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Position Overview
In this role, you'll help protect member and organizational data across our environment —triaging alerts, tuning policies, metrics creation, provide operational support and turning day-to-day findings into clear reporting our leadership can act on. You'll work closely with the VP of Data Protection and partner teams across Security to keep our data loss prevention program sharp and responsive.
Essential Responsibilities
Monitor, triage, and investigate DLP and data protection alerts across Splunk, Proofpoint, Zscaler, and other security tools
Lead incident response for confirmed data loss events, from initial detection through resolution and documentation
Provide operational support for DLP tools and assist in maintaining BAU activities.
Support, tune, and maintain DLP policies to reduce false positives while catching real risk
Analyze alert trends and incident data to spot patterns and recommend policy or control improvements
Develop and maintain metrics and reporting that give leadership a clear view of program health
Document investigation findings, policy changes, and standard operating procedures
Partner with Security, IT, HR, Privacy and business units to understand data flows and close protection gaps
Support audits and regulatory requests with accurate, well-organized data protection records
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Required Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)
High School Degree required
3-5 years of experience in security operations, data protection, or DLP-focused role
Hands-on experience with DLP, DSPM, data classification or endpoint detection tools (Proofpoint, Zscaler, or Splunk a strong plus)
Solid understanding of incident response fundamentals — triage, investigation, containment, documentation
Comfort digging into logs and alert data to find the story behind the noise
Clear written communication — you can turn technical findings into reporting non-technical stakeholders understand
A collaborative, detail-oriented approach and genuine curiosity about how data moves and where it's at risk
Preferred Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)
Associates, Bachelors, or advanced degree in IT Security or related field
Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry
Security certifications such as Security+, GIAC, or CISSP
Familiarity with building dashboards or metrics reporting for security programs
Job Environment & Physical Requirements
Hybrid – some in office required
SECU provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law.
Disclaimer
State Employees' Credit Union reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower level based on business need.
