AVP, Data Protection Engineer (L10)

Synchrony

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

The AVP, Data Protection Engineer within the Information Security organization will be responsible for contributing to and supporting an enterprise-wide data discovery program to safeguard and secure the organization’s data. In this role, this individual will be part of the Data Protection Engineering team for Information Security, working with the cyber security teams and key business stakeholders to help define Data Protection strategy and roadmap and influencing teams to deliver best in class data protection service. You will be responsible for the development and implementation of data discovery classifiers to address and reduce the risk of data exfiltration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems with 4 years of experience or related field OR in lieu of a degree, a High School Diploma/GED and minimum 6 years DLP experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in data protection and data management.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrate an understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service to the business
• Fundamental knowledge of Data Loss Prevention and Data Discovery tools
• Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of sensitive data to protect for data discovery capabilities.
• Proven ability to define, track, and manage KPIs and KRIs related to data protection and risk management.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau to develop dashboards that effectively communicate data protection metrics to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison between Line of Business Units and Data Protection engineers to establish new Data Protection policies and rules and/or rule refinement
• Support the Data Protection product owner defining the intent, roadmap, and strategy to ensure execution and delivery of the data protection and data discovery roadmap.
• Acting as a subject matter expert to assist with solving data protection challenges
• Develop, define, and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to measure, monitor, and report on the effectiveness of data protection controls, facilitating continuous risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to create and maintain dashboards in Tableau that visualize KPIs and KRIs, providing actionable insights into data protection performance.
• Accountable for designing and building effective DLP policies and rules to protect and safeguard the organization's data.
• Support the Data Protection product owner defining the intent, roadmap, and strategy to ensure execution and delivery of the data loss prevention roadmap.
• Support development and management of Data Loss Prevention metrics.
• Stays current with emerging threat landscape and develops/enhances capabilities and strategies to safeguard the business from data exfiltration.
• Acting as a subject matter expert to assist with solving data loss prevention problems, especially as it relates to the Data Protection security service.
• Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of sensitive data to protect for data loss prevention capabilities.
• Serves as a data loss prevention expert, trusted advisor, and central point of contact for IT and business stakeholders.
• Assists with the development of standards, best practices, and guidelines for the organization's policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ensures that as part of designing and building efficient cyber security capabilities these capabilities are achieving industry best practices, compliance and regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Benefits

• best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being
• career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing to take up leadership roles
• Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree