Data Security Governance Analyst #3594434

Axiom Path, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path, Inc. is leading a hybrid contract opportunity in New York, NY, to strengthen enterprise data security governance within a regulated financial services environment.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, risk, legal, and technology teams to implement data protection controls and governance frameworks across the data lifecycle. You will contribute to policy development, control validation, regulatory reporting, and executive-level documentation, building maturity in data

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience supporting data security governance, information protection, or related cybersecurity governance programs.
• Experience in a regulated environment, ideally financial services or banking.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, secure data handling, key management, and data lifecycle protection.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, policy lifecycle management, risk assessments, control validation, audit responses, and regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of enterprise data environments, IAM, and security architecture as they relate to data protection.
• Ability to translate policy language into actionable controls and governance guidance.
• Strong documentation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional coordination across cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, legal, risk, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, maintenance, and rollout of data security governance policies and standards.
• Help define governance requirements for protecting sensitive data across internal platforms and third-party relationships.
• Support data classification efforts by establishing handling, retention, encryption, and protection requirements.
• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, legal, risk, and technology teams to translate policy requirements into practical controls.
• Assist with control validation, audit requests, regulatory support, and governance reporting related to data protection and information security.
• Prepare clear documentation, guidance, reporting, and executive-ready materials explaining complex data security requirements.

Skills

Data governance

Information security

Regulatory compliance

Data classification

Policy translation to controls

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team:

Join a leading financial services technology environment supporting enterprise security, data protection, and governance initiatives across a highly regulated banking ecosystem. This team partners closely with cybersecurity, privacy, risk, legal, data governance, and technology groups to strengthen how sensitive information is classified, protected, monitored, and governed across the organization. The work is collaborative, policy-driven, and highly visible, with a focus on aligning security controls to enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and operational best practices.

What's In Store For You:

Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099)

This is a hybrid contract opportunity based in New York, NY, supporting enterprise data security governance within a regulated financial services environment. The role offers exposure to cross-functional security, risk, audit, privacy, and technology stakeholders while contributing to data protection frameworks that support enterprise-wide information security maturity.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Support the development, maintenance, and operational rollout of data security governance policies, standards, frameworks, and control expectations.


• Help define and reinforce governance requirements for protecting sensitive data across internal platforms, enterprise systems, and third-party relationships.


• Support enterprise data classification efforts by helping establish handling, retention, encryption, and protection requirements across the data lifecycle.


• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, legal, risk, and technology teams to translate policy requirements into practical operational controls.


• Assist with control validation, audit requests, regulatory support, and governance reporting tied to data protection and information security.


• Prepare clear documentation, guidance, reporting, and executive-ready materials that explain complex data security requirements in a practical way.

Do you bring proven success in data security governance and information protection?

• 5–7 years of experience supporting data security governance, information protection, data protection, or related cybersecurity governance programs.


• Experience working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services, banking, insurance, or another highly controlled enterprise setting.


• Strong knowledge of data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, secure data handling, key management concepts, and data lifecycle protection.


• Familiarity with information security governance frameworks, policy lifecycle management, risk assessments, control validation, audit responses, and regulatory reporting.


• Understanding of enterprise data environments, identity and access management, and security architecture as they relate to data protection.


• Ability to work with technical teams and business stakeholders to convert policy language into actionable controls and governance guidance.


• Strong documentation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and executive presentation skills.


• Ability to manage cross-functional coordination across cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, legal, risk, and technology teams.