Remote Security Engineer: DLP & Insider Threat Specialist

Empower; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 106,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life insu

401(k) with company matching up to 6%

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/yr

Paid time off + holidays

Volunteer time and BRGs

Job summary

Empower is seeking a Security Engineer to advance our data protection and detection capabilities. You will design, implement, and optimize DLP policies, build detections in SIEMs, and automate security processes to strengthen enterprise security while supporting business operations.

The role collaborates with incident response, cloud security, and detection engineering teams to maintain secure systems, across endpoints and cloud environments, using PowerShell, Python, and AWS services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and automate tasks using empowered AI services where possible.
• Gather supporting material for investigations and review with senior team members.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize enterprise DLP across endpoints and cloud environments.
• Perform weekly threat hunting to identify gaps in DLP protections and overall security posture.
• Monitor for insider threat activity and respond to incidents.
• Design, tune, and validate rules in Proofpoint DLP for Splunk ES integrations.
• Automate security workflows using PowerShell, Python and AWS services.

Skills

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Cloud security

DLP technologies

SIEM (Splunk ES)

Automation

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems or Cybersecurity

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Tools

Proofpoint

Microsoft Purview

Splunk ES

Proofpoint AEDLP/Tessian

Job description

Empower is seeking a Security Engineer to advance our data protection and detection capabilities. You will design, implement, and optimize DLP policies, build detections in SIEMs, and automate security processes to strengthen enterprise security while supporting business operations.

The role collaborates with incident response, cloud security, and detection engineering teams to maintain secure systems, across endpoints and cloud environments, using PowerShell, Python, and AWS services.