Data Protection Security Engineer - DLP & Incident Response

State Employees' Credit Union; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State Employees' Credit Union in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to protect member and organizational data. You will monitor DLP alerts, triage incidents, and transform day-to-day findings into actionable leadership reports, working closely with the VP of Data Protection and partner teams to keep the program sharp and responsive.

You will collaborate across Security, IT, HR, Privacy, and business units to understand data flows, support audits, and maintain clear documentation

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in security operations, data protection, or DLP-focused role.
• Hands-on experience with DLP, DSPM, data classification or endpoint detection tools (Proofpoint, Zscaler, Splunk a strong plus).
• Solid understanding of incident response fundamentals—triage, investigation, containment, documentation.
• Comfort digging into logs and alert data to find the story behind the noise.
• Clear written communication that translates technical findings for non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative, detail-oriented approach and curiosity about how data moves and where it's at risk.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate DLP alerts across Splunk, Proofpoint, Zscaler, and other tools.
• Lead incident response from detection to resolution and documentation.
• Provide operational support for DLP tools and BAU activities.
• Tune and maintain DLP policies to reduce false positives.
• Analyze alert trends to spot patterns and suggest policy improvements.
• Develop metrics and reporting for leadership to view program health.
• Document findings, policy changes, and SOPs.
• Collaborate with Security, IT, HR, Privacy and business units to close protection gaps.
• Support audits and regulatory requests with organized data protection records.

Skills

Security operations

Data protection

Incident response

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School Degree

Associates/Bachelors/Advanced IT Security degree

Security certifications (Security+, GIAC, CISSP)

Tools

Proofpoint

Zscaler

Splunk

DLP tools

Job description

State Employees' Credit Union in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to protect member and organizational data. You will monitor DLP alerts, triage incidents, and transform day-to-day findings into actionable leadership reports, working closely with the VP of Data Protection and partner teams to keep the program sharp and responsive.

You will collaborate across Security, IT, HR, Privacy, and business units to understand data flows, support audits, and maintain clear documentation