Sr Security Engineer _ Proofpoint

Role :
Sr Security Engineer _ Proofpoint
Location :
North Quincy, MA
Full Time only

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Proofpoint platform, providing technical leadership and guidance to security teams.

• Lead the deployment and configuration of Proofpoint capabilities, including OCR, EDM, IDM, policy creation, and report development.

• Design, implement, and optimize advanced DLP policies and detection logic aligned to organizational risk and compliance needs.

• Develop, maintain, and improve SOPs, operational workflows, triage playbooks, and incident remediation processes.

• Oversee and perform complex triage, root-cause analysis, and incident remediation, ensuring timely resolution and proper documentation.

• Continuously evaluate platform performance, drive tuning cycles, and recommend enhancements to improve accuracy and reduce false positives.

• Act as the escalation point for SOC, Compliance, and Legal teams on all Proofpoint-related incidents and platform-related questions.

Requirements:

• Strong SME-level experience on the Proofpoint platform, with deep hands-on expertise in OCR, EDM, IDM, policy engineering, and reporting.

• Demonstrated success in deploying and operationalizing Proofpoint solutions in large, complex enterprise environments.

• Proven experience creating SOPs, triage processes, runbooks, and incident handling frameworks for DLP operations.

• Advanced understanding of DLP methodologies, content inspection techniques, regex, fingerprinting, and data classification.

• Solid background in incident response, including triage, investigation, containment, user communication, and remediation.

• Ability to work collaboratively with Security Operations, Privacy, Compliance, HR, and Legal during investigations and policy lifecycle management.

• Strong documentation skills and the ability to articulate technical details to leadership and non-technical stakeholders.