Data Loss Prevention; DLP) Analyst

As a DLP Analyst at Nightfall, you'll be at the forefront of protecting our customers' most sensitive data. You'll become an expert on Nightfall's DLP platform, working directly with security teams to operationalize data loss prevention across their organizations. This is a hands‑on role that combines technical depth, investigative skills, and customer obsession to help enterprises detect, investigate, and prevent data exfiltration incidents while maintaining employee productivity.

You'll work closely with customers' security operations teams to monitor data movement, investigate alerts, tune detection policies, and provide strategic guidance on insider threat mitigation. This role requires someone who can balance technical precision with business judgment - understanding when an alert represents a genuine security incident versus legitimate business activity.

• Monitor and analyze DLP alerts across endpoint, browsers, SaaS, and AI applications to identify potential data exfiltration events, policy violations, and insider threats
• Conduct real‑time triage of security alerts, distinguishing between true positives and false positives using behavioral context, data lineage analysis and sensitive findings
• Perform detailed forensic investigations into data loss incidents, analyzing user activity, data movement patterns, and exfiltration vectors (email, web uploads, removable storage, print, source code exfiltration, desktop apps, GenAI apps etc.)
• Understand and follow incident response processes and escalation procedures, coordinating with customer incident response teams on high‑severity cases
• Document investigation findings, evidence trails, and remediation recommendations with clear, actionable reports

• Configure and maintain DLP policies based on customer data classification schemes, compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI‑DSS, SOX), and business objectives
• Continuously tune detection rules and sensitivity thresholds to reduce false positives while maintaining high detection accuracy
• Identify patterns in alert data to recommend new use cases, detection methods, and policy improvements
• Work with customers to develop custom detection policies for industry‑specific sensitive data types and unique organizational requirements
• Establish baselines for normal user behavior by role, department, and geography to improve anomaly detection

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert on data protection, DLP best practices, and insider threat management
• Conduct regular operational reviews with customers to share insights on data risk trends, policy effectiveness, and program maturity
• Educate customer security teams on using Nightfall's platform effectively, including investigation workflows, reporting capabilities, onboarding and deployment best practices
• Understand customer business context to deliver relevant, actionable security guidance - not just alerts, but answers to "why this matters" and "what to do next"

• Administer Nightfall's DLP solution including agent deployment, policy configuration, integration setup, and performance monitoring
• Troubleshoot technical issues with endpoint agents, browser extensions, SaaS integrations
• Work with Nightfall engineering teams to report bugs, provide product feedback, and contribute to feature development based on customer needs
• Stay current on Nightfall platform updates, new capabilities, and best practices to maximize value for customers
• Coordinate with internal teams (Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Product) to ensure successful customer outcomes

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