical system maintenance (Patch management, configuration management, design documentation management).

• Direct engineering and or operational lead/Subject Matter Expert experience with related Data Protection Technologies.

• Expert and hands‑on working knowledge of two or more of the following:

• Networking Design and Operations (OSI Model, TCP/IP, Interconnecting Network Devices, SSH, SSL/TLS Encrypted Communications, X.509 Certificate Management, Kerberos, SMTP, HTTP/HTTPS).

• Data Privacy Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts (Working knowledge with Data Privacy Laws and Regulations specific to Financial Industries, Personal Information (PI) protection, Privacy Breach incident management, reporting/impact, investigation & analysis).

• Cyber Security Advanced Concepts (Vulnerability Management, Network Security/Secure Transmission Management, Data Loss Prevention, Identity Access Management, Threat Intelligence, Penetration testing, IT Risk Management).

• IT Infrastructure Advanced Concepts (IT Infrastructure:
  Client/Server, Middleware services, 3‑tiered architecture (Web/Middleware/Server & Databases), Databases, Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)).

• Intermediate programming skills (read/interpret scripts, write basic scripts) with the following languages:
  Python, Power Shell, Java, Java Script, SQL or equivalent.

• Direct hands‑on experience within Cyber Security organizations designing,…