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System One

Senior Information Protection & AI Security Engineer

System One
Lafayette, LA $123k - $156k/yr Full time Posted 3d ago
Senior Ai Security Cloud Platforms Cloud Security Data Governance Data Security Incident Response Information Security InfoSec Microsoft Azure Security Microsoft Defender Microsoft Purview Microsoft Security Risk Governance Security Automation Security Compliance Security Operations
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Job Description

The Senior Information Protection & AI Security Engineer role supports enterprise data protection, AI governance, and insider risk programs in a highly regulated financial services environment. The position emphasizes improving Microsoft Purview capabilities, implementing AI security guardrails, and strengthening insider threat detection controls.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support enterprise initiatives for information protection, AI governance, and insider risk within a highly regulated financial services setting.
  • Implement, configure, and continuously enhance Microsoft Purview capabilities, including AI security guardrails and insider threat detection controls.
  • Collaborate across Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, and data classification capabilities.
  • Implement security and governance controls for Microsoft Copilot and other generative AI platforms to reduce the risk of sensitive data exposure, oversharing, prompt-based attacks, and unauthorized AI usage.
  • Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, Compliance, Technology, and business teams to strengthen information protection controls and improve insider threat detection.
  • Build security automation, monitoring, metrics, and operational documentation using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, KQL, Microsoft Sentinel, and related components of the Microsoft security ecosystem.
  • Create security dashboards, metrics, reporting, standards, procedures, and operational runbooks.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information protection, data security, or enterprise security engineering, including 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Purview experience.
  • Strong experience configuring and tuning Microsoft Purview, including Information Protection, DLP, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, data classification, and sensitivity labels.
  • Experience implementing AI security and governance controls for enterprise generative AI platforms, including Microsoft Copilot.
  • Knowledge of GenAI security risks, including sensitive data leakage, oversharing, unauthorized AI usage, and prompt injection.
  • Experience developing and tuning insider threat and data exfiltration detection policies to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives.
  • Understanding of the Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance ecosystem.
  • Experience with Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft Graph API.
  • Ability to develop security and operational automation using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, KQL, or similar technologies.
  • Experience creating security dashboards, metrics, reporting, standards, procedures, and operational runbooks.
  • Strong understanding of information governance, data classification, security controls, and regulatory compliance in large enterprise environments.
  • Experience collaborating with Security Operations, Incident Response, Compliance, engineering, and business teams.
  • Experience in financial services, regulated industries, or other highly sensitive enterprise environments is strongly preferred.

Preferred Certifications

  • Relevant certifications such as SC 400, SC 100, SC 200, SC 300, CISSP, CISM, or GIAC are preferred.
  • Preferred certifications include Microsoft SC 400, SC 100, SC 200, or SC 300, as well as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or comparable security certifications.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Technologies

  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft Purview Information Protection
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • Insider Risk Management
  • Communication Compliance
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Microsoft Graph API
  • PowerShell
  • KQL
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Entra ID
  • Azure
  • Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance ecosystem

Location: Lafayette, LA; Knoxville, TN; Columbia, SC; Birmingham, AL (onsite). Compensation: USD 123,000 - 156,000 per year. Experience: 8+ years.

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