Senior Identity & Data Security Lead

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

191 Altera Corporation is seeking an experienced Identity and Data Cyber Defense Lead in San Jose, CA to drive enterprise IAM, PAM, and DLP programs. You will shape security strategy, governance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement while partnering with cross-functional teams to elevate compliance and security maturity.

The role emphasizes strong hands-on capabilities with Entra ID/Azure AD, SailPoint, and DLP technologies, plus the ability to implement just-in-time access, data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, identity and access management, privileged access management, or data protection.
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing enterprise security programs, initiatives, or cross-functional projects.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, SailPoint, privileged access management, and data loss prevention technologies.

Responsibilities

• Identity and Access Management – Lead enterprise IAM strategy across workforce, privileged, service, application, vendor, and non-human identities; govern lifecycle management, joiner-mover-leaver, authentication, authorization, access reviews.
• Lead SailPoint identity governance capabilities, including lifecycle workflows, role management, access requests, policy enforcement, and reporting.
• Improve identity data quality, ownership, entitlement transparency, and timely deprovisioning across critical apps and platforms.
• Privileged Access Management – Lead PAM program for admins, service accounts, emergency accounts, cloud administrators, and other high‑risk identities.
• Improve visibility and accountability for privileged activity across corporate, cloud, engineering, and production environments.
• Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection – Lead DLP strategy across endpoints, email, cloud services, and data repositories; define and tune DLP policies.
• Program Operations and Continuous Improvement – governance meetings, action tracking, escalation, and cross-functional follow-up.

Skills

Security program leadership

Enterprise IAM governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Security metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD

SailPoint

Privileged Access Management

Data Loss Prevention

Job description

191 Altera Corporation is seeking an experienced Identity and Data Cyber Defense Lead in San Jose, CA to drive enterprise IAM, PAM, and DLP programs. You will shape security strategy, governance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement while partnering with cross-functional teams to elevate compliance and security maturity.

The role emphasizes strong hands-on capabilities with Entra ID/Azure AD, SailPoint, and DLP technologies, plus the ability to implement just-in-time access, data