Security Administrator

Overview

On Site
Hourly
Contract - W2

Skills

Data Loss Prevention
Unstructured Data
Collaboration
Management
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft SharePoint
Publishing
Reporting
Routing
Workflow
Legal
Information Management
Information Technology
Privacy
Incident Management
Risk Management
Records Management
Auditing
Electronic Discovery
Information Security
Science
Data Science
Data Governance
Security Engineering
Leadership
Roadmaps
DLP
Meta-data Management
ADF
SQL
HIPAA
ISO/IEC 27001:2005
Facilitation
Communication
Regulatory Compliance
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure
CISM
CISSP
CISA
SIEM
Change Management
Training
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Job Details

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is Seeking a Security Administrator for a contract role for with our client in Austin, TX.

***ONSITE - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE AUSTIN, TX AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED***

Position is Onsite at 1900 Aldridge Street, Austin, TX

No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.

Job Duties:

  • Coordinate with a multi-divisional program team to ensure the comprehensive rollout of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies in Microsoft Purview and operate the Varonis toolset to reduce data exposure risk across M365 collaboration and unstructured data stores.
  • This role blends strategic governance and risk leadership with hands-on engineering, ensuring sensitive data is classified, protected, and compliant across the data lifecycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead the Microsoft Purview DLP program for unstructured data

  • In coordination with IT staff and the program team, own and manage the end-to-end design, implementation, and tuning of Purview DLP (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Endpoint DLP) and sensitivity labels (creation, publishing, auto-labeling).
  • Establish and mature classification, labeling, and lifecycle policies; drive data lineage and catalog coverage.
  • Define monitoring, metrics, and reporting for DLP efficacy, coverage, and policy adherence; optimize Purview health and performance.

Run the Varonis toolset (operations & remediation)

  • Operate and tune Varonis to identify sensitive data, expose risky permissions, and drive least-privilege access remediation with data owners.
  • Develop operational playbooks for alert triage, incident routing, and remediation workflows; integrate signals with incident and risk processes.

Enterprise data governance & risk

  • Co-author and enforce data governance best practices with Legal & Compliance, Records Information Management, Information Technology, and Information Security.
  • Facilitate workshops with data owners/stewards; raise data literacy and promote consistent classification behaviors across divisions.
  • Conduct risk and privacy impact assessments; align controls with NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks and applicable regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA).

Incident response & compliance operations

  • Partner with Information Security staff to monitor and respond to data-related security incidents, insider risk, and compliance alerts; deliver post-incident improvements.
  • Leverage Purview Compliance Manager, Insider Risk Management, Records Management, Audit, and eDiscovery to streamline investigations and evidentiary requirements.

Qualifications:

Education:

  • Bachelor's in information security, data/library & information science, or data science (or equivalent experience).

Required Experience:

  • 6+ years in data governance/information protection/security engineering, including 4+ years hands-on with Microsoft Purview (implementation, policy design, integration).
  • Proven program leadership across multiple divisions; able to independently execute complex roadmaps.
  • Expertise in classification/labeling/DLP, metadata/catalog/lineage; working knowledge of Azure services (ADF, Synapse, SQL, Blob).
  • Hands-on experience operating Varonis (or equivalent) for sensitive-data discovery, permission analysis, and remediation.
  • Working knowledge of GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001).
  • Excellent facilitation and communication skills with business, IT, and Compliance stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate; Azure Security Engineer Associate; CIPP/CISM/CISSP/CISA/CDMP.
  • Experience with SIEM/DSPM integrations and enterprise change-management/training.

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