Data Protection Investigations Specialist

Humana; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 89,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Data Protection Security Investigations Analyst II to collaborate with enterprise teams, triage alerts, review evidence, and support investigations to mitigate data-loss risk. This role emphasizes disciplined documentation, escalation, and cross-functional teamwork.

The analyst will work with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, HR, and business units to strengthen Data Protection Operations and ensure consistent investigation standards across subsidiaries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Two or more years of relevant technical experience, including at least one year in Data Security, Cyber Data Protection, DLP, security operations, insider risk, incident response support, or a related field.
• Experience triaging security alerts, reviewing logs, collecting evidence, documenting findings, and supporting investigations or incident response.
• Working knowledge of DLP, data classification, information protection, security monitoring, data handling, and common exposure scenarios.
• Ability to analyze routine to moderately complex issues, follow established procedures, and make sound, evidence-based recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze DLP alerts and controls across email, endpoint, web, cloud/CASB, collaboration, and data classification platforms to validate policy behavior, assess business context, and recommend actions.
• Explain DLP, data classification, and information protection controls to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Serve as a centralized point of intake for Data Protection inquiries, control questions, investigation requests, exceptions, and incident or problem tickets; triage and coordinate each request through resolution or appropriate escalation.
• Investigate indicators such as unusual data access, bulk downloads, unauthorized sharing, unapproved storage, or attempts to bypass controls.
• Coordinate additional review or escalation within Threat Management & Response, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Human Resources, and business stakeholders.

Skills

Data protection

Insider risk

Incident response

Security operations

Log analysis

DLP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Zscaler

CrowdStrike

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Humana is seeking a Data Protection Security Investigations Analyst II to collaborate with enterprise teams, triage alerts, review evidence, and support investigations to mitigate data-loss risk. This role emphasizes disciplined documentation, escalation, and cross-functional teamwork.

The analyst will work with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, HR, and business units to strengthen Data Protection Operations and ensure consistent investigation standards across subsidiaries.