Job#: 3057856 Job Description: Symantec DLP Analyst
Location: Remote
Role Overview
This organization is seeking a Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Analyst to monitor, analyze, investigate, and respond to data protection events across the enterprise. The selected candidate will utilize the Symantec DLP platform to detect potential data loss, optimize detection policies, investigate alerts, and coordinate remediation efforts. This position plays a vital role in protecting intellectual property, confidential business information, customer data, and regulated information.
Key Responsibilities
- Validate and triage level 1 events across endpoint, network, email, and supported cloud environments, ensuring proper documentation of alerts.
- Investigate potential data loss incidents to determine severity and business impact, and recommend appropriate remediation.
- Distinguish authorized business activity from suspicious or unauthorized data movement.
- Identify recurring risky behavior and escalate high-risk incidents to incident response teams and relevant stakeholders.
- Document investigation evidence, findings, decisions, and resolutions clearly.
- Review recurring false positives and provide actionable feedback to improve policy accuracy and reduce unnecessary alert volume.
- Configure, maintain, and tune detection policies to protect sensitive enterprise information, including intellectual property, personally identifiable information (PII), and financial data.
- Perform primary review and triage functions for all DLP events within defined service level agreements (SLAs).
Required Qualifications
Education: A bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field of study is preferred.
Experience: Demonstrated professional experience in cybersecurity operations, specifically focusing on data protection, incident triage, and alert investigation.
Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with the Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) platform, including policy tuning, false positive reduction, and rule refinement across endpoint and network environments.
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